Re: OT: Speaking of repulsive food...

From: Spehro Pefhany (speffSNIP_at_interlogDOTyou.knowwhat)
Date: 02/17/05 

Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:02:43 -0500

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 21:15:57 GMT, the renowned Rich Grise
<richgrise@example.net> wrote:

>On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:14:25 +0000, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
>
>> Charles Edmondson wrote:
>>>
>>> Now, many, many moons ago, a few scouting friends and I decided to do a
>>> 'survival' weekend campout. No backpacks, only what we could carry in
>>> our pockets. We used plastic sheets for tents (and yes, it rained all
>>> weekend!) and carried several cans of SPAM for sustenence. For us, SPAM
>>> became a long standing joke. And then, along comes Monty Python and
>>> ruins it for us... 8-)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Charlie
>>> --
>>> Edmondson Engineering
>>> Unique Solutions to Unusual Problems
>>
>> Spam was one of the few things I could find to eat right after the
>> hurricanes tore through central Florida. No electricity for weeks and no
>> ice anywhere so the only meat I could get was Spam and the new Spam
>> Lite. None of the stores bothered to have any backup power so it was
>> almost a month before refrigerated and frozen foods were available
>> again. That left bread, snack foods and Spam or potted meat.
>
>I was almost raised on Spam. I grew up in Minnesota. My Dad was from
>Austin, home of Hormel, so it's kind of a natural. :-) I still like Spam.
>You can do it up like a ham, and it'll serve two nicely. :-)
>
>Cheers!
>Rich

Spam? Ach, Gie her a Haggis!

http://www.speff.com/Haggis.html

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany 

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