This was a very quick and economical family meal – Serves 4
Ingredients
1 340g tin of Spam (12 ounces)
For the batter:
125g (4½oz) plain flour
pinch of salt
4 fluid ounces of milk,
milk & water OR water.
Method
- Dripping or oil for either shallow frying or deep frying
- Sift the flour into a bowl. Whisk in the salt and liquid. You will want to have a thick batter in order to coat the spam properly.
- Carefully remove the Spam from the tin in one piece. (I take a sharp knife and carefully slide it into the tin between the meat and the tin all around and then holding the tin upside down, gently shake and the meat slides out.)
- Cut the Spam into 8 slices.
- Heat 2 to 3 TBS of oil in a frying pan, or heat a depth of oil in a deep fryer to 170*C/350*F, or until a cube of bread turns golden brown in 1 minute.
- Coat the Spam slices with the batter and then carefully drop them into the hot oil. If shallow frying, allow two to three minutes per side. If deep frying, allow a total cooking time of three to four minutes.
- Drain and serve.
Bubble and Squeak
- 1½lbs (680gm) Mashed potato
- 1 Med onion finely chopped
- ½ Savoy cabbage (cooked and shredded)
- ½oz Margarine
- Lots of salt and pepper!
Sauté the finely chopped onion in the margarine until soft then add the mashed potato and cooked shredded cabbage. Add a little more marg if necessary and lots of salt and pepper!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Spam Fritters Saved My Life Joyce Smith- Location of story: Islington, London
During the war, a rocket or landmine dropped at Highbury Corner. I had just left school (at 16 years old), and I was in between starting work and school. My older sister was doing war work at a factory nearby.
At that time we used to meet every day to go to Highbury Corner to have our lunch. As I was just getting interested in cooking, one day I said to her, ‘how would you like to come home for lunch and I’ll cook us spam fritters?’. We were at home eating spam fritters when we would normally be at Highbury Corner, so that saved our lives!
