Foreign SPAM vs. American SPAM

[@Kleiner_Lutz]

Hormel produced their first batch of Spam in 1937 Due to recent demand, they've announced that they will be producing a second batch

[@McCucumber]

Good to know. Hopefully this batch will last as long as the first one.

[@DoubleDHomestead]

😂🤣😅🤣😂

[@ScottGreenMusic]

"All of the candy corn that was ever made was made in 1911." - Lewis Black

[@2A4U.S.A]

@Tony N I really wish I wasn't drinking a carbonated beverage while reading this comment!!

[@grumpyoldwizard]

Good one, lol

[@jamesw4202]

I started eating spam in Korea, like some others here. What I would do is to cut it real thin, then cook it until it is brown (like bacon) and put some cheese and hot mustard on it. Goes great with Hite beer!

[@lisapop5219]

I fell in love with spam during the years I lived in Korea. It's actually given as gifts for holidays. They have a bunch of flavors not available in the US. My favorite is the hot & spicy flavor here in the states though

[@gordonlawrence1448]

There is one in the Carribean which has some fruit in it. I cant remember what it's called but it tastes great.

[@maenad1231]

@@Haddley333 Obviously It’s not like Lisa could be talking about North Korea. If she lived in North Korea she wouldn’t of been allowed to leave alive lmao

[@SAGGING_GUT]

It's funny, in the west (especially in the UK here) people HATE spam! goes so well with Ramen

[@greyeaglem]

My friends have a Korean sister-in-law and we were baffled by her love of Spam. It's something most people kind of look down on here, kept around for emergencies because it's shelf stable and used only when there's nothing else around. They bought her a Spam T shirt that she loved wearing. They do manufacture Spam in other countries, but it's different than what we have here. Usually not as salty. People in Korea like the American version too though. Whenever my friends' sister-in-law went back to Korea, they'd take cases of Spam for their relatives. That was when you could take as much baggage as you wanted or pay a little extra. Not like flying now.

[@IamTheBluMedicTF2]

Omg that's amazing you were in korea.in fact my favorite spam is Chung Jung One Luncheon Meat which is from Korea and it tastes amazing and is less salty than regular spam.i get mine in lotte supermarket in Florida.

[@BlitzGaming32]

This is the kind of food review and comparison you'd love to see everywhere else. Straight forward, No unnecessary effects, Jokes are on point and doesn't feel forced and overall it's INFORMATIVE. And because of that, you'd got a new subscriber here TheWolfePit. keep up the great content!

[@petemaxwell8046]

When I was a kid in the 50s, I remember several other products that had key openers… canned hams, planters peanuts, tuna fish cans, some brands of coffee, and probably a few others. Sardine can# opened with a key, but the entire top rolled back.

[@bextar6365]

100 % TRUE !

[@SamtheMan0508]

I was never very successful with those keys.

[@Telcomvic]

I was coming to comment that coffee and sardines had keys. I completely forgot about canned hams until I read your comment. I don't recall the nuts having keys. Maybe our family wasn't big on eating nuts.

[@JaneAustenAteMyCat]

We still have keys in the UK, usually on spam or corned beef and I've seen them on sardines, just as you describe (it's mostly ring pulls now though).

[@greyeaglem]

@@SamtheMan0508 Me either. The strip wouldn't roll on the key straight and wound end up going off the end of the key. I usually had to get out the pliers to finish the job.

[@UnderAGlassMetropolis]

Ma Ling is definitely the nicest, it's made for the Chinese community. I live in the UK, and most Chinese take-outs and restaurants use it for their fried rice and special chow mein dishes.

[@waltonsimons9082]

Makes me wonder if there's a hidden pun in it though, seeing how the word 'maling' in Dutch can mean 'fooled'

[@710LENNY]

Your recipe for Spam is fantastic. It tastes just like Spam did back in the '60's. I make it at least once a year, if not twice. I get around 6 1 pound loafs that I vacuum seal, cook sous vide and stick in the freezer. I rarely cook it, preferring to slice it and eat it on Stoned Wheat Thins. My husband likes to fry it up with his eggs in the morning. A can of Spam here (southwest Ontario) is nearly $4, so I find your recipe very cost effective as well. May try the Holland brand, but although I am in Canada and have access to the others, they don't appeal to me. Thanks for your research.

[@gregzeigler3850]

Clover Valley Luncheon Meat(Product of Denmark) looks and tastes exactly like Spam and quite a bit cheaper too.

[@710LENNY]

@@pmbbmp It comes commercially in a can, which is cooked under pressure. I cook it sous vide, which means sealed in a plastic bag without air, under water, at a specific temperature, for a substantial amount of time, because I like the texture. I rarely "cook" it, meaning I simply slice it and eat it, I do not fry it. My husband likes his heated, even crispy at the edges. I freeze it because this is a large recipe and as I said, I do not pressure can it, I cook it sous vide, so it will not keep very long in the fridge.

[@lorrasites6962]

Recently found your channel and wanted to say thank you everyone around me is living on extreme budgets so I am definitely sharing.

[@Zhamx2]

I lived in Germany for 6 years and one of the first time I had eggs they tasted fishy. I asked why it was and was told that the farmers feed the chicken ground fish bones with the pellets to the chickens and that's why they have a fish flavor. You get used to after a while and it is my guess that is what is going on with the second Canadian meat product you tasted.

[@bobbygetsbanned6049]

They stopped feeding pigs fish products a long time ago for the same reason, people didn't like fishy pork.

[@wullaballoo2642]

I get milk and eggs delivered to the door, farm fresh eggs with huge orange yolk but once i got cheap eggs from the shop and they tasted fishy with small pale yolk.

[@JLUX100]

High amounts of omega 3 in eggs can give it a Fishy taste. Buy they're actually the healthier eggs.

[@JLUX100]

@@wullaballoo2642 High amounts of omega 3 in eggs can give it a Fishy taste. Buy they're actually the healthier eggs.

