While a tiger might seem a reach to sell Frosted Flakes, Satan selling pork products make even less sense, especially in 1949, when prayer still existed in public schools. I get it; it’s “deviled” ham, ground and spiced. But I don’t like my ham ground. I like it in thin peppery deli slices, like the ones I purchased this morning.
Deviled eggs, yes. Deviled ham, no.
Canned kipper, tuna, oysters–these I’m fine with. I can see their bony spines. I know it was one sardine I’m eating, not a grind of the worst parts of the pig, processed from 1000 swine into one little can.
Cracked.com reviewed several potted meats, referring to the “coating of newborn-esque vernix” that covered the moist meat (shudders). I hope the reviewer was compensated generously.
I know some of you eat Spam (ground pork shoulder–mostly) but I fear it’s full of hooves and tails. Maybe that’s why Satan makes sense for deviled ham; he has cloven feet. Jesus certainly couldn’t be the pitch man; he never even tasted pork because he was Jewish. And you can’t fashion a newborn manger Jesus out of deviled ham. These could use a little more paprika.
Don’t think less of me but I like deviled ham and ham salad. I usually make my own ham salad because grocery stores charge too much. The same for deviled ham. One thing for sure deviled can never be used to describe Kerby’s posts. They soar as an angel.
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Aw, nice! I don’t think less of you; I’m just uppity LOL.
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Now I’m hungry again.
Loved this post by the way!
“The Devil made me do it!”
Wasn’t that a tag line on some Seventies Era comedy show?
Flip Wilson or somebody?
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Maybe it was before my time, but I do remember Flip!
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I had to look.
Yep.
It was Flip.
He was a comedy icon of the Seventies.
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I had never heard of deviled ham. Even if I ate meat, I would never touch that. As you say, it has to be made of all the worst parts of the pig. I grew up avoiding eating something called “potted heid” which is a smoother paste version of what I think Americans call head cheese.
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Ew, just the term “head cheese” gets me every time!
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Deviled Ham… oh my 😦 But those deviled eggs look delicious (and cute!)
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Right?
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“Damned” good. Like SPAM.
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Well-played!
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Tuna, sure. Ham, no thankee. In general, save a good corned beef hash to go with my eggs once in a while at breakfast, I don’t favor meat that comes from a can either, Kerbey.
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