If there’s one thing that makes this particular venue stand apart from all the others like it, it’s that I have always pushed the idea that food should be fun. Honestly, what’s the point in slaving over a hot stove in a hot kitchen if you aren’t having any fun doing it? Just once this week, this month or this year, walk into the kitchen and make something that’s just FUN! It doesn’t have to be good for you, it doesn’t have to be worthy of a setting on the table of a fine dining restaurant, but it should make you smile. That’s what this particular “recipe” is all about.
At moments like these inspiration can, and should, come from anything that puts a smile on your face. In my case, it was a few minutes wasted on YouTube watching the iconic antics of John Cleese, Graham Chapman and the rest of the cast of Monty Python’s Flying Circus. In particular, the SPAM skit:
In the end, I settled on using SPAM Egg Sausage and SPAM, because it’s “…Not got much SPAM in it.” (Certainly not as much SPAM as SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM eggs and SPAM.) Initially I was going to simply serve it up as a breakfast plate, but I had a strong desire for some good rye bread, so the Full Monty Python Sandwich became the result of the evening.
Not healthy. Not terribly gourmet. possibly enough to make my cardiologist have a few nightmares, but it was fun to make, fun to eat and just the thought of it still has me smiling.
Go ahead. Have some fun in the kitchen. Even if the results are awful, you’ll be laughing about it and that’s what the entire adventure is about.
It's a recipe. It's a joke. It's a meme. It's also a surprisingly great sandwich!
The Full Monty Python - Spam Egg Sausage and Spam Sandwich Recipe
Ingredients
Instructions
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
1 Serving Size:
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Amount Per Serving: Calories: 1574Total Fat: 128gSaturated Fat: 39gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 82gCholesterol: 646mgSodium: 4526mgCarbohydrates: 33gFiber: 3gSugar: 4gProtein: 71g
What I would have done Differently had I thought of it at the time:
I actually tried adding cheese to half of the sandwich, but found that it had very little effect on the flavor, so I wouldn’t recommend it. A few pickle slices might go a long way to cut the heaviness of this sandwich. It’s definitely heavy!
Links to other recipes like this:
- An Ode to SPAM, from Steamy Kitchen
- SPAM spam SPAM spam SPAM, from Serious Eats