Unlocking the Taste of the Past: Authentic 1970's Spam Fritter Meal Revived

We time travel to our cooking past. A recreation of a 1970's meal that was cooked many times. Spam Fritter, chips, egg and beans. Come and see if it lives up to its reputation. Here are the ingredients we used in this 1970's Spam Fritter budget meal.
1 box of battered spam fritters,
1 box of Chip shop style spam fritters,
A tin of baked beans,
A bag of frozen crinkle cut chips,
2 eggs.
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[@pabsyh3187]

You feeling cold pal ?…or you smuggling peanuts 😂

[@brabusta]

That was my first thought, I’m amazed that T shirt hasn’t demonetised this vid!!! 😂😂

[@suzann2531]

Would of been better if Martin stayed behind the camera on this video. Can’t concentrate. 🤣

[@victoriagardner-vb2jh]

All I can do is stare at them, I can’t even remember what they were cooking lol x

[@tomjohntig]

Can’t afford the full t shirt so used a bit of old netting for the bottom half lol throw it in the bin Martin please. I love spam fried egg sunny side up sarnies perfect.

[@sarahmoss4224]

I loved the Yorkshire Tea commercial was so funny 🤣.

[@mamnan8953]

Unfortunately the more popular you get the trolls will ppp up. I couldn't cope with all the negativity. You are doing a great job making thousands of people happy and we love your family

[@liammalarky3483]

Spam Fritters were served every Wednesday at a factory I worked at. They were battered, deep fried then finished in the oven. The catering tins of Spam were cylinders over a foot long! I'd no ideas such a thing existed. I thought I'd travelled back in time when I started there and saw that week's menu. This was about 2007 and I was one of the chefs. It wasnt our idea, the workers requested it and we sold hundreds of them (2 per portion) over three shifts. They were insanely popular. Having had them so often as a kid in the 1970's I couldn't stand them.

[@denisefuller4483]

It was great growing up in the 70’s , love spam. Potato puffs in the school tuck shop. School dinners.vol au vents and prawn cocktail if entertaining.

[@helendavies2241]

Loved the potato puffs 😋

[@shirleyvalentine2794]

I used to buy my late dad a goodie bag of things he wouldn’t buy for himself at Xmas.He died in 2011 and I still have a tin of spam he never opened in my cupboard.The BBE date was 2016 ! Never eaten spam and don’t think I,ll be opening the can I have 😂

[@deenaburnett7530]

Wow you both just crack me up so much and this 70's theme with Spam was brilliant. You two are the new Fanny & Johnnie Cradock of TV 😂 Love the Lizzie Dripping comment!! 😉 😂 Thankyou again Sharon & Martin ❤

[@malcombeashman9873]

Another great vlog. I'm please you mentioned Magpie, Blue Peter and Crackerjack. As always, I find your vlogs both informative and entertaining. Being on my own I use the air fryer for all my meals now. Keep them coming. Memories of my childhood in the 60's

[@CountryLifeEngland]

Me too😂

[@margaretmcnulty]

@@CountryLifeEngland Me three

[@suemcdonagh7650]

Bizzy Lizzy was the little girl who had a flower on her dress and could make so many wishes a day, I used to love this, well loved Watch with Mother in general. you’ve both got me reminiscing now!

[@joannelass42]

I was glad sharon mentioned Lizzy Dripping I loved that also. Used to get spooked mind you

[@davidjanicecoon2763]

Loved these going back in time videos. My primary school dinners were delicious too.

[@helenwilliamson7099]

That was soo funny, yep that was all the shows we loved some memories, that's what we did as kids me and my brother ha ha we were kids in the 60s and 70s great days ❤

[@jennigee51]

Did you never watch 'Little House on the Prairie'? When the clocks go back, I always think of my kids coming home from school, getting into their jammies, then we'd sit on the couch having tea on our laps watching it... It really brings back fantastic memories 😀

[@goodfes]

I thought the best things from the 70's were prawn cocktails and arctic rolls. And the odd cheese hedgehog thing that seemed to appear at parties, as a kid I remember all sorts of odd stuff ending up on toothpicks. Used to love Blue Peter and Rentaghost....

[@xena8076]

Lizzie dripping, Lizzie dripping, don’t look now but your knickers are slipping 😂😂😂

[@epcode5121]

It was "Love Thy Neighbour" for me, with me Spam 😊 Great Video 😎🙏

[@butlersempire]

Classic

[@janetpark5306]

You two make my day, so funny and the memories you brought back for me....... thank you xx

[@leonlawrence9169]

Brilliant, I loved the commercial sharon started off Jamaican then irish then scotish! I love your channel and you keep us all entertained and on a regular basis keep up the great work 👍 ❤ best channel on KZbin 👌🔥

[@butlersempire]

Thanks so much

[@leonlawrence9169]

Your welcome!

