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Canned SPAM is a great backpacking food judged by efficiency.
SPAM
88.5 calories/oz.
JAM
75.6 calories/oz.
DRIED APRICOTS
68.5 calories/oz
TUNA
56 calories/oz (canned in oil but drained)
Pasta
44.94 calories/oz (dry)
RICE
43 calories/oz (dry)
CHICKEN
30 calories/oz (canned)
Typical values.
As for the water in SPAM, don't you need water? I do.
Oho, those are surprising numbers. Didn't think it would rate that high. Does that take into account the weight of the can? If so it is pretty good. The long shelf life & small footprint don't hurt either. Looking at the calorie count website listed below it does not score very high for its nutritional value though.
More foods and calories/oz measurements.
http://blackwoodspress.com/blog/702/hiking-food-thru-hiking-diet/
Calorie count for spam.
http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-spam-i7276
Does not count the can. Compared to a quart of water, the weight of the can is trivial, plus the can may be useful in a survival scenario.
Many of the "survival" plant foods are high in vitamins and minerals but low in calories and sodium.
Sure the can in itself is not heavy, but when you have a bunch of cans it is worth looking at in my opinion. Compare the percentage weights of different packaging materials and it adds up surely? The oil or water that it is packed in also bumps the weight I guess. Carrying 15% extra in packaging is 15% too much, right?
As for the nutritional value it looks pretty bad to me, I am no nutrition expert but those sodium and saturated fat values are way up there. If the folks at calorie count rated it an F it is probably not something I am interested in.
Actually looking at the amount of fat you might as well go for the real calories/weight kings like peanut butter 190 calories/oz and olive oil 240 calories/oz. To get my protein I'd rather carry in a beans or legumes of some sort. http://www.healthaliciousness.com/articles/beans-legumes-highest-protein.php
I suppose cans are convenient though.![]()
That's what we kept telling ourselves! But after the 50th or 60th chunk of roe, that was getting hard to believe...
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slice it thin (around 10 slices in a can let's say) and fry it until brown/crispy. you can also then chop it up and mix with scrambled eggs and cook it in the leftover oil in the pan. don't eat it straight from the can!
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Pickled herring is not gross!
I have never been tempted by Spam.