SPAM thread

MRE's had them but larger sized, they were called "baby dicks" or my favorite, "The 4 fingers of Death". I have to laugh every time I say that name. I used to get them Viennas in my bag lunches: a fold over sandwich bag with 4 or 5 of them in there. I had to eat them in secret, hiding them in the brown bag or I'd get laughed at. Tough crowd at the lunch tables in 4th grade. I didn't realize how poor we were until I think back at some of the stuff we (didnt) have? Can't shake habits..I had a can of Viennas 2 weeks ago with a tube of Ritz crackers from the .99 store. Lunch was $1.50 that day! They were a staple on camping trips. Teen went to Minneapolis for Lutheran National Youth Gathering and the Spam Museum didn;t make the cut for visiting but the kick off luncheon did have MN "Hot Dish" and Spam scones.

reminds me of one of my contractor buddies
he was over at the house helping me out with a project one day, and the wife was making spaghetti
we offered him a plate and he mentioned he really disliked it because growing up, they were so poor they ate plain spaghetti all the time
he said one day he complained about it and his mom promised him to make him something else

when he sat down to eat, she handed him a plate of what looked like spaghetti
so he complained again and mom replied "dont worry mijo, its not spaghetti, its fideo"