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Steve_P Sep 17th 2009 6:54 am

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Originally Posted by Oink (Post 7940139)
I'm not a young person but I've never eaten Spam or know any of my friends back in the UK that had Spam for school dinner or for their tea. For us, crap food meant Pot Noodle or a cardboard tasting frozen pizza.


Then in my mind you are a young person.;)

When I left England there was no such thing as pizza and certainly not frozen ones nor were there pot noodles.:p

Atlantic Xpat Sep 17th 2009 6:55 am

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Originally Posted by Oink (Post 7940139)
I'm not a young person but I've never eaten Spam or know any of my friends back in the UK that had Spam for school dinner or for their tea. For us, crap food meant Pot Noodle or a cardboard tasting frozen pizza.

I'm an approaching middle aged person. Spam is a guilty pleasure I sometimes crave but invariably feel dirty after eating. Rather like fried bread.

Alan2005 Sep 17th 2009 6:55 am

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Originally Posted by Oink (Post 7940139)
I'm not a young person but I've never eaten Spam or know any of my friends back in the UK that had Spam for school dinner or for their tea. For us, crap food meant Pot Noodle or a cardboard tasting frozen pizza.

Have you really not eaten it? My gran used to have it, I remember it coming in tins with a key - you just don't see those now-a-days. Pity.

Atlantic Xpat Sep 17th 2009 6:56 am

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Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 7940148)
Then in my mind you are a young person.;)

When I left England there was no such thing as pizza and certainly not frozen ones nor were there pot noodles.:p

Wasn't rationing still in effect back then?:rofl:

Steve_P Sep 17th 2009 6:56 am

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Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat (Post 7940151)
Rather like fried bread.

Oh one can only dream. :(

Steve_P Sep 17th 2009 6:56 am

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Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat (Post 7940155)
Wasn't rationing still in effect back then?:rofl:

I think it had just ended. :p

iaink Sep 17th 2009 7:02 am

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Originally Posted by The4BellsLondon (Post 7940104)
But we dont ban people on BE do we??????

Whatever gave you that idea? 99% of the time its spammers though.

Oink Sep 17th 2009 7:03 am

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Other than fatty and salty does it have a particular flavour?

iaink Sep 17th 2009 7:05 am

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Originally Posted by Oink (Post 7940177)
Other than fatty and salty does it have a particular flavour?

more peculiar than particular...

Oink Sep 17th 2009 7:06 am

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Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 7940148)
Then in my mind you are a young person.;)

When I left England there was no such thing as pizza and certainly not frozen ones nor were there pot noodles.:p

If these were our cultural benchmarks you didn't miss much.

The4BellsLondon Sep 17th 2009 9:27 am

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Originally Posted by iaink (Post 7940175)
Whatever gave you that idea? 99% of the time its spammers though.

I know a 1% - so harsh, so sad . . .

The4BellsLondon Sep 17th 2009 9:27 am

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Originally Posted by Oink (Post 7940177)
Other than fatty and salty does it have a particular flavour?

Yup - spam flavour!!

Steve_P Sep 17th 2009 9:29 am

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Originally Posted by Oink (Post 7940182)
If these were our cultural benchmarks you didn't miss much.

I'm still trying to figure out when curry became the national dish. :confused:

Alan2005 Sep 17th 2009 10:03 am

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Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 7940617)
I'm still trying to figure out when curry became the national dish. :confused:

I'm going to guess that this was in the early nineties.

triumphguy Sep 17th 2009 10:34 am

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Might be showing my age, but maybe the OP is referencing Monty Python.:confused:


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