I'm not sure where this stems from exactly but I like to be rich in odd things like toilet paper and canned goods. I'm not a hoarder per say but I do find security in keeping a solid supply of particular items. It provides an unsaid safe comfort when I can look and see a stock of canned beans in my pantry. So say if every single thing goes to shit as least I know I have a few cans of beans to eat before I die or everyone's ass is gonna get wiped if we got nothing else. Sounds odd when you think it through. This may come from being slightly poor growing up. I don't remember having extra anything in our first house and most of my clothes were hand me downs from my sisters. My socks always had holes in them and I remember my shoes always looking very worn. But that was also a sign of the times. Kids weren't decked out like they are these days. At that time in the 60's convenient products were just coming on the market. There wasn't a lot of fluff let's just say. You had what you needed and not much else. A different time. But even so, we were on the poor end of that spectrum too. We were better off than my cousins that didn't have an indoor toilet. I tried to keep that in mind.
Low sodium Turkey Spam was on sale this week so I got myself a bunch of cans to have in emergencies. I had never tried it before this year but remembered some chef going on about its hundreds of uses and my sister had mentioned it as well. This morning I made Spam hash with zucchini and potatoes. I dropped my eggs over top and put the lid on to poach with a bit of melted cheddar cheese. Eggscellent!
Garnished with green onions. A true Mid Western nostalgic breakfast.
I think it was good to grow up wanting. Longing and lack-of inspires creativity and self sufficiency. It builds character and I'd like to believe maybe fashions true artists. I feel sad for the kids growing up right now that don't actively use their imaginations throughout the day to generate fun and ideas, live through a world of dreams. Maybe they do but just in a different way that I don't understand because now I'm one of those people saying things like 'you kids these days.....when I was little, blah blah...'
Anyway this Low Sodium Turkey Spam will sit in my pantry as some freaky psychotic insurance and hopefully inspire tasty not yet invented clever dishes.