[@Bazerkly]

I grew up in the US in the 1950's and farmers were feeding their pigs fish then.... You would sometimes get bacon that tasted like fish! More recently farmers stopped castrating their male pigs to get leaner healthier meat... The meat had a Urine taste..... Not a joke!

[@r4spb3rryAmy]

if you want to give the german version a try, and i highly recommend it, it's called 'Frühstücksfleisch'(breakfast meat), we usually eat that one with butter on bread. amazing stuff often has lots of the tasty meat fat still in the can.

[@MR101722]

Yo WolfePit I sent you that Maple Leaf and Compliments knock off spam! Glad you were able to give it a try! 😊

[@meluk6991]

Thank you kindly sir. 🙏. The video we all enjoyed was made possible by you.

[@microcolonel]

I remember seeing off brand luncheon meat when I lived in Canada, and anything with chicken added like that mystifies me; hard pass for me.

[@IAMMRON]

👍

[@jamIam6548]

His cat thanks you.

[@StreaksSkunk]

After being a sobeys girl for like, a decade (not anymore!) ... seeing a compliments product in a youtube video from an american slayed me haha. No surprise it was the least popular, that stuff is grossssssss. lol.

[@HemlockRidge]

Due to all of the Americans being posted to the Philippines, and Polynesia during WWII, and that SPAM was extensively used for rations, the region was introduced to SPAM. It has become a staple for the region even now. Check out all the flavors of SPAM available in Hawai"i, where it is used in gourmet cooking. I personally love the Hickory Smoke flavor that is usually available in the continental US. My Grandfather, who was a Bombardier in a B-24 during WWII, was shot down and incarcerated in a German POW camp. They would get cans of SPAM in their Red Cross parcels. I guess they got sick of it, because he told me that the men in his barracks planned bombing raids on the Hormel plant in Chicago. After the war he would not allow it in his home.

[@liquid2air]

as a canadian, we don't have many nice things to say about "compliments" brand food either

[@SymbolicSplenetic]

eh it's hit or miss depending on the product. I absolutely love their jalapeno peanuts. They also have some decent hot chocolate powders, the caramel and mint ones being my favs.

[@Zaddiio]

TRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUE. Compliments is such a trash "no-name"

[@justinb2824]

The chicken burgers and fruit blends have been fine for me, but mostly I stay away.

[@caseysmith544]

Is that not a generic brand or is that the one with the yellow on the package?

[@SymbolicSplenetic]

@@caseysmith544 It's a generic store brand, Fresh Co carries it. The one you're thinking of is the "No Name" brand, which is usually found in No Frills and I think Loblaws as well. They're kinda the same in that they both are brands specific to certain supermarkets, and have a massive amount of different products. President's Choice is another one of those types of brands, but PC is actually quite often really good and usually way better than the others mentioned.

[@wjlim7498]

The Ma Ling spam is actually a China brand, famous all over most of Asia, and it’s the best tasting one amongst the luncheon meat.

[@telebubba5527]

I am from Holland, where the product is made, and have never seen it😂. Maybe I'd have to look in an Asian toko, but to be honest it's not the first thing I'd be looking at.

[@netmatrix75]

Ma Ling is also the most pirated brand because of its fame. This brand existed since the 80s'. I grew up eating this. 😁Its original orange color label is the one that made it famous. The pirated ones had other animal meats and even cardboard mixed into it. It really affected the company reputation back then. But today the best ones are either from Singapore or Korea. Namely Golden Bridge brand and Lotte.

[@litchtheshinigami8936]

yep.. as someone who is dutch i have never seen it.. the one i personally know is Smak. i think the only thing that makes it say holland is because the meat comes from here but that's about it.

[@telebubba5527]

Ha, I happend to find it yesterday at a Filipino webstore based in the Netherlands🙂

[@leonardpearlman4017]

WELL. I learned something today! I have seen these SPAM of the East so many times, it always seemed ridiculous to import SPAM like products, and also it's now a premium priced thing. I have tried every thing in the Asian Market (that seems edible or drinkable) except that. I never dreamed.... Worse yet I have tried a few SPAM substitutes that were grossly inferior, maybe inedible and clearly I'm not a picky eater. BUT this Ma Ling product is easy to find and it looks great! Will this be the SPAM Musubi of HISTORY? Anyway, I enjoyed watching this, a video about a topic that you could hardly bring up where I live.

[@hitchpost5822]

Another product that used a can key was canned coffee, the cans were designed so you could replace the lid after removing the band of metal. An interesting side note about can keys, is Victorinox swiss army knives at one time had a can key built into the philips screwdriver on the back of the knife. Many young swiss army knife collector’s don’t know what the can key on there vintage knife was used for.

[@toddfraisure1747]

Now I'm going to look through my collection. Thank You!!!

[@gwesco]

When I was a kid, we used the metal key strips from coffee and meat cans with a nail and wire to make a magnet and made telegraph units out of them. The neighbor kid and I had a regular circuit between our houses and learned Morse code that way. I miss metal coffee cans as they were great for storing parts as well.

[@hitchpost5822]

​@@gwesco My dad had dozens of them full of nails, bolts, and screws out in the garage. Going through the depression his generation saved everything.

[@badger305]

Tins of sardines used them also. Canned corned beef still does, opened a can a couple nights ago.

[@toddfraisure1747]

@@gwesco That sounds like it was ingenious, especially for kids. Back in the days when we made our own fun.

[@nephilimslayer73]

I am Aussie and I absolutely love Turkey SPAM. I love the savoury jelly on the smooth sides and I use it for fried rice.

[@roddevereaux1830]

Where are you buying turkey spam? Not in woolies or coles?

