TIL there's such a thing as vegetarian Spam

Why is there regular Spam?

I'm still not sure why there is vegetarian Spam, but...

I became a full time vegetarian 10 or 11 years ago. There are still some dishes I miss that had meat in them. Not necessarily the meat itself. Some I have modified to be vegetarian. Other I have not.

All in all there are not a lot I find myself wanting. One is an Italian cold cut sub, another is various dishes made with spam. 20 years ago I worked in a logistics department and most of my coworkers were from the Philippines, I learned to love spam. It was also a great camping food. I would love to try vegetarian spam.

Maybe I'm crazy, but that actually sounds kinda dope. Spam is underrated, IMO.

Apparently this is a soy and wheat gluten loaf and is made in the Phillipines.

Next time grab a photo of the back with the ingredients. That's the most important photo to capture

I'm still not sure why there is vegetarian Spam

For the same and only reason that there is regular spam, surely? For musubi.

Probably Hawaiian/Filipino diaspora. Those guys love spam, to the extent of innovating fusion dishes centered around it.

For that price I'd happily try it.

However good or bad it is. It can't be worse than luncheon meat. Treet meat and it's offbrand variants.

The price of spam is just criminal nowadays. Costs more than corned beef.

they use the word meat a lot on the shelf tag, considering it’s not meat

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.

Meatn't

spam, spam, spam, eggs, spam, spam, unspam, and spam

What???? I gotta find me some of this Spam!

For those who like canned meat but want it to be more ethical or environmentally friendly?

Vegan spam?

There is a Monty Python gag somewhere hidden in front of our eyes.

I'm still not sure why there is vegetarian Spam, but...

Because there are Hawaiians who don't eat meat.

This stuff is great. Not a vegetarian but I eat plenty of protein alternatives because of family. Un-Meat Plant Based Luncheon Meat Style (you have to say the whole thing) is actually preferable to spam.

There's a vegan sushi/ramen place near me that makes something between musubi and onigiri with vegan spam and they're crazy good. So that's one use for it.

Not vegan, but damn i'll eat that.

Tried it, it just tasted like a chewy salt lick and gave me a migraine from hypernatremia

i wish this were in the UK

Haven't had this particular brand, but I've made vegan musubi before with another. Turned out great and tbh I couldn't tell the difference. The only downside was the price difference.

Monty Python is on point yet again

Though we've just met I'm already ready to un-meet UnMeat.

TIL there’s such a thing as luncheon meat. I thought that was just what they did in junior league.

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.

TIL there’s actual meat in regular spam.

That’s good to know if I ever start craving Hawaiian food

Tbh I've tried it and its not great. It's made of Glutens and has a sort of nutty texture.

I've seen one that comes in a bag, pre-sliced and frozen. Feels like over fancifying something that's supposed to mimic something cheap

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?