Comments on: Delicious Food served in the West End during 1943

By: K.Knowler

K.Knowler — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:45:14 +0000

Specially prepard american meat.

By: Ess Dee

Ess Dee — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 23:43:49 +0000

Ugh, Spam. It is in fact short for “Spiced Ham” – years ago, before the ubiquity of Teh Interwebs, she would fax me historical info on that and other Hormel products. She took their products very, very seriously. Hormel has a rather charming Spam timeline at http://www.spam.com/about/history/default.aspx; for trivia (and propaganda), see http://www.spam.com/games/facts/default.aspx.

I can’t stand the stuff, but I love that an American product was mocked by Monty Python and as a result came back to the U.S. as a term for unwanted emails. Nice cultural exchange there.

By: R. L. Smith

R. L. Smith — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:14:06 +0000

Is the picture with caption “Chaufroid de Volaille Yorkaise served at Piccadilly’s Regent Palace Hotel” the real thing if so where did you come by it any story attched to it??

leigh

By: David

David — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:03:48 +0000

Spam fritters speak to me of 70s school dinners, I’d go for one now.

On a trip to South America I was amazed to discover that Fray Bentos is actually a meat-packing town in Uruguay, named after a priest (Friar Benedict)!

By: Vegetarian Magazine

Vegetarian Magazine — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:30:00 +0000

What an interesting and info packed site. Thanks for this, I really appreciate what you have done here. Keep it up, and I will be back for more. Bill Kilner

By: Alan Hodkinson

Alan Hodkinson — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:21:02 +0000

Loved Spam when I was a kid during the War, when we could get it, still love Spam today.
I even use it as fishing bait when I go Carp fishing.

By: aria

aria — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:38:41 +0000

Spam fritters! My mum used to make those for us in the 70s! I don’t make them for my children for obvious reasons….:op

By: Caroline

Caroline — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:26:21 +0000

Yes, they are all still there – and Fray Bentos tinned pies are among the select few imports in the British section of my parents’ local French supermarket!

By: ally

ally — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:25:08 +0000

sometimes being vegetarian sounds soooo good.

and london pride always gets a little lump in the throat these days – marvelous
x

By: nickelinthemachine

nickelinthemachine — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:35:36 +0000

I can remember cooking Spam Fritters when I was in the scouts in the seventies too. Couldn’t quite believe it still exists. I obviously don’t go down that particular aisle in Sainsburys. Fish paste probably exists down there too, along side the Fray Bentos tinned steak and kidney pudding.