[@bigredinfinity3126]

I got a can been meaning to eat it bought a fuck ton when corona kicked off . I went to Coles and got 40 tins paid for 5 due to a error i just kept my mouth shut .went back and got the last 30 of different flavors and got all up 70 tons for 30 bucks. I was going to save the turkey spam for a doomsday Christmas

[@raymondnecke5806]

Love spam but it’s dear as shit from Woolies , gotta wait till it’s on special then load up 🤙🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@raymondnecke5806]

@@roddevereaux1830 hi Rod , you can get it from Woolies ,it just depends on your individual store , try a few other Woolies and see as they’re different based on things like socio- Economic area , etc , as I’m all over Melb I get to see different stores and believe me they are very very different depending on area

[@nephilimslayer73]

@@raymondnecke5806 I usually shop the specials.

[@williamharris8367]

Canned corned beef still uses the key to open the can. I am also old enough to remember sardine cans using a key (though now they have a pull-tab). ETA: Compliments is the Sobeys/Safeway/etc. store-brand, so the focus is price over quality.

[@DaveF.]

Yeah, it's weird - I'm nearly fifty and have only just worked out that what americans call corned beef is isn't what we Brits call it - makes me wonder if I've making corned beef hash with completely the wrong ingredients for years

[@beau-urns]

Yeah compliments is like low to mid tier. Never "bad" just meh. Presidents choice is a superior store brand to be sure (i dont know if they have a spam product though)

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

@@beau-urns president's choice mac and cheese is even better than Kraft

[@beau-urns]

@@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 hell Yeah. I bought four of the white cheddar today actually. The best Mac n cheese around

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

@@beau-urns it's awesome, the regular kind too!

[@aneophyte1199]

I believe old style sardine tins had a key to open them, though it was to peel open the top, not the sides. Its most likely cans that were not the traditional round would use that method.

[@stevemorse5052]

You are correct, I remember the old style sardine cans. Now they are all ring pull, great idea those ring pull cans, you pull on the ring, the top peels back then snaps off covering you with most of the liquid contents from the inside the can!

[@darkwitnesslxx]

I think Kipper snacks still have the keys. King Oscar or Crown Prince brand.

[@davenorth2903]

Always brightens my day when I see a new Larry video notification. Getting closer and closer to that magic flip flop moment!

[@anthonypetruzzi158]

Can not agree with you more ❤️

[@SevenHunnid]

When i look at the top & see all the succesful people.. there is NO mexicans.. I review weed products on my KZbin channel .. tryna make it out the hoood

[@bighuge1060]

I love Spam. My favorite variety is the garlic one but no matter plain or garlic, one or two slices are always consumed right out of the can while I fry the others for breakfast. It may not be the healthiest food for us but if you want healthy food, eat a Brussels sprout. This and Underwood Deviled Ham were childhood favorites I still love today. Very interesting video!

[@Falcon532.]

I remember once when I was camping one of my friends brought treet, none of use had ever tried it before. and of course I had a bunch of spam, so after we were sufficiently sauced we decided to have a little taste test.. no one liked treet and we ended up eating two cans of spam each. Ah fun times drinking in the woods with friends

[@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger]

Treet is basically bologna loaf

[@jadenephrite]

Regarding 1:01, Ma Ling is a Chinese can food company headquartered in Shanghai, China. Ma Ling makes canned luncheon meat, pork, ham, chicken, fish, ful medames, peas, mushroom, rice pudding, tomato paste, and tomato ketchup.

[@stevelogan5475]

I had uncles in WW2, KOREAN WAR, & cousins in Vietnam War, all said when you are hungry enough that spam was better than a prime ribeye

[@autumnskyes5633]

My family tried total off grid living in the White Mountains in Arizona. Spam made it's way into our diet seeing refrigeration and freezing wasn't in the cards. We used it not only for sandwiches and breakfast sides, but meals where we would use meat in it. One of which we created was "spamghetti", which was spaghetti made with spicy spam. It's much more versatile now that there are more flavors, like spicy, teriyaki, smoked and so on. Not all stores carry an assortment of different flavors of Spam. I've only seen one Walmart in a small town called Show Low that had every flavor Spam has made. Where we live now (after we had enough of that crap and limped it back to civilization) there's only smoked, original, and lite sodium spam at the local Walmart.

[@snowysnowyriver]

See if you can find any of the Polish brands, Pek, Morliny or Krakus. You need the ones made in Poland though. All them make awesome tinned meats, including a pork luncheon meat. Krakus also make a product called pork knuckle. The first time I tried their pork knuckle, I thought I had died and gone to pork heaven!

[@mgonzalezjr1986]

I’m from Chicago and Krakus is the go-to brand for ham out here. Lots of polish ppl

[@skipads8784]

So then, not SPAM. Just like the video comparison of other not SPAM canned meats. This guy is a POS clickbait fool.

[@litchtheshinigami8936]

yep another one would be the dutch Smak wich is the one i grew up with (i never even heard of the first one he showed)

[@jonathankwo1658]

It is like Costco goes to manufacture to slap on different names on their products

[@groerhahn225]

Fun fact: I've been to the Japanese island of Okinawa that was occupied by the US until the 70s, and Spam is a regular ingredient on the island. For example, they put it between rice and wrap toasted seaweed around it, similar to Japanese rice balls, the onigiri. It tastes surprisingly good, ironically one of the meals that left the biggest impression on me during my Japan trip.

[@ibnyahud]

they do that in Hawaii too

[@The_Conspiracy_Analyst]

Spam Musubi!

[@ViewByRay]

I always have a few cans of Ma-Ling luncheon meat just in case i want to cook something quick and easy. Simple fry on the pan with a few eggs on top of bowl of fluffy white rice. Classic Chinese comfort dish

[@randywatson8347]

Childhood dreams.

[@abelq8008]

Does anybody sell it in the US?

[@ViewByRay]

@@abelq8008im from UK but if you have any Asian/Chinese supermarket near you id be surprised if they didnt sell these.

[@schlurpie]

Ma-Ling is the poor man's spam in the philippines. it's still preferred by many because it's less salty

[@abelq8008]

Thanks @view I'll check at them.

