Food update: only one food was almost left behind. The salad. We don't really have a rule established to deem when one is "almost forgotten" versus "forgotten" so I'm just making one up now: if it's more than halfway through the meal, then we forgot it.
The weird event or discussion of the year: it had to be the pam®. Listen now, I told Brooke she should blog on this, and she deferred. I can't do it justice becausSe I was laughing too hard (complete with tears streaming down my face) to hear parts of it. So here are snippets.
--sorry for all the ® but I don't want to get sued for patent infringement--
JR (my bro): A friend had "Spam®Fest '98" at a house in Manzanita, and JR happened to be in town with his in-laws. JR located Spam® at the local market. Not just regular Spam®, thank you, but Special Edition Hickory Spam®. Knock, knock, "I have Spam®, can I come in?"
JR: "You know Monthy Python invented Spam®."
Mom: "He did not."
JR: "Yes, in my mind, he did because of the xxx episode..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8huXkSaL7o
JR: "And there was the time Joan made a whole dinner of Spam®."
Joan: "Well we had to do something with it. Bill keeps buying all these cans of Spam®."
JR: "She made Spam®, Spam®, Spam®, and sausage Spam®."
Another thread: Mom, "There's some place in the midwest that has a Spam® festival." So out comes the smart phone. Lo and behold, there is more than one Spam festival®. One is on the delta (Mississippi? unclear) and “Women dominated the Spam® Festival. The sculpting winner presented a small bear, while another woman defeated a group of men by eating a can of Spam® in under four minutes,” said Joe. “A group of girls also won the Spam® toss.”
JR: "I ordered a special-edition Spam® from Hawaii."
Mom/Julie/Brooke in unison: "But why?"
More than one person pointed out that Hawaii is the top per-capita Spam® consumer, and not just by a little bit.
If you want to know more about Spam® (but: why?), here's a link: www.spam.com/games/Museum/default.aspx
Oh hey! Spam® is the same age as my mom!
note the "aura" shining around the Spam® museum picture.
Group tours of the museum are a popular activity. Seriously?
Legacy of Federal Control
3 years ago
I hardly know what to say here. I can't even remember why we laughed about Spam so hard . . .it was silly. We learned some interesting things about Spam though....for instance, why is Hawaii so in love with it. why would a whole community want to carve figures out of Spam (maybe so they don't have to eat it?). I mainly want you to know we did enjoy our day together, it was wonderful we had little Ender to entertain us, watched Brooke 4 months along with our newest family member. It must have been our full and satisfied tummy's that pushed us to slip away for a few moments into the absurd. Aren't family gatherings the best? Mom
ReplyDeleteI called some friends in Hawaii to ask them about the Spammeat. They said yes they have it several meals. Everything from Breakfast to holiday meals.. they have several differnt brands. some with differnt flavors and spices already added. poor man's meat they call it. doesn't go bad, can sit on the shelf. thought would share. Julie Ann
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