spam.

this word is just a bad sounding thing. and of course why not, it is used to describe the shit we get in our emails.. but spam is actually something a bit more strange. it comes in a strange square can. along with the odd shape of the sardine cans... i think the square rectangular form that the spam can takes is just odd. the way in which you pop the lid open with no need for a can opener, I'm sure they thought that a can opener would hate its existence if it had to open a square-ish tin can.

i find myself when in I'm the weird way i am with food, so i have to say that i do occasionally eat this odd stuff. there was a big 0o0o0 and ahhhh when a contestant on top chef made something great with spam. but spam if the ingredients are ignored, i think the taste of it is very interesting. its salty and sweet and its tangy. the texture is like a morphing type, it can be fried and made hard and crispy or it can be diced or stripped up into soup. I've had it many ways. not that i sit around thinking of ways to make food with spam. but rather i have gone to places where it was on the menu. a Hong Kong cafe in Los Angeles, has it in their daily soup of macaroni and peas/carrots with a light chicken broth with of course tiny cubes of spam in it. they also serve it along side with eggs as you would any breakfast dish. and of course in Hawaii they have the musubi, the spam is joined with rice and wrapped in seaweed. i find myself when in Hawaii getting one of these spam musubi and munching on it as i walk around the beach.

i guess i don't really have a problem with this spam product. but it is not on my normal list of foods that i crave and keep stocked in my pantry. although if you give me a can a spam. I'm sure i could make something quite interesting for a newbie to spam.

try it. it could change your boring life of Bologna or not. its fun regardless..

eat extraordinary everyday.