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So, how would you describe Spam to a lifelong vegetarian? Words fail me.

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Like Nuttolene, but made from really nasty meat instead of nuts.

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So, like Nuttolene but tastes a bit pinker and more acidic?

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Unfortunately, I can't remember what Spam tastes like, but when I first had Nuttolene, I could and thought it was essentially vegan Spam. There were differences, but I don't recall what they were.

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That reads like a bad joke :)

"What's the difference between Nuttolene and spam?"
"One's made from really nasty meat, one's made from nuts, and the other one's vegetarian!"

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Canned, potted meat.

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"One reason why you _are_ a vegetarian."

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Unsolicited commercial email ... oh wait, you mean the Spiced Pork and Ham meatloaf stuff ...

... texture like a very solid tofu, very salty, tastes a bit like endive dipped in wee :-)

(no, I'm not a fan!)

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"I turned vegetarian and they still kept sending me spam!"

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Words fail me

I think you've answered your own question. I can't imagine it being possible to get more informative than that.

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Just show them the Monty Python sketch.

I actually like Spam, sliced thinly and grilled until it's chewy. It's a bit like bacon then but with a stronger flavour.

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It's people like you who are responsible for the ongoing popularity of Celebrity Bacon Grill.

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And me. :) While I was back in the UK I picked up a Spam - now with Bacon! which I haven't tried yet but which I look forward to grilling.

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It tastes a bit smokier. Disappointingly, no sign of actual chunks of bacon in it.

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It's like pink Plasticine, but made of meat.

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Yummy! I had spam sandwiches today. :)

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Yay! Another person who likes spam. I wouldn't eat a whole can of it in one go, but it is so lovely in traditional Hawaiian dishes.

I'd describe it as 'spicy pork sausage that should be sliced thin and served with fruit'.

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Meat, Jim, but not as we know it?

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"You are fortunate enough to have no referent."

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Meat by-product. (See also: advanced meat recovery.)

(I do like me some hot'n'spicy Spam fried rice.)

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Meat recovery? Sounds like it came from the E.R...

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No doubt some of that meat *did* come from the E.R.

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"Spam is probably the only thing that converted vegetarians don't miss."

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Spam is to meat as Velveeta is to cheese. This assumes the subject will consume dairy products, of course.

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Mmmmmm Velveeta popcorn.... ahhhhh.

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I am a lifelong vegetarian and I'd say "Canned (spiced) ham. Traditionally viewed as the most tedious sort of meat, although quite popular in some places, especially where better meat used to be harder to get hold of." Which I feel gives some feel as to the texture, something like Big Macs (not in detail but) in that they might be a pleasantly straightforward meal sometimes but you wouldn't want to live on them.

Someone who'd actually eaten it might be able to describe what it's actually like to *eat* as well (or at least to smell, which I might happen to have done, though haven't) but the above seems to describe the salient features you have to know.

I gather from the post you're thinking about it being such a unique weird thing you can never conceive how it ever came to be.

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I was more wondering how to describe the taste, other than by comparison to other meats. But these answers are amusing, particularly the Velveeta analogy!

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Ah. Well, it's been a very successful post so far! :)

Well, it probably wouldn't help that much as we don't know what any other meat tastes like either. Except by smelling, which is probably a fairly good way, and of course we can do that to spam too, if we happen to want to for some perverse reason :)

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