[@catherinegoldie6724]

Ha!Ha! so funny, Thanks for taking us back in time, Spam Spam Spam Spam, really enjoyed this video, and I do remember the food back then, most of it was rubbish in my eyes anyway, keep them coming.X💕🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@magswilkie2236]

Well Sharon & Martin, I made spam, fried eggs and chips last night, was lush. Didn't have fritters, so made my own, egg white and breadcrumbs. Spam decent slices, into egg white, then breadcrumbs twice. Was 1st full meal, I've had since hubby passed in January. Was absolutely stuffed. And yes you could taste the spam. xx

[@susanlongyear1229]

😂😂😂 oh Sharon you in the wig & Yorkshire tea bags.. 😂 what a hoot 😂😂 then Martin steps in the frame.. 😂😂😂 you two so funny.. thanks for a great video.. more please...Susan ❤❤ xx

[@benj597]

Best commercial ever !

[@alandykes2519]

Spot on Martin and Sharon always the thumbs up from me 1971 the double deckers👍👍👍👍

[@mamnan8953]

My meals in senior school were cooked on sight and were lovely. My dinner lady and cook's son married my husband's sister. I also found out that when my parents got married the next couple in were my dinner lady and her lovely husband. Crazy coincidences

[@butlersempire]

Oh wow!

[@sheilagarrido8204]

Really enjoyed this Folks! Thank you. Loved the seventies too😅😅😅😅. Please do more of that. What memories😘😘😘

[@debradickson7816]

Great video guys👌the commercial did it for me I laughed so much 😂 I had a coughing fit

[@marcuswhitmore6622]

Loved the Yorkshire Tea advert … 😂😂

[@deeceetee5304]

Hahahaha hilarious, what a pair of comedians, thank you so much for the great entertainment 😂🥰 x

[@butlersempire]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@christinehyslop7105]

At my primary school my favourite dinner was spam fritters with a hot tomato sauce 😮

[@matejakova]

Another great video and so true … I grew up in the 70’s😃

[@susancooper4020]

Izzy wizzy let’s get dizzy I remember that. And I loved folly foot with Arthur English 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@susancooper4020]

Just got home from menorca for the summer so just catching up on tonight’s fun love spam fritters 💃🏽💃🏽

[@hayleyjones6302]

Loved the commercial break 😂😂

[@jenoxley5092]

loved the "Ad-break"!,being 57,i ALSO watched all those oldies youve mentioned,and loved them !X

[@vijayantgovender2045]

Thank you for your honest opinion watching from South Africa

[@mamnan8953]

In my humble opinion there's no united kingdom or "great" Britain anymore what is great for Britain Is your traditional British family. Hold your heads high guys and girls you are a credit to our island's family traditions. What an inspiration to everyone

[@lindaroberts2508]

Love the ad break so funny,won't be trying those spam fritters any time soon.😂😂

[@annefraser6908]

You both are brilliant so funny ,and good cooks

[@butlersempire]

Thanks! 😃

[@Knockseekfind]

Thankyou for another great opportunity to think back when you get what we ate after school and Grange Hill crackerjack and yes Sharon school dinners were lovely 🥰 then your right oh it brings great memories back Thankyou so very much ❤️👍🥘

[@butlersempire]

Our pleasure!

[@mamnan8953]

I had spam as a child in the 60s however not since then. I am tempted to try it again

[@kirstifitzpatrick]

Great yorkshire tea commercial really funny lol I remember lizzy dripping used to love watching that also kizzy about a gypsy girl loved that too and grange hill brings lots of memories back 😊

[@juliaharbey8643]

My favourite family on KZbin ❤❤😊

[@butlersempire]

Thank you so much 😁

[@pauld7827]

If I remember rightly, it was sliced Spam dipped in batter and cooked in the deep fat fryer. Healthy cooking!

[@victoriariley7814]

You guys are a blast. Educational and hilarious. Love your vlogs 🙌

[@butlersempire]

Thanks so much!!

[@davemorris9275]

The original Thunderbirds, Captain Pugwash, Tiswas “we sing a song, the bucket of water song 🎵” those were the days 😅

[@rbnhd1144]

Loved the advert, but loved it all, you guys rock.

[@ronaldmartin7892]

My mum used to do Spam fritters back in the 1940s. That's if we were lucky enough to get a tin of Spam. Nice pair of Bristols Martin. You'll need to borrow one of Sharon's bras if you keep on going full metal jacket.😀

[@mamnan8953]

I love you guys so natural so true. When I was a kid in senior school on chip days the most prominent person at the table got the most chips if nothing was left when it got to the newby that was tough luck lol

[@peteramberley9952]

Funny video you 2 😅At school we had spam fritters with stodgy mushy marofat peas and cold scoops of lumpy mash .

