Spam: The Cookbook (Paperback)

by Linda Eggers (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Celebrating Hormel's "miracle meat in a can", here's a one-of-a-kind cookbook die-cut in the shape of the familiar SPAM can. This collection of recipes from kitchens along America's Main Streets includes regionally influenced dishes. The menus and recipes are framed by a rich anecdotal history of SPAM luncheon meat.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Longstreet Press (October 25, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563524864
• ISBN-13: 978-1563524868
• Product Dimensions: 4.8 x 4.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #319,924 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The book is great fun and very informative., November 3, 1998

By A Customer

I very much enjoyed this book. I knew virtually nothing about Spam or how to prepare it. The book is great fun and always generates smiles from my friends. In fact, I'm in the restaurant business and have given the book to friends in both tbe catering and restaurant business. A couple of friend and I have bought the entire inventory from several local bookstores to give to all her staff. Who knows, this book just might make Spam as popular in the contiguous 48 states as it is in Hawaii.

Great job, Ms. Eggers! What's next?

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yum!, June 8, 2004

By	Kelly Irish "Bootleg Girl" (PDX, Oregon) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

We threw a Spam themed birthday party for a friend - everyone had to bring a food item made from Spam. Just when I was freaking out about not knowing what to bring, I discovered this book. (Which proves that there is a book on everything!)

Since I'm not a cook nor too creative in the kitchen, I was pretty nervous about making food and expecting friends to eat it. But then I realized, hey it's Spam, no one expects it to be good! The recipe I picked was the Spam Risotto. It was super easy to make and - gasp! - it tasted really good!

I loaned this book to another party go-er and she whipped up the Spam loaf (with salmon) and it was surprisingly tasty as well.

Previous to purchasing this book, the only way I'd ever had Spam was fried up and in a sandwich, but now the door is open to many possibilities.

This little book has all the kitch to make it cool and some damn good recipes inside!

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spamtastic, April 4, 2001

By	Henry Raddick (London UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This is a bold and imaginative cookery book. Eggers shows flair with a daring East/West fusion in her Thai influenced Spam with Mint and Brocoli: tender chunks of luncheon loaf stir-fried with fish sauce, chili, brown sugar and brocoli then topped with fresh mint. Look out too for her Spam en Croute - slab of reconstituted pork coated in a rich mushroom pate and wrapped in filo pastry. It's a triumph. That distinctive taste of the abbatoir floor you get with Spam comes through best, perhaps, in a simple yet delicious Spam Tartare - raw Spam, ground with anchovies, egg yolk, mustard, oil and Worcestershire Sauce. Mmmmmm. Heaven.