I'm still not sure why there is vegetarian Spam, but...
Why is there regular Spam?
SPAM is great. I will hear no slander.
Does Spam need meat to be great? Feels like an easy swap to me!
Totally agree. I love SPAM but I'll bet a non-meat version is totally doable.
Are you Hawaiian?
E: or maybe Filipino?
Nm this has been covered.
Neither! SPAM is cheap fatty salty protein. What's not to love? It's isn't worse than a hot dog.
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I'm still not sure why there is vegetarian Spam, but...
I became a full time vegetarian 10 or 11 years ago. There are still some dishes I miss that had meat in them. Not necessarily the meat itself. Some I have modified to be vegetarian. Other I have not.
All in all there are not a lot I find myself wanting. One is an Italian cold cut sub, another is various dishes made with spam. 20 years ago I worked in a logistics department and most of my coworkers were from the Philippines, I learned to love spam. It was also a great camping food. I would love to try vegetarian spam.
Apparently this is a soy and wheat gluten loaf and is made in the Phillipines.
Sounds delicious.
It does. Honestly SPAM is a good choice for unmeatification.
Maybe! Idk, I used to like mock duck. Soy based lunch meat is pretty good too. Alas, I'll never be able to try this company's stuff as it all has wheat in it.
Maybe I'm crazy, but that actually sounds kinda dope. Spam is underrated, IMO.
Next time grab a photo of the back with the ingredients. That's the most important photo to capture
https://meetunmeat.us/product/luncheon-style-meat/
Water, Non-GMO Soy Protein, Palm Olein, Seasonings (Onion, Black Pepper), Natural Flavors, Potato Starch (Thickener), Modified Vegetable Gum, Wheat (gluten and fiber, Sugar, Yeast Extract, Vinegar, Potassium Salt and Paprika Oil (color)
So its an oily tofu block with seasoning and preservatives
Spam is an oily meat block with seasoning and preservatives. Sounds like they nailed it in spirit.
I'm still not sure why there is vegetarian Spam
For the same and only reason that there is regular spam, surely? For musubi.
For that price I'd happily try it.
However good or bad it is. It can't be worse than luncheon meat. Treet meat and it's offbrand variants.
The price of spam is just criminal nowadays. Costs more than corned beef.
Probably Hawaiian/Filipino diaspora. Those guys love spam, to the extent of innovating fusion dishes centered around it.
There are also a few Japanese, Korean and Taiwanese dishes that use spam. Basically any place that has or has had a US military presence at some point has developed spam based dishes because they leave tons (literally) of the stuff behind when they pull the troops out.
they use the word meat a lot on the shelf tag, considering it’s not meat
I was very doubtful about this when it first came out, but it was really cheap at one point so I gave it a try, even though I don't like spam. This stuff is delicious.
Vegan spam?
There is a Monty Python gag somewhere hidden in front of our eyes.
Meatn't
I'm still not sure why there is vegetarian Spam, but...
Because there are Hawaiians who don't eat meat.
For those who like canned meat but want it to be more ethical or environmentally friendly?
What???? I gotta find me some of this Spam!
This stuff is great. Not a vegetarian but I eat plenty of protein alternatives because of family. Un-Meat Plant Based Luncheon Meat Style (you have to say the whole thing) is actually preferable to spam.
There's a vegan sushi/ramen place near me that makes something between musubi and onigiri with vegan spam and they're crazy good. So that's one use for it.
Not vegan, but damn i'll eat that.
Tried it, it just tasted like a chewy salt lick and gave me a migraine from hypernatremia
So sort of like real Spam.
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