[@raven_ous2585]

I have a dining room, but still eat on my knee most of the time

[@jennifermharvey9882]

Love Sundays

[@jennymatthews4901]

Enjoyed as always

[@sheilagarrido8204]

😂😂😂ha! ha! ha!!!!!! Very good guys. Thanks a million❤❤❤🎉

[@glynisherridge4839]

Hi Sharron and Martin ❤watching you Bothe brilliant . Black beauty Sharron brilliant loved it x

[@Fridays....]

Black beauty, Worzel gummidge and emus pink windmill...... I was on Grotbags grotto when I was 11 😂 x

[@projectclark123]

Spam fritters with the curry sauce are the best omg love them

[@eileenkillen1481]

You two are some crack😂😂 Sharon my nickname when I was a young girl was Lizzy Drippin, I was as skinny as your granddaughter Tracy’s daughter. Blessings from Ireland 🇮🇪 ❤🙏

[@Clitheroelad2906]

Martin. I love frying eggs like you 2,I literally watched a fella on KZbin yesterday cook his eggs as per you do then and this is the clever bit. When his eggs where done on the bottom he added half a cup of water and placed the lid on for 2 minutes. Unbelievable eggs cooked to perfection and no bust outs haha 😂 Try it and honestly you will be amazed. JonnyKay

[@barryhumphries4514]

At school in the 70s, we had round spam fritters in batter. We had a round luncheon meat sometimes at home with our tea or perhaps liver sausage. Those were the days! 👀👍

[@chasmcl42]

I bought them in asda recently there were two for four quid and was a bit disappointed , talking about blue peter , my era is John Noakes, Peter Purves and Valerie Singleton, i used to send in milk bottle tops, happy days 😀😀 great video Martin and Sharon 🙏🙏

[@Angel-002]

Milk bottle tops for Guide dogs for the blind I seem to remember🤔 John Noakes & Shep🤣🤣🤣 It was always chaos back then😂😂

[@simonrayner74]

Loved the black and white segment lol. Great video as always 👍

[@Bette36]

Really good video tonight,your advert is just hilarious 🤣🤣

[@margaretwotherspoon566]

Sharon how you kept a straight face doing that advert ,🤣🤣🤣🤣maybe ill try the spam fritters, not something ive tasted but ill give it a go just to see what there like.👍🥰

[@evielou8192]

Hi good video as usual I remember all the TV programmes you mentioned and loved watching them all. We had spam fritters once a week for school dinner. 👍👍❤️

[@MarkBrittain]

Great vid, I live in SE Asia and spam here is considered a delicacy, 10 quid for 1 tin

[@daniellesindlay5547]

I had spam fitters in school. Chocolate pudding and Chocolate custard yummy

[@chriskeller4563]

Asbestos man Martin lol , you brought back so many memories an Sharon saying Grange Hill 😂😊

[@davestatham812]

Marvelous, fantastic costumes, haha, your right thats the sort of stuff we used to ram down your necks then off out to play, back in our golden era's, great video guys, 👍🏻❤

[@karensterling5597]

Hi you two so lovley I stayed school dinners primary but not secondary feel I missd out on best dinners , I had a can tomato soup slice bread or spaghetti on toast lol, mum did cook dinner so loved spam fritters yummy 1970s blac k beauty my fav as use go horse riding sharon no u love of horses to thanks for great vblg started me reminiscing x

[@susanhodgson4893]

Findus pancakes for me in the 70s love them with chips cooked in lard in the chip pan and peas or beans with bread and butter x

[@pattaylor3555]

❤ so funny the pair of yous two

[@suewhelan311]

You too are great, I really look forward to your video's, keep them coming. ❤❤

[@STTC]

lol, I used to hold spam fritters in my mouth and spit them down the toilet when my mum and dad weren’t looking 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@paullawrence8572]

Loved the Ad!😂😂😂

[@jennyjarvis3869]

You both make me laugh .😊

[@kellymorris9589]

Great review

[@JazzFunkNobby1964]

I fry my eggs same as that. Don't like snotty eggs. White pepper on the shopping list. We did have mostly white back in the sixties and seventies. Then black pepper grinders on the dining table became popular.

[@mamnan8953]

Junior school meals in Wales were mostly cooked off premises and were aweful warmed up. Senor school was wonderful

[@user-eo5mt4ub7b]

Great vlog again I always check utube out when I get up in the morning to watch your vlog it cheers me up for the rest of the day love your vlogs .

