Never did me any harm ...when cooked properly by one's Mum in home made batter they were very nice with chips and peas We lived on stuff like this as kids.
Don't fancy those insipid looking things they have in the chiller cabinet now though .
I also remember them from school dinners and, like Jillius, would feel sick for most of the day after eating them. This was of course in the days before you had a choice for school dinners so it was spam fritters or nothing. They were so greasy!
I loved spam when I ate meat. Spam fried, is a close second to bacon as being the thing that after 28 years I still miss most.
I think that given there is not that much meat in Spam it ought to be reasonably easy to make a vegetarian substitute. But, no one has come up with it. China do you have the answer?
Sorry didn't answer why it is both, got drawn off by reminiscing about Spam
It is delicious so a culinary delight
It tempts you to eat far too much fatty food, therefore is the work of the devil, who for reasons of his/her own wants to collect souls of the fat people
Well I'm inclined to think work of the devil actually but I'venever tried it so I'm not allowed to have an opinon apparently. I've seen it though and it made me retch.
Oh, culinary delight - if rather unhealthy!!- but only if home made & not those awful things you can now buy in the supermarket! The batter has to be made with fresh eggs (free range...??) and organic milk. OK, so I'm a bit of a perfectionist, but we only have them once in a blue moon, when I fancy a bit of "comfort" food. Couldn't eat them all the time, but once in a while.....gorgeous!! (With chips & peas!) K