What foods to store in a food storage program is a popular topic – but what about making meals from that food? Not so much.
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 Tukey 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
This is for those who ARE still on FB…there is a (closed) group called “Rebel Canners” i have recently joined and BOY!!! i am glad i did! They post information about canning almost anything you “can” think of. AND, they do it in ways i would never have thought of. Though after seeing the pictures, reading the recipes and soaking up their enthusiasm, kindness and ingenuity by the quart jar full, it all seems SO simple.
The canned potatoes pictured with the spam made me think of recent posts about dry canning meat, (no added water, just chunked raw meat packed in clean jars, with or without seasoning,) pressure cooked as well as canning raw potatoes, cut however you prefer…cubes, slices or steak fries, once again, packed without water, (may be seasoned and add a pat of butter,) pressure canned for future use. But often the end goal of EASY, INSTANT meals trumps the food storage goal. WHATEVER the reason, this group has got it going on in spades!!!
Meats, vegetables, fruits preserves, repackaging gallon cans of cheese sauce, cakes, breads, soups, milk…you name it, they have it figured out. Whatever’s on sale or is in high demand for their families, THEY DO IT.
And the best part is, they are accommodating, kind, patient, giving and so encouraging to anyone who wants to learn…best SM group i have been in.
Oh…a few things i am/have tried…monkey butter(bulk bananas pureed and canned as a sauce) everyone raves about when they try it, hamburger patties-shaped by the large mouth ring, seared then stacked in a pint or quart jar with/without a thick slice of onion in between for flavour and the have a recipe for homemade canned chocolate sauce!!! They encourage pressure canning for safety but allow waterbath canning recipes with the motto “your kitchen, your rules.” (Three hours IS a long time to waterbath anything but it’s what the women did before pressure canners were available.)
Check them out if you are so inclined…the recipes are worth the time spent reading most posts!
P.S. Thanks J.R. for keeping this blog kicking…it IS indeed alive, well done!!!