[@misolgit69]

small flat cans of sardines had a key but in this case you were rolling back the entire lid, experienced sardine eaters used to sit the can on a slice of bread in order to catch and not waste the inevitable spillage

[@haiti222]

Both of the Canadian ones are made in the same plant- EST 459 as shown on the packages. They may not be much different. Aldi SPAM̈́̈ is usually made by Hormel, but during COVID, they got some from Tulip for about a month.

[@leonardpearlman4017]

ALDI in FL seems to have something made in Denmark, it's good and noticeably cheaper. I keep wondering when they'll come up with a bigger can.... I sometimes see something similar that comes refrigerated in I think 5lb block. I only bought a few, five pounds is a LOT! You can cut it up and freeze it. The meat department guy pointed out that it had a lot of fat and freezes well.

[@jons.6216]

You're right about those canned meat metal keys on them! In fact, my mom saved two of those from full sized ham containers to use as "keys" to unlock a couple of the doors in our hallway that could lock because they were the 1950s doorknobs that required a long bar to unlatch them. So those keys sat atop the door jambs!

[@waisinglee1509]

As a Canadian, I have eaten some of the tinned SPAM copies and they're NOT very good. Living overseas, I have eaten the Dutch SPAM copy and it's very good. The Korean Lotte stuff is so-so. Am a bit scared to try the Chinese made SPAM copies...

[@whiterabbits22]

The Square spam they use at KeeWah bakery for their spam and egg soboro sandwich is pretty legit.

[@rogerbumfizz4796]

The Danish version called "Tulip" is pretty good

[@waisinglee1509]

@Roger Bumfizz That's the good stuff we get here in Singapore! Reduced salt version is very nice.

[@ShadowsandCityLights]

Yeah with Chinese spam your not even guaranteed it's even food. 😂

[@GrizzAxxemann]

OG Spam, or Great Value (last I had it) were my faves. I don't even know if Prem still exists.

[@Dan-qn3su]

I love key open cans, wish we still had them

[@Mr_Oggie]

"Compliments" is one of those generic store brands, used at Canadian Safeways and a few smaller grocery stores. To me its one of those brands that is neither good nor bad... its all really middle of the road fare as far as flavor and quality.

[@sadmanh0]

that's pretty much what every Compliments product is like, they're a house brand of a supermarket chain, it's just a cheaper version of the other Canadian spam.

[@WalkerKlondyke]

Hey Wolfe Pit, these crazy times have me stocking up on canned goods and other foods that can store for a while like rice and beans. I’m realizing, if God forbid, I have to resort to the stockpile, I’m gonna get pretty tired of eating the same old thing day after day. Howbout doing a series on recipes made from “Apocalypse Pantry” type foods that can keep us excited about eating Spaghettio’s and canned corn for the 300th day in a row? I mean it would come in handy even if WW3 doesn’t break out cuz eventually I’ll be eating it all anyway, right? Thanks!

[@beau-urns]

That is the most American post i have ever read. Americans love to doomsday prep. Up here in Canada we just roll with the punches lol. Similar cultures, but there are subtle differences you can find. Ive never actually met a Canadian who stockpiles foods, its od

[@floripaspbr]

@@beau-urns Same here in Brazil, I´m guessing we like to think that we are "too nice to be targeted" or something lol. As in we would probably rank low in the list of countries to invade first.

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

@@beau-urns I'm Canadian and have a food stockpile. It's just common sense to have it in case of a natural disaster or similarly disruptive event.

[@charlescarter4608]

@@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 Exactly. It's not even necessarily for a wartime scenario, it would more likely to be something along the lines of a natural disaster, like you mentioned, or the electrical grid going down, etc.

[@gordonlawrence1448]

What you really need is a good range of herbs and spices. Corned Beef, Spam (if it's the leaner stuff), fish be it salmon, tuna, mackrel., pilchards or any of the others in olive oil are good and mixed beans are good sources of protein. That's a different source of protein every day. Rice pasta cous-cous, and quinoi are good sources of carbs as is ships biscuit (which if made correctly stores for centuries). There are loads of different veg and fruit that are tinned. You could easily have a different main meal every day for a month.

[@andrem4877]

My Filipino coworker told me he takes spam back to his family and they go crazy for it, and also he picked up in-n-out from the drive thru and took it on a plane back for his family to taste. God bless him lol

[@charlesperry1051]

I like the version sold by Dollar General stores under the Clover Valley brand name. It is made in Denmark and has ingredients like Spam (no chicken). It is not as chunky as Spam but I like the flavor better.

[@mkw3980]

Clover Valley is the best generic brand, imo. Many times, their generics are name-brand in other countries.

[@oliverkalamata2753]

Uh no no no!!! I bought some of it and I swear, it was as dry as cardboard. Either I got a bad can or that junk is dismal.... *EDIT* - I went back and looked at the photo I took of it and it was a brand called Celebrity (made in Denmark). Not sure if it would have been the same as the Clover Valley brand... I might have bought it from the Dollar Tree rather than the General.

[@gator2813]

I shop there often because it's the only store within ten miles of my home. I agree. Most of the Clover Valley stuff I buy there is decent quality.

[@shermanhofacker4428]

I like the clover valley brand better than spam. But no longer shop at dollar general because they built a store in a horrible spot in our town that ruined our park even though there were several places in town that would have been better. I'll never enter a dollar general store and am glad that store is the least used of any in the area.

[@gator2813]

@@shermanhofacker4428 You don't shop at an entire chain of stores that provides jobs for your community because you don't like the location of one store. Sounds reasonable.

