Okay, perhaps this is a dumb, question, but on Bonaire I have noticed a sliced meat called turkey ham. I have always assumed that this is what we would call smoked turkey in the US, or is it some luncheon meat combo of turkey and ham, or does it come from some odd genetically modified turkey that oinks, has a squiggly tail, and likes to roll around in the mud?

In the US, turkey ham is turkey meat that has been made to look and taste like deli sliced ham. Same thing with turkey bacon and turkey sausage.

I was just going to answer but got caught up laughing at the genetically engineered turkey! O.k. think of this, Tofurky (tofu shaped in the form of a turkey) and there was something that we were served at a friends house this past Thanksgiving that was a goose cooked inside a turkey. Turkey ham is actually quite good and healthier than ham.

I prefer Ham turkey. It is harder to stuff though.

Now, Beau, what the hail would y'all stuff a turkey with anyway? Grits an moonshine? (Hope to see y'all in Bow NH this spring!)

Beau, guess you would not be interested in soy sausage or soy bacon??? Do you put pineapple with cloves on your ham turkey???

Mr. Phillips, leave it to a northerner to even consider wasting perfectly good grits and shine.

Ms. Taft, how does one shape sausage and bacon out of soy sauce? I put the pineapple on my ham turkey all by myself. We don't allow Clovis anywhere near the kitchen.

Wastin' grits and shine? Why, dontcha know that the drippin's from the turkey jes make the grits taste better and gives a little body to the shine? Also, the trick with the makin' the sausage and bacon is to set the soy sauce out in da ice house for a spell so as it sets up enuf to form it into the right shapes. And leave my cousin Clovis outta this.

I'm still waiting for turkey spam!...I liked the boca burgers made from soy beans but have found out soy is just like gluten...poison to me....

Nice quick edit job there, Beau. Wonder if I'm the only one that caught you!

hee hee...

Turkey SPAM is strictly prohibited by the BT TOS.

I agree seb, only 100% original SPAM™ should ever be used, and then with great caution and forethought as to its addictive qualities.

Sodium---Pyrophosphate---And---Meat.
SPAM.

NO WAY! REALLY JERRY?

Ingredients:
Chopped pork shoulder meat with ham meat added.
Salt (for binding, flavour, and firmness)
Water (to help in mixing)
Sugar (for flavour)
Sodium Nitrite (for colour and as a preservative)
Yum yum!

Nifty Spam Trivia!
By World War II, Hormel had sold twenty thousand tons of Spam. Then, during the wartime meat rationing, Spam got popular...
If all the cans of Spam ever eaten were put end-to-end, they would circle the globe at least ten times.
In the U.S. alone, 3.8 cans of Spam "are consumed every second"(assuming SPAM is eaten 24 hours a day, 365.25 days a year).
Senator Robert Byrd of West Viginia eats a sandwich of SPAM and mayonnaise on white bread three times a week.
Residents of Hawai'i eat an average of four cans of SPAM per person per year, more than in any other place on Earth (Elsewhere in the Universe, who knows?).
By 1959, a billion cans of SPAM had been sold. The two billion mark was hit in 1970, followed by three billion in 1980, four billion in 1986, and five billion in 1993. That's a lot of SPAM!
In Korea, SPAM is sold in stylish presentation gift boxes of nine cans each. SPAM stolen from army PXs can be found on the Korean black market. And there are Korean imitations called Lo-Spam, Dak, Plumrose, and Tulip, to ensure that no one need go without.
Nikita Krushchev once credited SPAM with the survival of the WWII Russian army. ''Without SPAM, we wouldn't have been able to feed our army,'' he said.
SPAM is sold in over 99% of U.S. grocery stores.
The SPAM luncheon meat trademark is registered in 93 countries.
Over 60 million people in the U.S. eat SPAM.
SPAM is made in two U.S. locations - Austin, Minnesota, and Fremont, Nebraska - and seven other countries: England, Australia, Denmark, Phillipines, Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea.
In 1989, the U.S. armed forces bought 3.3 million pounds of SPAM.
Over 141 million cans of SPAM are sold worldwide each year.
Isn't that amazing? But it's all true!

It's the most versatile meat on earth, and just darned yummy

How about TURDUCKEN for Thanksgiving??
It's a mixture of Turkey, Duck & Chicken.

Vince, I saw this on a restaurant menu, it sounded like a science experiment gone really wrong! Jerry, your knowledge of Spam is impressive but scary! (heehee)

Welcome to Jerry & Louise’s Kitchen.

STARTERS
CHAMPAGNE-------HOMEMADE MIXED OLIVES & CHEESE PLATE.

FIRST FLIGHT
SCALLOPS WITH A CHAMPAGNE VINAIGRETTE AND BLACK TRUFFLE OVER SPAM

SECOND FLIGHT
PINOT NOIR-------------------- PROSCIUTTO & CARAMELIZED ONION AGNLOTTI IN A TRUFFEL AND DEMIGLACE SAUCE WITH DICED SPAM CHUNKS


THIRD FLIGHT
SHIRAZ-----------SMOKED RACK OF LAMB WITH AUISI SMASHED POTATOES. (AND SPAM )

AND IN THE END
KICKASS OLD PORTO----------------PATISSERIES & GOURMANDISES
&
SPAM AND ICE CREAM

Turducken mmm... (drool like Homer Simpson) turducken.

Actually, it's a whole boned chicken, stuffed inside a whole boned duck, stuffed inside a partially boned turkey. It’s much better tasting than it sounds--honest, I wouldn’t lie.

How long does it take to cook, three days?

I think I would lard the lamb with the SPAM rather than serving bare on the plate. That way, you get more SPAM goodness in every bite.

I only use duck fat from france.