[@butlersempire]

Thanks so much

[@user-qn2df4qk7u]

Really enjoy all your videos.and family its brilliant

[@butlersempire]

Thanks so much

[@PAM-ud9lv]

My dad used to love spam fritters. Never liked them myself. Yes Sharon I had some great school dinners too. It’s like going down memory lane with you two love it. All the lovely memories You two are the best. Take care. Love your videos

[@starperry1784]

We were there in 70s/80s xxx

[@Christine-il8nm]

Hi it was good to go back in time .good video thx Sharon and Martin ❤

[@andylucas4031]

I tried those last week ,really surprised..Got them for 2 quid.Charlie and molly my dogs loved em...Can you remember when kitchen roll first came out.

[@user-Flyer66]

Hi, great entertainment as always guys. For me, you will NEVER beat the good old Chip shop battered spam fritter. I don't know if Sharon has checked on KZbin, there is actually at least five episodes of her favourite childhood drama Lizzie dripping. Dave

[@davidtsekiri-pp7yz]

thank you 👍

[@southerncooker6475]

You guys are great!

[@sukiebowenenglandx312]

Just hilarious 😂❤

[@juliepringle5797]

Great video as always. Have you ever done a video on the rubbish in our food, I’m really interested in all your little bits of advice such as the vegetable oil you mentioned. I’ve lots of health issues and it’s nice to hear the truth from someone like yourself who has researched things for years.

[@butlersempire]

I do mention the odd fact but a lot of the facts are clouded on Google and people tend to believe what they see on Google so I don't preach as there is always too many people who only believe what they see in mainstream.

[@JeansDolls]

I can honestly say I’ve never had a spam fritter, and in the 70s I was cooking real chips.. but I do like spam.

[@arsbrowne]

My wife always makes the eggs she frys 1 side then adds a touch of boiling water and a lid perfect eggs every time

[@georgieboy1958]

I loved the 70s

[@kevinnye5132]

Blimey Martin if you had Spam fritters , chips & egg & beans in the 1970s you were posh bro 😂, I got home from school most days and had bread & jam sandwich before going off to my 2 paper rounds for sixpence a week and then a 10 hour shift down Mines for 5 Bob and a hot cup tea , Bleak House ? Charles Dickens didn’t know the half of it lol 😂.

[@craigwignall8450]

Great laugh i will try the curry ones this weekend

[@tinkeringtaylor3053]

Loved watching Crackerjack,blue Peter and all the oldies, you must have been feeling cold Martin when you done this video 😂😂, my mum use to do the eggs in lard and the chips yum yum and the spam fritters were grilled, but well done on a superb video again 👍

[@butlersempire]

Not cold Nev, just excited lol

[@tinkeringtaylor3053]

@@butlersempire 🤣🤣🤣

[@3kdn]

We have the Hard Water Yorkshire Tea Bags here in North Yorkshire, and they make a cracking cuppa!

[@Angel-002]

We had dining rooms in our houses back then😂 Well the house I grew up in had a dining room & a pantry in the kitchen. We never had spam though. I never tried it til my ex got some & said it was lovely stuff. I tried it & didn't like it so he grilled some & battered some & I still didn't like it🤢😝 I remember when I was little though going to my friends for dinner I got Findus crispy pancake with chips & beans. I didn't know what the pancake thing was. I tried it & didn't like it so my friend & her brother grabbed it & nearly ended up fighting over it & whilst I tried to stop them before we all got in trouble their dog ate my chips & beans🤣🤣 I was glad my mum had saved me a chicken dinner for when I got back home😂 I don't remember getting spam at school but remember semolina pudding with a blob of jam......I didn't like that either, but don't know anyone who did😂😂 My mum cooked chips in beef dripping or lard but we only had them once a week if that. I remember the name Lizzie dripping but don't remember what it was about, but I remember Champion the Wonder Horse being on on a Saturday morning & the old Jerry Lewis or Shirley Temple films being on in the afternoon on BBC2 I think🤔😁

[@333wheeler]

Fish Fingers or homemade Rissoles were a big fav of mine with B Beans. Any one Remember "Magpie" well then Mick Robertson looked like Brian May and in fact made one decent Album . Was it Jenny another Co host. They had a few good bands on . so better than Blue Peter IMO.

[@margaretrobinson1670]

Great video Martin and Sharon, l can remember frying with dripping. The food was much tastier in them days, and your right Sharon the school dinners were delicious. Them spam fritters are horrible,I’ve had them.

[@butlersempire]

Yes it was

[@susanheron2423]

Hi guys,carnt beat home made or chip shop just like you said.saw these the other day n now pleased i didnt bover buying them.wil make my own i think,thanks martin n sharon,take care xx

[@lucytorr3559]

I like the stockwell beans but always add himilain salt and ground black pepper delish.xx