[@cedrickropp]

Hey we in Germany practice something similar. Dosenwurst (eng. canned sausage), is sausage filling boiled in a can. And as the greatest sausage civilization, besides maybe the Italians (from whom America got its ground up meat in a sock), I think it is safe to say it’s a bit better than spam (especially since we have a large variety, Chunky with Sülze, Chunky with spices, Smooth ground with spices, horrible liquified chicken reconstituted with starch into something apparently solid, fat chunks in smooth ground, coarse ground, course ground with spices, ground Innards (/Organs) with, without, Sülze, coarse, smooth, different ratios between different meats and organs to fit local custom (also coming with conveniently packed legal disputes over what can be called what where and what the exact requirements for regional protection of a certain good is). TLDR: Germany got a lot of sausage and at some point we thought: “Why not put it in a can?”.

[@joe_razor]

Germany also got Frühstücksfleisch, that's just Spam with a different name.

[@12345.......]

That sounds delicious

[@leonardpearlman4017]

I would try any of those things! I'm thinking of all the kinds of sausage I HAVEN'T TRIED now... something to live for! It's unfortunate that I don't live near a European market! I went to one once in Philadelphia ("Net Cost" I think) which had a sausage collection, the glass counter must have been thirty feet long... you needed a consultation! It made me want to move there. It was sorted out by nationality, so the first question was where are you from? Where are your grandparents from? Like that. Discounted stuff and packages of "ends" were on top of the counter. It made me want to move there!

[@platoplombo15]

For reasons that have nothing to do with current geopolitical events, I have been stocking up on Brookdale 'Luncheon Meat' from Aldi. It's 100% pork, American made and not bad when fried and part of fried rice, beans and rice, etc. $2.25 per can.

[@soundspartan]

Their Brookdale Beef Stew is the BEST canned beef stew you can get! Try it some time. I keep it in stock, and I take it with me in the truck on the road.

[@platoplombo15]

@@soundspartan I'll give it a try, thanks.

[@abelq8008]

Had some of their corned beef hash and it was pretty good.

[@JFergel]

i lived in central america for about three years, only returning to the US in the last year. SPAM and non-US versions of it are everywhere, and there are lots of brands and varieties to choose from. Tulip brand "Bacon Grill" tends to be my favorite. One thing to note is that food production and packaging rules outside the US are very different to our own. Specifically, processed meats must identify the exact content and percentages of ACTUAL MEAT in the product. I like knowing what percentage of my food is gelatin and other filler.

[@devianttongue8540]

Love ya man. Appreciate you always!

[@syxepop]

Larry, it is strange nobody sent you a can of TULIP (the 2nd best selling luncheon meat in the World behind Spam) from Denmark or one of the private label brands that Tulip makes (est. DK 65 EF). Here in Puerto Rico we have both Tulip brand (at ~ U$2.50- 3.00 / 12oz. can) and a few private label brands that Tulip makes under the same factory code (nearest to me is Supermax pork luncheon meat at ~ U$1.67-2.10 / 12oz. can) competing against Hormel Spam (~ U$3.20-3.50 / 12oz. can). BTW, I understand Tulip also makes under license from Hormel the Spam sold in Europe as well. Other luncheon meats are "fine", but the inclusion of CHICKEN, either exclusively or in combination with PORK / HAM makes them (like Treet) different products than either Spam or Tulip.

[@thewebcamboyz]

Tulip Jamonilla is better than SPAM

[@resa.walters]

Yes, tulip is really good, looks like Mai ling and tastes more like ham. It's available in the us at cvs or Walgreens, I think.

[@1911Zoey]

@@thewebcamboyz i second that. Cheaper too.

[@MrStabby19812]

We have tulip in the UK i wonder who makes our branded spam

[@Omizuke]

I don't like SPAM and Tulip was my favorite for decades. But a few years back taste changed a bit. Still love it but now my favorite is Carmela one. From Tulip now their best thing I love to get is the pulled pork.

[@NJBeemaster]

Thank you for changing back cameras - the auto-focus is amazingly fast on this video!!!! P.S. I've never seen PINK scrapple and I've ate it all my life, it's always been gray, mainly for the corn meal. NOTE: mine is Pennsylvania Amish scrapple... I've bought the packaged "Philadelphia" style, which too is gray, just a whole lot more processed. As always, Love your show. Hope you do a SCRAPPLE show, if you have already, I'll find it :)

[@robertbinkley2170]

I liked your video and I like SPAM. Many canned products had keys like a lot of your viewers pointed out especially coffee so you could put the lid back on to keep it fresh, or at least as fresh as you could. What I remember most was when they started using the cans that needed an opener a plastic lid was included on the can when you bought it and was advertised to keep the coffee fresh. I lived in NAVY Housing in Long Beach, CA. where my dad was stationed when I was a little kid and everybody in the neighborhood drank coffee and us kids would collect the cans with the plastic lid and used them for everything from drum sets (different sizes had different tones and flip them upside down and you had kind of a cowbell symbol cross) to marble containers to June Bug collectors to stash cans. I'd stash coins in one and marbles in another. I still have a metal FOLGERS can with 16 penny nails in it that I carried in one service truck or another for thirty years. The plastic lid finally met it's demise but the can is still going strong.

[@justaclone7439]

My wife is Korean, we go to the Korean Grocery store a lot since we both eat a lot of Korean food. Koreans flippin love Spam and even have their own version as well AND the stores offer a ton of funky flavors you often don't find in American stores such as Bacon, Jalapeno, Hot and Spicy, Garlic and others. I personally can't eat the stuff as I had to eat it a lot as a kid (along with potted meat and vienna sausages), but she loves to fry some and eat it with kimchi and rice.

[@Shadow-7773]

Justa CLone' you can find all of those flavors in most stores now, even smoked, excepte the garlic really hard to find.

[@justaclone7439]

@@Shadow-7773 Good to know. I haven't seen them yet in my.local grocery stores so I was unaware of that.

[@SgtRocko]

Can't make Buddae Jjigae without it!!!

[@leonardpearlman4017]

Ha! Vienna sausages in the little can are right on the edge I think. I eat them when nobody is looking, maybe in minor emergencies. A shameful pleasure some might say.

