What foods to store in a food storage program is a popular topic – but what about making meals from that food? Not so much.
With this recipe, I put together something a little different – Turkey SPAM & Canned Potatoes. SPAM is often considered a joke when it comes to food storage but the truth is it’s a viable source of sustenance. As a kid, I used to eat it on a regular basis thinking it came from small SPAM animals that were raised on a farm somewhere. I liked it but once I was old enough to decide what I ate I moved on to other things like……cake. Cake is good.
Not knowing how well I would like SPAM some 30 years later I grabbed a can of Turkey SPAM. Out to the grill with a cast iron pan and a can of potatoes.
Here we go…..
Ingredients
- 1 can Turkey SPAM(say that 10 times real fast)
- 1 can Whole Potatoes
- salt, pepper, seasoning as desired
Instructions
- Apply non-stick spray to frying pan or use a seasoned cast iron pan
- Set temperature to medium to medium-high
- Open the SPAM, cut into cubes or slices – place in frying pan
- Open can of potatoes, drain excess fluid – empty into frying pan
- Cook until browning has occurred on most pieces of SPAM and potatoes.
- Apply seasoning when food is almost complete.
- Turn SPAM and stir potatoes every few minutes until done.
- Serve and enjoy
While this may not be the most delectable meal, however, I was surprised at just how good the SPAM was. Very good. I could imagine coming in from a cold winter patrol and absolutely loving this meal.
At 655 calories(50+ grams of protein) this is very filling for one but could be split between two people as well.
[TOP – Fresh on the grill]
[TOP – Turned and Stirred – Pepper Added]
[TOP – COMPLETE]
Canned SPAM is an excellent source of protein with a long shelf life – and fairly inexpensive. In this specific meal a simple can of potatoes and can of SPAM makes for a pretty tasty meal.
Now….where’s that cake at?
Rourke
I have always liked SPAM. Since I have been trying to eliminate pork from my diet, I now go with Turkey SPAM and beef bacon. Both are wonderful. The SPAM has been a little hard to get of late, so I am reluctant to share when I find some at the store (the get 12 cans, I buy all that’s on the shelf.
Another plus with SPAM is it’s shelf life. I think it’s right in there with Twinkies and cockroaches; it will still be viable long after I’m gone.
Wait, they make Spam with CHEESE!!!!
Great, if I put 6 more cans of anything in my house, I will have to sleep in the shop.
Oh well, it is a nice shop.
Thanks Rourke!
yup there are 15 flavors. Developed in WWI, it indeed was a survival food.. all jokes aside, I like it chopped in salads, fried in slabs, or in chunks added freeze dried eggs and in a pinch straight out of the can.. minus the goop.. I don’t do goop .. not yet anyway. Like a lot of canned meets it can take quite a range of temps and conditions and be in good shape. I don’t like to think about a spam popsicle.. but who knows. They have it in low sodium versions as well..
If you are interested…..
https://www.tastecooking.com/15-flavors-spam-counting/
GG58
Spam is fantastic! We even like the Walmart brand, although it’s harder to find around here than the name-brand stuff.
You should visit Hawaii, Spam is almost a gourmet dish there. Y’all need some cranberry sauce from the can to finish the deal, IMHO.
@ JP+in+MT
The only thing that will be left to eat the Twinkies and Spam will be Keith Richard, while sipping on Everclear, smoking a cigarette.
Toasted or baked or fried, I prefer a nice crunch on my sliced SPAM.
My Hawai’ian neighbor has a food-truck.
He offers forty-four variations of SPAM with macaroni salad and Caucasian rice.
I am working up to testing my neighbor’s frozen SPAMsicles-on-a-stick…