5 hours @ 325, a bit less if you've stuffed it with sausage or shrimp & crawfish. It's a cajun thing? Don't ask me, I didn't invent the darned thing, I just like eating them.

Try this.

Slice the SPAM in 3/8 slices.
Beat one egg in dish for egg wash. (add 1ts of water and a pinch of gray salt).

Spread out some panko (or bread crumbs) on plate.

Dip the SPAM into egg wash, then into the panko. Cover all sides. Do not drop the Span on the floor, as it could cause damage.

Heat a frying pan at high heat, 12" ALL-Clad is nice to use.

Add some oil, or FRENCH DUCK FAT.
When the oil or duck fat starts to smoke, drop in the SPAM. Fry to golden brown. Better have a killer vent, as it's going to smoke.

Toast some bread. One slice for each SPAM slice.
Trim toast to same size as the SPAM.

Spread some Moose Truffle Pate on toast, top with the SPAM.

Arrange the SPAM in the center of a large white plate.

Now it's time to have fun.
Add one tbs of chopped black truffles and olive mix with a tad of olive oil to the top of the SPAM.

NOTE: Put the TBS mix on top of and in the center of the SPAM.

Add two fresh chives to top, forming a (V).

Add some olives and chunks of blue cheese on side as garnish.
When you think it's right drizzle some aged Balsamic Vinegar (12-25 year old) around the plate.

Serve and enjoy.

Here's my Coleman's Egg SPAMedict

Three slices of SPAM cubed, fried and drained.

Two slices of SPAM sliced thin.

One split and well toasted english muffin.

One cup cream simmered with 1/2 ts of Coleman's Dried mustard, reduce by half until sauce is thick.

Two large poached eggs.

Two 1/8 inch slices (thick slice) of Swiss or Jarlseberg cheese.

Assembly:

Place cheese and sliced SPAM on muffin and microwave for 20 seconds on high, or until cheese begins to melt. Place egg on top, sprinkle fried SPAM on top, pour sauce over top.

Serve with a pineapple wedges and mimosas...

What a breakfast!

OK boys and girls it's time to put on your thinking caps.

I have one can of SPAM that I will send to the person that can tell me what WTP and TPP stands for.

Contest closes at 5:00 PM March 22. 2006.

Here's a hint it's SPAM!

Holy moly my arteries started hardening just reading these posts!!

Ok Jerry, I'm at a loss to WTP (Wholesale Truck Parts?) or TPP.

Jon, think trailer park.
Another name for SPAM.

Come on people, I have had this can of SPAM for years, it's time for someone to enjoy it.

I'll make it easy for you.

TTP= Tailer Park Pate.

Jerry,

WTP = "White Trash Porterhouse"???

Amy

Amy you winnnnnn!
Email me your address and I will send you the GRAND PRISE- A can of well aged SPAM!

My menu in college consisted of:
Bread
Tuna Fish it was cheap then
SPAM
Eggs
Thems was the days

Well, Jerry, while that is a kind offer, I cannot accept. Gosh, I feel like a movie star who won't take the Oscar statue.

You see, I live in the state of 10,000 lakes and 10 million cans of SPAM.

Unless it is a vintage can of SPAM with the little cubes of cheese in it??? I don't think they even make that variety anymore. Heaven forbid it is a can of SPAM-Lite!! That stuff is just UNNATURAL. Hee hee!

Amy

How bout "white trash port?" lol...Amy, congratulations!

Sue, my college menu consisted of:

beer
mac n cheese
beer
hamburger helper
bread
beer
butter
beer
taco bell
beer

Do you see a theme here? And I wondered why I gained 20 pounds my first sememster...lol!

Amy,
I'm not sure of the age of the SPAM. Rust is covering that part of the can.

It might have(SELL BY June 16, 2999)

image[spam]

(Message edited by bonaire9 on March 22, 2006)

Jerry, maybe you could sell it on eBay. Someone is selling a can of Bacon SPAM for $4.99. The cost of shipping is more than the can of SPAM. LOL!

http://cgi.ebay.com/HARD-TO-FINDBACON-HORMEL-SPAM-12OZ_W0QQitemZ4436905660QQcategoryZ43401QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Hmmm. "Bacon SPAM". An oxymoron?

Amy

This is nuts, I'll give it one more try.

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Mine is worth more then that, my can of SPAM glows in the dark!

Sorry about the image post, just won't work!

cynde
I didn't want to admit to the beer....but my apartment was over liquor store, I worked at a deli/bar and there 2 brewery's very close by.
Did I mention the beer..........

Well, great googly mooogly, what a wonderful meandering my post has taken! Not surprising, though, given the "free form association" quality of many Bonaire Talkers. My only surprise is that this thread has not somehow morphed into a discussion of how we all need to carry grenades on Bonaire to combat crime, or how the new proposed tourism tax will affect the education of poor children in rural America, or how these are all trolls that are posting to provoke controversy about SPAM.

This has been lots of fun...

Scott,
Everyone knows that if you eat SPAM long enough, you don't have to worry about the new tax as you will never live long enough to see it .
As for the crime / auto brake in's, well just put a can of SPAM on the dash. The low-lifes will stay away. The trolls think we are talking about junk email.

FYI. You can plug a flat tire with day old SPAM.

Geesh, back on topic...

If I want turkey, then I buy turkey. I see no need to add a bunch of artificial solvents... er... I mean flavors to perfectly good dead bird. But it's so bland without its chicken and duck friends. ;-)

Well you can't beat a dinner of fried spam and beer followed with a desert of breaded fried twinkies.

Never, never try to fry a twinkie, it can explode.
Leave that art to the professionals.

Actually I had a recipe a couple of years ago for the fried Twinkies along with the breaded fried Snickers bars too. I knew folks that were actually making them

John,
Do they live in a trailer park?

pinot noir
or
A good rose.