[@grantmitton6346]

I used to love a Danish Luncheon Meat called "Tulip Brand." Can't seem to find it now, but that was my Favorite. Love your reviews, thanks very much.

[@junipertree2601]

SPAM is my jam. Spicy SPAM mutsubi is my favorite lunch

[@uni-byte]

When we lived in Ghana back in the 1960s we used to get both margarine and cheese in cans with the keys. They were both as good as you might expect. While the cheese was also wrapped in paper, the margarine was not. The margarine tasted like it was used to lubricate rusty hinges. The cheese was a bright orange color and tasked nothing like cheese .. nothing.

[@wallythewondercorncake8657]

Why would you can those foods? They both last for a pretty long time just in the fridge

[@uni-byte]

@@wallythewondercorncake8657 Refrigeration was not all that common in Ghana or indeed most of Africa back in the '60s. Neither was choice at the grocery stores. You got what you got.

[@markiangooley]

Dollar Tree sometimes has this weird imported luncheon meat with plasma as an ingredient…. Aldi here in Florida used to have a SPAM knockoff from Europe but last I checked the version they sell is made in the U. S. Pretty much the same ingredients as SPAM.

[@marthawelch4289]

PLASMA!!?? How do they acquire this ingredient? Do they go through the trash cans outside of the blood donor buildings? Do they go by vampires' homes during the daylight hours to pick up leftovers?

[@IamTheBluMedicTF2]

I have bought dollartree one before but that's a loaf plus is not that good.i buy it as last resort but it's bot so good plus if it has plasma omg eww never again

[@Menaceblue3]

@@marthawelch4289 I thought plasma was the state of molecules in a heightened energy level and losing their electrons

[@Devakiinable]

@@Menaceblue3 Plasma exists in blood too

[@leonardpearlman4017]

OH! I tried that stuff. They formerly had a cheap SPAM substitute, some of it came in the little 7-oz cans to keep it a dollar I guess. Then they switched to that stuff you mentioned! I got fooled, bought a bunch and threw it all out. It's AWFUL, made of blood and paper pulp or something? NOT EVEN mystery meat. I don't even go to those stores any more! Yeah, things are bad but not that bad.

[@Alverant]

"tasted like cat food" Reminds me years ago when I first adopted my cats. One had to have a cyst near his eye removed and teeth pulled. Vet said to give him soft food. It turned out he liked fried Spam. He was a character.

[@josephflanery8942]

There is a Spam slicer? Where do I get one of these magical devices?

[@wesgregg6451]

Scamazon, probably. Looked like the kind of landfill they get people in the USA to fork over money for.

[@victoriaclause6152]

I got mine from Amazon, and it works great.

[@operationumbrella230]

He sounds happier than usual hahaha. Great video. Great job. I bursted into laughter very hard several times. Thank you.

[@chinanorthairguns]

There are a number of spam knock offs available in Canada. Most have chicken and pork. I call them chork. Both of the ones you tried are made by the same company.

[@stevencorley2352]

Other "SPAM" products: ZWAN from Egypt (has chicken) GOYA LUNCH MEAT USA (chicken) CELEBRITY from Denmatk TULIP JAMONILLA from Denmark CHUNG JUNG ONE sold from Korea but made in Denmark.

[@Alchemist2512]

I did an Amazon search for Ma Ling pork luncheon meat and there are a lot of different spam copies out there. Some look good enough to pay for at least once, I guess.

[@Doabubba]

Top 10 KZbin channels for sure legendary

[@psistis80]

In Greece, we have ZWAN and TULIP, both sram and treat editions, which I use as minced meat for spaghetti sauce.

[@Jahalang82]

I buy the Zwan chicken luncheon meat all the time from my grocery store in the middle eastern section. For a short time, the cans weren't available but then they were back in stock.

[@sportscardsandthings]

I ate a lot of spam growing up in Hawaii, its a staple here. They even serve it in the drive thru at McDs locally with eggs and rice, and a packet of soy sauce. Other local favorites are the Portuguese sausage(linguica), vienna sausage, canned corned beef - and if you are feeling a bit more exotic, either longanisa sausage(filipino) or lup cheong sausage(chinese). I like to fry mine up crispy(no need to add oil or butter to the pan since its got plenty of grease already). Serve on hot rice with over easy eggs. Add some shoyu or furikake on the rice if you are feeling exotic(its to local taste here)

[@meluk6991]

Island style my dude. 🤙💯

[@leonardpearlman4017]

You know? A friend sent me a picture of a MacDonald's in Hawaii, it had a huge picture of SPAM Eggs and Rice breakfast with a cup of Black coffee in the window, eight feet tall. It was supposed to be a joke, but I thought the picture looked appetizing and tried it. I'm still a fan years later! It's so simple and basic, I think someone who didn't know how to cook at all could start here.

[@markiskool]

Two comments. One, suprised you didn't mention the "May contain small bones" in the ingredients list of the Compliments can. Second, you mentioned scrapple! I grew up with scrappke and mush on the weekends which greatly offset the daily dose of Cap'n Crunch with the obligatory extra sugar sprinkled on. Great vids and love your channel.

[@josephgaviota]

2:09 Yes, I have that exact SPAM slicer. It's wonderful; each slice is one oz.

[@OldSoulJer]

I’m not ashamed to say that Spam is one of my favorite foods, so the first one sounds pretty damn delicious to me 😋 I would totally give it a go

[@MurdersMachine]

Never be ashamed of the food you eat.

[@Linda7647]

Ditto.

[@JennaSakura]

Have you ever tried Spam Musubi? It’s really delicious and very popular in Hawaii.

[@OldSoulJer]

@@JennaSakura I sure have and it’s fantastic 😋

[@DOOMZEDAY]

@@MurdersMachine if it's like damaging your health. Yeah I'd be pretty ashamed

[@rayballestero8872]

I learned to appreciate Spam when I was stationed in the Philippines.

