Spam: The Cookbook [Hardcover]

Marguerite Patten (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 30, 2001

If all the cans of SPAM(r)...ever eaten were placed end to end, they would circle the globe ten times. Residents of Hawaii eat an average of 4 cans of SPAM(r) per person each year--more than any other place on earth! It's retro, it's fun, and it's about lunchmeat! Just think of how many friends you could give this to! And be sure to keep a copy for yourself, because you don't want to miss out on the fun, the lively anecdotes, and the merry memories of SPAM(r) dinners. From the giant SPAM(r) can on a building to the fastest SPAM(r) can on earth (it's a car) to the hilarious SPAM(r) song intoned by the Monty Python troupe, this is an irresistible treat. Packed with drawings and photos from the nostalgic to the wacky, and with 20 recipes that will redefine your idea of the SPAM(r) meal, this scrapbook of SPAM(r) treasures is one delicious treat! "Without SPAM(r), we wouldn't have been able to feed our army."--Nikita Khrushchev.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Dating from the 1930s, featured in the Smithsonian, rocketing to unimagined heights of success and staying there for 60 years who would have guessed that "shoulder meat left over from the pork industry," blended with ham and canned as a luncheon meat would enjoy such glory? In SPAM: The Cookbook, Marguerite Patten (Marguerite Patten's Post-War Kitchen) offers 20 recipes (Thai SPAM Cakes; SPAM steaks in Port Wine); a concise history of SPAM (the visionary Jay C. Hormel beat the odds when he sold his brainchild to his father and then the world; by 1944, 90% of Hormel canned foods "were exported to various theaters of war"); quotes and excerpts from Nikita Kruschev, Monty Python and fan clubs; and much more world-wide SPAMiana. Pop-culture lovers will drool. Photos.

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About the Author

Marguerite Patten is one of Britain's most famous cookery writers, with over 160 cookery books, many of them bestsellers, to her credit. In the Queen's Birthday Honours, June 1991, she was awarded the OBE for her services to the art of cookery and in 1995 she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Guild of Food Writers. She was recently the subject of BBC1's popular tribute programme, 'This is Your Life'. Recent titles among her many books for Hamlyn are 'Marguerite Patten's Post-war Kitchen', 'We'll Eat Again', and 'The Victory Cookbook'. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 64 pages
• Publisher: Hamlyn (June 30, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0600603431
• ISBN-13: 978-0600603436
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 7.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,402,265 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars history, October 11, 2008

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T Wallace "book treasures" (N.C. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spam: The Cookbook (Hardcover)

I had no idea, that SPAM had been around for a long time. This book tells about the history of Spam, going back into the 1930's. If our Economy stays in the shape it is at the present, We all may have to buy some SPAM. Also included is some great recipes.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Product, average book, May 31, 2011

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Christopher M. Combs - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spam - The Cookbook (Paperback)

I love SPAM. I have done SPAM sushi, SPAM and eggs, SPAM Rancheros etc etc BUT lets talk about the book shall we?

This specific book is giant SPAM advertisement. It basically makes SPAM out tobe the seminole 20th cebntury icon next to Coca Cola and Sunberam bread etc etc, which in some ways, sure, it is. BUT, if I want SPAM advertisemnts, I would go to the web page. In that respect, the book sucks.

HOWEVER, it does provide the idea that those who really enjoy SPAM have recipes, and outlets than a mere sandwich. However, I am not awaiting for a cancer cure or ED prevention or the Rapture being delayed because someone fried some SPAM. The history was cool and reminded me alot of what its like to go to Hershey PA now.

SO, very few recipes, we learn the How Great Thou art of SPAM and thats about it.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you for the SPAM fan's companion !, November 2, 2009

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N. IMAMURA "Reading Tom" (Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spam - The Cookbook (Paperback)

This book is indispensable for SPAM cooking, that shows many cooking method.
It's low price and high ability, the best cost-performance.
Thank God for the SPAM & Cookbook!
SPAM goes around the globe. ---- from Tokyo Japan ------