How should I eat/prepare/cook the Spam I brought back to Denmark with me?

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1. You can eat it as is, but frying first as you suggested is very popular.

2. I’m not a spam connoisseur, but every time I’ve had it it’s been pan seared to give it a light sear/char on the outside, while remaining moist inside. Probably my favorite spam dish is from Hawaii, called Spam Musubi – [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_musubi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_musubi)

3. I’m not the biggest SPAM fan but I’d fry it up and serve it with a slice of cheese and an over easy egg on top. If you have a soft roll then you can put it on that.

   That’s a pretty classic American way to eat it but, oddly enough, SPAM has really caught on in China. If you’re not looking for a stereotypical American meal, then you could always Google Chinese Spam recipes to find something completely different.

4. My favorite spam preparation is spam musubi

5. https://www.spam.com/recipes

   Spam is versatile. Check out the Spam website for recipes. Spam fried rice is popular.

6. Cutting it into slices (I prefer less than 1/4 inch) and frying on a griddle is how I typically eat it on the rare cases I eat it. Fry it up, put it on some toasted bread with mayo and mustard, put some cheese.

7. Get some bread that you could use as a sandwich.

   Cook the spam in a pan with onions and whatever other seasonings you want. You can also add some hot peppers to this. If you want to melt cheese on top that is fine too.

   Put mustard and Mayo on the bread and then the hot spam/onions on it.

   Eat it.

   Just a note, Spam is safe to eat uncooked so you don’t need to worry about undercooking it but it should be warm with a crispy exterior.

8. The more you fry it, the saltier it tastes, just a heads up. Most of us don’t eat it but the spicy one can be somewhat good. Maybe adding hot sauce to it as you’re searing slices of spam would make it similar

9. Spam has some decent recipes on their web sight.

10. Pan fried

11. I honestly last time I had it just thinly sliced it, fried it in a pan put it on some bread with some mustard and ate it. You can get way more fancy with it, but that’s good.

12. My best preparation method.

    1. Open can of spam.
    2. Get skillet out.
    3. Turn on stove.
    4. Slightly warm the pan.
    5. Toss Spam in the trash.
    6. Cook something else.

13. I really like to dice it into very small cubes and then fry the cubes in a pan until crispy. I add eggs and scramble them with the crispy spam. When it’s done I put it on a tortilla with diced purple onions, tomatoes and Sriracha (can use salsa). A spicy spam and egg breakfast burrito.

14. Pretty much the only way I eat Spam is in kimchi fried rice. It’s fantastic that way. I basically use this recipe but I brown the Spam first: [https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018097-kimchi-fried-rice](https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018097-kimchi-fried-rice)

15. Not a recommended method of preparation, but I had a friend who was in the Army, and one cold, rainy day each soldier was given a can of Spam as part of their rations. He and his partner put their cans on the engine block of the truck they were driving – 4 hours later when it was time for lunch, everyone had cold Spam but them, whose Spam was nice and warm and delicious.

16. While the language barrier makes searches limited, the closest Danish products I see are the Danish Crown Tulip line, especially jamonilla, and some Jaka products.

    While I don’t know the specific history of Denmark’s food culture, canned foods were a major part of European food culture from the Napoleonic War era through post-War reconstruction (first because it was new, then because it was reliably safe and unadulterated, and then because military ration production made it easy and cheap for America to send, which definitely shaped Europe’s ideas of American food like syrup-packed ginger shaped America’s of Chinese). Tinned meat is also universal for militaries. I would talk to older relatives (especially veterans) and consult old Husmoder materials like the Den Gronne Syltebog. Not only will they be written to your local palette and maybe a blast to the past, but you’ll be able to have an easy 1:1 comparison to your local products.

17. You can make Hawaiian sushi with it.

    Fry a ball of it, and roll it into sushi rice. Dip in soy sauce and enjoy.

18. Spam fried rice is pretty great

19. You really should post this to r/Minnesota which is the home of Spam and r/Hawaii which is a huge consumer of Spam.

20. There are a lot of recipes on the [Spam website](https://www.spam.com/recipes).

21. One fairly common way is to make “spam-bled eggs”. Just dice the Spam, brown it a little bit in a pan, then add eggs and scramble.

22. Slice it thin, put it in a a grilled Spam and cheese (your favorite cheese) sandwich. Mmmm.

23. Eat it similar to how you would eat another salty protein (bacon/sausage). Most commonly sliced into thin slices, pan fried high heat to get a sear on each side, serve with eggs/toast etc.

24. If you can buy Kimchi you can make a staple dish in Korean households.

    Spam + Fried Egg + Rice + Kimchi

    Recipe: Cut the Spam into slices and fry them on both sides until golden.

    Make a fried egg according to your preference (Sunny Side Up for me)

    Eat with Rice and Kimchi.

25. It tastes best as a breakfast sandwich when hungover or eaten outdoors when camping/hiking.

    I like Spam fried rice though, that’s some good shit.

26. It is very salty so I don’t eat it a lot. But growing up as a kid we would have fried spam slices on a bun with Swiss cheese and pineapple slices. It was ok.

27. Its good in fried rice

28. Hawaiians know how to make spam taste like actual food, I’d recommend looking up some Hawaiian spam recipes. Here’s one for spam musubi. I’m not a big spam person but I really enjoy this.

    https://takestwoeggs.com/hawaiian-spam-musubi/

29. Honestly, I really like it just fried in a pan. It’s a salty pork product. I’ve had better, but it’s certainly not bad for something, I assume, is made out of waste from making other pork products.

30. Musubi or spam fried rice with pineapple.