From: "John Beamish" 

Years ago, at a Y camp (Camp Wangoma) there was a real emphasis on
out-tripping.  Boys my age did 2-, 3-, and 4-night canoe trips.  Breakfast
was invariably powdered scrambled eggs and fried Spam.

On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:15:17 -0500, Phil Payne
 wrote:

> No, the real stuff.
>
> We're being inundated by television advertising for Spam at present.
> I've
> always regarded it as a waste product - mechanically recovered fragments
> of
> meat boiled up and set in jelly - the lowest cost option.
>
> Then I checked the price in our local supermarket.  HELL!
>
> It's the most expensive meat on offer - well over twice the
> price/kilogramme
> of the 'fresh' sirloin steak on the butcher's shelf.  And around twice
> the
> price of corned beef, which is a very similar proposition.
>

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