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Bacon Grill

Neil Smart said:
Check out his neg feedback Terry, seems like he might cause problems with his so called free postage, fake stamps wtf?
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Received them this morn mate... after ordering last Friday night, which ain't bad considering it was a Bank Holiday weekend. If you pay by PayPal then the money doesn't come out of your account for 2 weeks anyway. I've made 975 transactions with eBay/PayPal, and not had the slightest problem as yet.
ATVB
 
I wouldn't chance eating any, even tho its probably still ok. Think that works out roughly about 60p a tin. Ive been trying to stock up on Asda and Tesco bacongrill, £1 for a 250 gram tin. Only problem is, i keep eating it. :D:oops::)
 
Forget the Bacon Grill Derek , keep an eye out for the hot and spicy spam , great bait , and if you eat it , well , lets say it will keep you regular .....
 
Hot and Spicy Spam is one of the nicest eating spams, while others are downright pooey IMO.
 
I wonder what percentage of the Spam market anglers hold? I've eaten it once or twice - years ago, admittedly - but can't imagine it's part of anyone's (non angling) regular shopping basket. Though I may be wrong. Am I?
 
Get on the Spam
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Richard Parsons said:
I wonder what percentage of the Spam market anglers hold? I've eaten it once or twice - years ago, admittedly - but can't imagine it's part of anyone's (non angling) regular shopping basket. Though I may be wrong. Am I?
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Well it was a hugely important food in the war, and there is nothing much wrong with it really to-day, can't be any worse than the processed meat we now buy. Must admit I have had it when I have run out of bacon, fried it's quite nice, Mum used to dish it up quite a lot I remember. But then we had tripe too, which again I liked but many would nowadays not eat, simmered in milk and an onion and potato, with loads of pepper..mmm.
Oh! and who can resist a lump of Spam in a session when it get's a tad boring?
Don't see many actually buy the stuff, and I admit to trying to explain at the cash out that it's 'for the fish' which just makes it a lot worse.
 
Thanks for your response, Neil. Yes, I remember Spam fritters at school in the 70s - quite tasty I recall. The average palate seems to have become more sophisticated over the years, particularly with (and because of) the wide variety of national/cultural influences over the food we eat.
 
Richard Parsons said:
I wonder what percentage of the Spam market anglers hold? I've eaten it once or twice - years ago, admittedly - but can't imagine it's part of anyone's (non angling) regular shopping basket. Though I may be wrong. Am I?
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Richard , they have an annual spam festival in Hawaii , 20,000+ attendees every year , swopping rare varieties , it's regarded as a delicacy by many
 
From what you and Neil have written, Mike, it might then seem sacrilegous to use as mere bait - even if Barbus Barbus really is The Prince of the River. The festival sounds like a fantastic event. It's going to have to go on my bucket list! :)
 
Haven't eaten Spam (or anything similar) since I was a kid. I don't want to start now as I suspect I'd enjoy it...


But that Lidl bacon grill stuff - I've caught loads of chub on it over the last couple of years on the Bristol Avon. Never had a sniff from a barbel (all the barbel came to either Spam or Bait Tech's N-Tice Polony (RIP)), but it would be the meat I'd use if I was specifically targeting chub.
 
Great thread, certainly meat has accounted for most of my Barbel, especially in the Autumn when I think it comes into it's own. I can't stress just how much I believe in using in 'straight out of the tin' all the locked in flavour certainly seems to work well for me. I take the tins to the bank and open them there, although of course being careful to take the tins home with me.
Not too long now...is it? ;)
 
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