I'm still not sure why there is vegetarian Spam, but...
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Counterpoint: no there isn't
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Tried it, it just tasted like a chewy salt lick and gave me a migraine from hypernatremia
So sort of like real Spam.
why not just eat fucking vegetables? asking as a vegetarian
Got me. I prefer decent meals made with vegetables like Indian food.
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TIL there’s such a thing as luncheon meat. I thought that was just what they did in junior league.
That’s good to know if I ever start craving Hawaiian food
What it a "wanted mail"?
Not vegan, but damn i'll eat that.
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.
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I'm all for vegan and vegetarian alternatives, but ... I don't even know what to say. How bad must your meat cravings be to eat UNmeat ugh.
SPAM is underappreciated.
I remember a long time ago as a fat kid on keto, eating spam right out of the can with a spoon. This is not the recommended way to serve.
But, grilled, either on a sandwich or as part of a breakfast plate? Chef's kiss.
Pan fried this stuff was good, mixed in with a bunch of stuff in a rice cooker, just awful. Every other fake meat I've tried works fine for lazy rice cooker cooking, not this stuff.
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Not Meatloaf ?
They'll do anything for love but they won't do that.
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i wish this were in the UK
You can probably buy this at a resale place. My SO's company sells this throughout Europe. Even in the UK
I have some close to expiry sitting at home, thats how I know...
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I bought one of those vegan Spam-a-likes and I have to say I really didn't like it.
I my thought process was "Spam's so heavily processed, how much worse could it be if no meat were involved?" the answer turned out to be "A lot." I don't know how to describe it. It's like... you know how there are all beef hot dogs, but they don't taste anything like beef? It was kinda that but with Spam... but Spam isn't very meat like to begin with.
All that being said, after the plant based Spam sat in my fridge until it started to get fuzzy, I threw it out for the stray cats in my neighborhood. Despite the fact I found it to be quite unappealing, starving alley cats found it to be meat like enough to eat it... which I guess is a mark in it's favor?
Why do you give moldy, spoiled food to animals? It can make them sick too.
I doubt the original is legally meat either.
they use the word meat a lot on the shelf tag, considering it’s not meat
What???? I gotta find me some of this Spam!
TIL there’s actual meat in regular spam.
Mmm... Compressed pig rectum...
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I can imagine this tasting like actual spam since I find the vegan hot dogs and vegan Bologna actually taste just like the meat ones. It gets harder to replicate the meat taste as you get into ground beef and steak substitutes
I found plant burger patties that were damn near meat flavor wise, but they were hard for me to get cooked right. They were a little mushy.
Impossible whoppers are pretty good. Impossible burgers from the store are too salty for me and leave a weird taste. I like the vegan chicken burgers though
Agreed. In my experience, the more processed the original product is, the easier it is to replicate.
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Less that they're on point, rather that they invented the word Spam with this sketch .
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I'm always more and more weirded out when plant-based foods try to mimic meat. Even to extremes like with Spam here. Just...why?
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