Spam Island in the Pacific. Almost but not quite romantic sounding. Does anyone have a good recipe incorporating mangoes and spam?

I am sure I could make up one on the general principle of pineapple glazed ham....but using mangoes....

...then throw away the Spam and eat the mangoes!!! Seriously, let me check. Mangoes are wonderful and plentiful this time of year...

Maggie, the idea for the Food and Cultures topic sounds like a great idea. It is interesting what people will and will not eat do to their cultural stylization. In some cases it even defines their class within a society. A case in point would be the Eta of Japan. The class was historically that of tanners, butchers, and executioners; hence, those who handled death literally. Since the Japanese are not really a nation of meat-eaters; they have something of a predisposition to look down upon those that deal with carcasses. The Eta are still very discriminated against today.

On its way .....I'll cross post your above comments as well as a starter!!!

Make sure there is not already a topic covering what you suggest that you can use... Terry's request!

I got the following as a prelude to some rather "interesting humor" I don't know what's going on but during the past couple of weeks I have been inundated with Chinese Spam. That is I think it's Chinese. It could be Japanese, Korean or Mongolian-they all look the same to me. Anyway, somebody needs to tell them to stick to harvesting Chinese addresses, because as far as I know, Chinese is not an option as an elective in the American public school system. If it was I would have taken it. I love the Chinese.

but then , I do not think it is the edible sort. Just something to put here to keep the topic alive. I was wondering what Mongolian Spam would taste like actually!!! Hmmm... Korean sounds good! Tasty!

Wow, what a thought...there is supposedly a restaurant locally which has a Spam buffet on Friday nights - all you can eat (no snide remarks, please.) Thye made it ia a variety of flavors. I may just have to document it for posterity. Returning the computer controls to the family nerd for tweaking.

They have Tabasco flavored Spam in Guam. They did sell the last time I was there. My husband says that Spam needs all the help it can get. His son and heir, our boy, on the other hand loves the stuff. On Sunday mornings he gets a breakfast of French toast and Spam. Last week it was served with mango salsa instead of maple syrup. Oh to be an 8-year-old and be able to eat anything.

Cannot imagine Tabasco flavor and Spam. They tried Teriyaki flavored but we like to make our own home-made sauce so it did not sell well. As a proper mom, I bade my son farewell yesterday with Spam chips, sticky rice and scrambled eggs which he liberally dused with local shoyu. He ate an enormous plateful and pronounced it food fit for the gods!

Guam should start making food out of all those brown tree snakes. Slithery Spam!

I think in an earlier post it was suggested that snake meat Spam might be called S-s-s-spam. In Texas they might consider maketing rattlesnake Spam, and in south Florida, why alligator Spam. Maybe not.

S-s-s-s-Spam... What a great name for it. Wonder if anyone eats Spam in North Carolina...

The trouble with Gator Spam may be that you are commiting secondary canibalism. From Bizarre foods: Perhaps one of life's most mysterious foods is SPAM. Here are some interesting facts that you may not have known about the "other" other white meat. Spam stands for Shoulder, Pork and hAM. It was launched by the Geo. A. Hormel Company of Austin, Minnesota, in 1937 and became a great favorite of military cooks during WWII because it contained protein, was easy to digest and convenient. A six-year-old Dorset boy became addicted to Spam and ate his way through six tins of the stuff every week for three years. He had to be sent to a child psychiatrist to get him back on a normal diet. Over four billion cans of Spam have been sold worldwide. The Hormel Plant at Austin contains an oven that cooks 450 cans of Spam a minute. Spam came to Britain as part of the Lend Lease Act whereby food given to the U.K. would be paid for when the war was over. Often the only meat available, it became indispensable until rationing ended in 1954.

How I make Spam Fried Rice - which I do every Sunday for breakfast. This feeds 4 nicly. Take a can of Spam and dice it into 1/2 inch cubes. Brown it a bit in a heavy cook pot on low stove setting, and add 1/2 large onion also cubed and separated. Stir a lot because it will try to stick. Add a little cooking or sesame oil if necessary. Add 3 or so cups of cooked rice. Stir lots now because the rice burns easily. Cover to heat thoughly. Add about this much teriyaki sauce(1/2 cup at most - you don't want this soupy!) and about 2 tbsp Oyster Sauce. Mix thoroughly. Serve and top with two over-easy fried eggs.

chopped green onion and cilantro can be added at the last moment to heat through as you cook the eggs.

Hello Marcia! I noticed on your sight you wanted some info on Spamarama. well I can probably help you there. My name is Kevin Rollins, and I have been an entrent in this festival for many years. Most notably for Worst of Taste and Showmanship awards. One note also is that this festival is held as close to April Fools day as possible, not memorial day. If you'd like I can send you some photos of the event from the past few years if you want. Swincerely Yours Kevin Rollins

Aloha Kevin! Spam is the national food of Hawaii. We would cease to exist if they quit making it. I'm delighted to meet a gourmand and Spam worshipper. I love the categories of entries in Spamorama, and my congratulations on having won. Thanks for setting the date right. I got all sorts of mixed information from the web and only one picture - a castle built entirly of carved Spam blocks. I am assuming you are in Austin...! Please! I would be delighted to see your pictures and to share them here if you permit me the honor. Wow! Someone else who appreciates Spam!!!

When is the big Austin spam event? Spamorama?

SPAM defended: AUSTIN, Minn. (AP) - Hormel Foods has a message for a Seattle software company: Stop, in the name of Spam! The canned-meat company filed two legal challenges with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to try to stop SpamArrest from using the decades-old name Spam, for which it holds the trademark. SpamArrest, which specializes in blocking junk e-mail or ``spam,'' filed papers to trademark its corporate name early this year. Hormel then sent the company a warning to drop the word ``Spam.'' SpamArrest refused. more... http://my.aol.com/news/news_story.psp?type=1&cat=0100&id=200307301003000111335

http://www.spamarama.com/ for starters History of SPAMARAMA http://www.spamarama.com/Yearly/spamarama98/history.htm April 1st seems to be the ballpark date. It figures, and I still like SPAM!