[@garfieldsmith332]

That Ma Ling luncheon meat comes from Holland. We get the same stuff in Canada under the Holiday label and other labels. They produce it for export to several countries under several names. And also produce if under store brand labels here. Usually the name is the importer name in the various countries. Kam (and also Klik) luncheon meats came out decades ago when SPAM was no longer imported into Canada. So Maple Leaf Foods came out with them. Our Compliments is a store brand name , probably made by Maple Leaf Foods. Several years ago the Hormel SPAM was imported back into Canada.

[@pauly5418]

The Holiday brand is made in Canada by Maple Leaf Foods.

[@garfieldsmith332]

@@pauly5418 Yes it is. I believe at one time it was imported as I did see cans of it with Product of Holland on the tin. Have not bought one in years.

[@handyandy6437]

I am from Canada. I can tell you all right now Compliments is a store brand of Sobey's inc (A Canadian grocery store) I steer clear of that version of Spam always. I tend to stick with name brand stuff. Chicken is okay, but pork is better.

[@swettyspaghtti]

wait,,he has a dedicated spam cutter? XD

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

Obviously the sign of a dedicated Spammer..? LOL - Actually the manufacturers (Hormel) tried to sue a tech company for introducing the word 'spam' to mean the unwanted ads sent to computers. Have a search on YT - 'Spam stems from Monty Python sketch'

[@la_old_salt2241]

I need one!

[@stringlarson1247]

Right? Fk. I don't like kitchen 'gadgets', but NOW I think one of these is gonna end up in my toolset until I can get a Hobart deli machine.

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

@@stringlarson1247 - I'm in the UK, so had to Google a Hobart Machine... a very impressive AND expensive meat slicer. I suggest you go for the SPAM cutter - LOL

[@therambler0001]

This cat wants one meow

[@phyrexiancoffee6324]

With 100% honesty, I was always put off of SPAM from the negative stigma people in my life gave it. Now, I'm considering trying SPAM for myself. It's silly to look back and realize that I let other people's opinions (many of whom have never actually tried it) keep me from broadening my horizons. I didn't let it stop me from trying new alcohols, and I will stop it from me trying new foods. Thank you, WolfePit, for helping me break this shell.

[@beyondbackwater4933]

I was surprised how much I like canned corned beef. I get the lite one with less salt.

[@edletain385]

The Compliments brand is sold at Sobeys stores in Canada. Sobeys, like Kroger in the US, has a bunch of regional chains under its ownership, and in fact, they now own Safeway in Canada but are now converting them to its Freshco chain.

[@ZacharyDuhamel]

Asian grocery stores have a huge variety of foreign "Spams". Would love to see a taste test of those! PS Spam is amazing in fried rice

[@ale.b3903]

Here in sunny South Africa our analogy is called Bully Beef. Pretty much just corned meat but hey, slice it just under medium thickness and apply to warm buttered toast(nice crust kinda bread, like it's meant to be. Don't eat weak bread.).

[@joops110]

There's a Dutch canned meat called Smac that's also very similar to Spam, I'd like to hear your opinion on it.

[@zaneaguilar5274]

Let's hope he sees your comment!

[@Kakariki73]

Lupack Luncheon Meat is also a good one from the Netherlands

[@nimarus3118]

I like cutting the spam like in the spam slicer, but then slice it again into sticks. I then stick them in the air fryer and cook them that way. Crispy exterior and the soft meaty interior. I also like rolling them into a panko bread crumb and deep frying them into crunchy spam sticks/fingers.

[@eblackadder3]

By the video title, I thought you were going to compare foreign versions of actual Hormel Spam. I wonder if it contains the same ingredients or is processed differently? There might be different varieties available from those sold in the U.S.

[@kevinlittleton2327]

When I grew up coffee also came in cans with a key. Not too sure about other things but Butter-Nut coffee always had a key. AND came in a one pound can!

[@Shelek_Bearer]

This video is uploaded and in my recommendations a day after I randomly went out and grabbed a can of luncheon meat to experiment with in the kitchen, from Tulip, the same brand that distributes spam in the UK. Am I caught in the spamspiracy now?

[@Shelek_Bearer]

...continued a year later and I absolutely love the Ma Ling luncheon loaf, i can find it in the asian supermarket alongside a cool Singaporean-made one that contains crushed black pepper from Golden Bridge foods, which also tastes delish. That said, Tulip luncheon meat, who have a monopoly on producing the stuff for even rival supermarket chains here in germany at least, is vile because it tastes of the same seasoning mix they use on all of their other meat products, from pre-roasted chickens to Pulled Pork and ham hocks in jelly. It's also significantly softer and gooeyer. I can't stress enogh that I did not enjoy the Tulip stuff but the asian supermarket luncheon meats are amazing.

[@skaweirromeda6787]

Hey! I'm an old viewer that lost track of you about two or three years ago. Your hands are looking so much better, congratulations! your content is as good as ever, if not better. Thank you for your videos

[@Plumbump]

This is very interesting, thank you! I have a feeling that with inflation, food prices, and such you will soon be experiencing a surge in viewership, so keep up the GREAT work~! BTW, I always liked diced and fried spam, with eggs and potatoes, as a child. When our family financial situation picked up, it was suddenly off the table. Many,many years later, I ended up in jail for a few months (bs charges,I was out the second I saw a judge) Anyway, whilst there.. I discovered that you can cube spam, layer it in-between paper, and just zap it in a microwave for a certain time, and it turns into a crispy, salty patty that can be eaten on a sandwich! It does kind of smell though, so watch your back ;)

[@Rick_Cleland]

Thanks Joe Biden!!

[@yoitsdan]

Fried spam with onions and Heinz baked beans, with a touch of hot sauce is one of my favourite hangover cures

[@ogaugeclockwork4407]

Man, you should try New Zealand made canned mutton.

