Spam Recipe of the Week
Spam Fritatta
3 tbsp butter
7-oz can SPAM, cubed 1/4″
1/2 cup chopped onion
10 pitted black olives, chopped
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
6 eggs
2 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed 1/4″
2 tbsp water
1/4 tsp pepper
In 10-inch omelet pan or skillet melt 2 tbsp butter over medium heat. Add onion, green pepper and potatoes; cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are crisply tender (5 to 7 minutes). Add SPAM and olives; continue cooking until SPAM is heated through. Loosen sauteed ingredients from bottom of pan; add remaining 1 tbsp butter. Tilt pan to cover bottom with butter. In small bowl mix eggs, water, and pepper; pour over SPAM mixture. Cover; cook over low heat 12 to 15 minutes or until egg mixture is set on top. With pancake turner, loosen edges and bottom; invert onto serving platter. Yield: 6 servings.
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18 Responses to “Spam Recipe of the Week”
Real men don’t eat Fritatta.
Don ~ Sep 14, 2007 at 3:49 pm
Which is why it’s ok for Byron to enjoy it…
Paul - SteelerDirtFreak ~ Sep 14, 2007 at 8:19 pm
Did this recipe come from the ending credits of “Hot Shots”?
Hefe ~ Sep 14, 2007 at 9:13 pm
Uh, no.
Byron ~ Sep 14, 2007 at 9:15 pm
Too bad, the brownie recipe in the credits is LEGENDARY!!!
Hefe ~ Sep 14, 2007 at 10:24 pm
I go away for a few days and come back to Spam. Makes me sorry I have been gone.
Warren Throckmorton ~ Sep 14, 2007 at 11:07 pm
You could try the Bacon, Eggs,and Spam – that hasn’t got much Spam in it.
Hefe ~ Sep 15, 2007 at 8:18 am
That would be a great meal right before going to see SPAM-A-LOT on Broadway!
Hefe ~ Sep 15, 2007 at 8:19 am
Spamtastic! Spamalicious! Shaspam, Spamman! Spamdacious!
Warren Throckmorton ~ Sep 15, 2007 at 8:26 am
Don, real men cannot even say Fritatta without laughing. I am actually thinking of someone from the South saying it.
Warren Throckmorton ~ Sep 15, 2007 at 8:27 am
We’re knights of the round table
We dance whene’er we’re able
We do routines
And chorus scenes
With footwork im-pec-able
We dine well here in Camelot
We eat ham and jam and spam-a-lot!
Hefe ~ Sep 15, 2007 at 8:30 am
On second thought, let’ snot go to the south. Tis a silly place. They say Fritatta. Pass the spam please.
Hefe ~ Sep 15, 2007 at 8:31 am
You say Fritatta, I say Fritatta; let’s call the whole thing Spam.
Hefe, why don’t you tinkle that on the ivories and we will all sing along…
Warren Throckmorton ~ Sep 15, 2007 at 12:20 pm
So, I’m branded as being weird for having a blog devoted to Central Asian “plav” by a guy who is posting SPAM recipes.
I particularly enjoyed the sentence which says “continue cooking until SPAM is heated through”.
Other recipes typically phrases such as “continue heating until [insert favorite meat here] is cooked” or “continue heating until [insert favorite seafood here] has turned pink”.
Because SPAM is already cooked and already pink, one has to ask what is the point of heating it at all?
Warm Tarheel ~ Sep 15, 2007 at 8:25 pm
Hakuna Fritatta!
What a wonderful phrase
Hakuna Fritatta!
Ain’t no passing craze
It means no worries
For the rest of your days
It’s our problem-free philosophy
Hakuna Fritatta!
Don ~ Sep 16, 2007 at 10:10 pm
Pretty good, Don. If I were the official scorer, I would probably give you 2 comment points for that. But seeing as how I am not, well, one it is.
However, I do not think it means no worries in the Afican dialect from which Hakuna Matata comes. It rather means, “You resemble the hindquarters of a warthog and you smell like that too.” Kind of changes the meaning of the song but I would hate for you to use that in the wrong place. Could get ugly…
Warren Throckmorton ~ Sep 16, 2007 at 10:24 pm
Hey NKZ guru, how did the debut go today? We lifted you guys up…
Warren Throckmorton ~ Sep 16, 2007 at 10:26 pm
Did you have help? Even Moses needed help, and he just had to lift his arms and a staff up.
Derlin ~ Sep 16, 2007 at 10:39 pm