What is SPAM made of?
It may come as a pleasant surprise to learn that SPAM is not the preservative-packed mystery meat you might think it is. In fact, SPAM only contains six ingredients! And the brand’s website lists them all. They are: pork with ham meat added (that counts as one), salt, water, potato starch, sugar, and sodium nitrite. Most of those are as simple as simple gets. The only one that might raise eyebrows a little is the sodium nitrite, which is “a preservative to help retain freshness,” Schend explains. The website says that it is there to “uphold the meat’s high standard of quality.”
To make SPAM, the ground-up pork and ham are mixed with the other ingredients for 20 minutes. When the mixture reaches the proper temperature, it’s put into the cans, which are vacuum-sealed. The cans are cooked and then cooled for three hours, after which they’re ready for their labels. And that’s all there is to it.
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What Is SPAM? — What Is SPAM Made Of?
When I was really young, and we were really poor, I had to eat SPAM. Well, I wasn't forced to, but it was the only meat/meat product served, soooooo
I wouldn't eat it. Didn't matter how it was cooked, or what it was cooked with, it tasted
EW............JUST EW!!!
SPAM and Potted Meat serve a purpose, but not for me..........
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