What can I make with tinned meat?

luxor4t

"Popped ham and chalk" - my mother's inevitable joke at every family tea party.  And then a grandfather would  explain it to two cringing teenagers, assuming our eye-rolling  was due to lack of comprehension. 

peachyprice

mink35 said:

When I was younger my grandma always used to buy these sort of tins - hang-up from the rationing I think

Anyway... from what I remember it is very nice sliced and battered, like a burger. So you could serve it with wedges, salad and crusty bread.

Uuuurggghh, terrible flashback to school Spam fritters!!!!!!

PipneyJane

luxor4t said:

"Popped ham and chalk" - my mother's inevitable joke at every family tea party.  And then a grandfather would  explain it to two cringing teenagers, assuming our eye-rolling  was due to lack of comprehension. 

Please explain "popped ham and chalk".  My brain is working properly this afternoon and the penny isn't dropping.

Many thanks,

- Pip

Gers

PipneyJane said:

luxor4t said:

"Popped ham and chalk" - my mother's inevitable joke at every family tea party.  And then a grandfather would  explain it to two cringing teenagers, assuming our eye-rolling  was due to lack of comprehension. 

Please explain "popped ham and chalk".  My brain is working properly this afternoon and the penny isn't dropping.

Many thanks,

- Pip

It's really chopped ham and pork! 

Great as fritters or in a risotto.

Steve_L

It comes from a TV advert for Plumrose Chopped Ham & Pork. From 1969? Or 1971? A boy is sent to buy some from the local corner shop and repeats the name over & over again (reinforcing it in the minds of the viewers) so as not to forget it, but then mispronounces it (further reinforcement, as the best mnemonics are either funny or obscene) when he gets there.