[@cindydott452]

Actually I'd like to try it!

[@Linda7647]

The Ma Ling definitely looks yummy. Nice and chunky and better texture.

[@zephodb]

You know, I think the Ma Ling sounds like the 'reduced sodium spam' available here in the USA, has 25% less sodium (about 570mg per 1/6th of a can), and has the chicken and other things in it... Same price though. I've never really had spam, and it... is tempting to get the lower sodium stuff, since I try to keep my sodium intake a little lower. >.

[@noahcount7132]

My hands down favorite is SPAM Lite, because it's significantly less fatty than regular SPAM. I regularly enjoy it straight from the can in sandwiches, with sliced dill pickles and honey mustard. Occasionally I'll finely chop a couple slices and fry it with potatoes and eggs, then plated and topped with thin-sliced, extra sharp cheddar and microwaved until the cheese melts. Good stuff!

[@BENTWOONEZERO]

Spam Spam Spam wonderful Spam.

[@ourgorlsfavoriteorangechic2711]

Bloody Vikings!

[@TheJhn924]

"Compliments" is the in-house store brand for Canadian supermarket chain Sobeys (which also operates Safeway Canada) and is just a cheaper and slightly worse version of Maple Leaf Kam. They're both produced by Maple Leaf Foods Inc and share an identical Canada Food Inspection label #459... indicating they came out of the same processing plant.

[@LadyNoremon]

As a Canadian I can confirm Compliments is the budget store brand of Sobey's grocery stores. Their meat products in general are questionable quality :-( I used to eat Kam and raw onion sandwiches years ago. But I have an intolerance to raw onions and such now. Was my go-to after school then though. Haven't had it for over a decade though

[@paranoidrodent]

It's the generic store brand of IGA in Quebec and a bunch of other mainstream to budget grocery stores too. Most places that aren't carrying President's Choice/No Name tend to have Our Compliments or (drawing a blank)... there's a third big "store brand" (outside the the Walmart/Costco store brands).

[@Steppeponytail]

I’ve always found that I actually prefer the other Canadian brand ‘Klik’ from Maple Leaf. When I go camping I really like fried Klik and beans. Kam always had a weird taste I did not take to.

[@JS-wp4gs]

Literally everything, canned or otherwise that comes out of sobeys is of questionable quality. Especially the meat. You couldn't pay me enough to eat it and I won't even touch it without gloves on

[@GavinColbourne]

4:00 here in the UK canned meats like Corned Beef, Luncheon Meat, Ham, Spam etc usually come in the 'key opening style'

[@SprocketWalker]

Labels may be different, but it's still all Soylant Green.

[@occultustactical6138]

I put a small amount of brown sugar in the pan when cooking Spam. As soon as it done and ready to come from the pan I just sprinkle the sugar and let it caramelize then put the Spam slice in and flip it a few times. It adds a nice sweetness to the meat.

[@LoosSerine]

Ma Ling is amazing. FYI it's a Chinese brand but made in the Netherlands. Staple food for hot pots or instant noodles. For those looking for it, go to your nearest oriental supermarket as they're certain to have it in stock.

[@BenLiuChungHin]

Thank you.. I learnt something new today. I used to eat Ma Ling a bit for a period of time and never knew it was made in Holland/Netherlands!! It seems like the "White Can" is made there, but the "Round can" is still made in Shanghai using similar methods. Very cool!

[@forkless]

I am fairly sure it is not being produced in Holland/The Netherlands unless it is an export brand only because I have never seen this product here (and I been around a while) except in Asian supermarkets. It is more likely that it is marketing/branding for Western style canned food, nothing more. ps. We do have something similar to Spam called Smac by Unox (a Unilever company).

[@stepfanhuntsman5470]

The interesting thing is my Ma Ling is apparently made in Canada. I wonder if they just have production all over the world?

[@joshuajefferson3504]

Spam is a Delicacy made by the gods themselves. 😎💪

[@harrycallahan9733]

Ma-Ling is a Chinese food manufacturing conglomerate that was originally founded 1930's, in Shanghai China. That's why the luncheon meat has a flavor profile that's tuned more towards Chinese appetite, especially southern China where Shanghai is. I'd only buy it if it's made here in North America (usually Canada in my neighborhood stores). This Holland version maybe acceptable too. It tastes better and has lower sodium, what my doctor wanted :)

[@yangerbanger]

Love spam videos

[@hiddentruth1982]

I recall sardines having the key. I seem to remember c rations having the key also but that was a long time ago so I can't be sure.

[@imtoostonedtocomeupwithaus5976]

I'm we the people

[@GTPLewellen]

Spam always makes me shart uncontrollable. I still LOVE it!!!!!

[@KamikazeCommie501]

"Mechanically separated chicken" means it's chicken frames with the 'meat' crushed and strained off of them. That's normally only used in pet food so I dunno what weird regulations they have in Canada that allows them to sell that as human food.

[@kimherrick9615]

Here in Michigan, mechanically separated means using something similar to a centrifuge on cooked chicken. People eat it in a lot of stuff, mcnuggets, tv dinners, yes lunch meat, chicken patties. The list goes on and on.

[@Rick_Cleland]

@@kimherrick9615 😔😔😔

[@Gun5hip]

@@kimherrick9615 Ya that's what it means in Canada too

[@malbecmikegrey996]

In the UK, c.1960, I remember Spam (from Argentina) as a regular battered staple. This applied to both home and cafe cooking. Had forgotten all about it, so now might try to reproduce it, if I can find a chip pan.

[@1nONLY_DRock]

Another Canadian Spam: Klik. It's pretty good. Nice and lean compared to most other spams. Our Compliments brand is the store-brand for Sobey's various chain grocery stores (Sobeys, IGA, Safeway, etc)

[@aunderthesun3929]

In the Philippines, we grew up with Ma Ling and Spam in our house:) brings back memories of my grandma. ❤️