GOOD BOOKS

[tankgeezer]

Fats are an essential part of a well functioning brain. Aside from those owned by the majority of Politicians.(this according to my doctor) which is why I enjoy two strips of Bacon daily. Besides, any good purveyor of BBQ will tell you, the flavor is in the fat.

[Nickdfresh]

I'm a relative newcomer to Spam. I never had it growing up, but was curious about it from seeing it referred to in all things WWII related and of course the Monty Python skit.

But it was maybe 10 years ago I picked up a few cans on sale to use as a winter iron ration should I have been snowed in, which I never was leaving me with lots of surplus spam to eat the following spring and summer. Unless of course I just left it for next winter. But in any case I tried it several different ways, including Hunter Thompson's infamous fried spam sandwiches he would make after finishing a new book. I finally found that I actually sort of like Spam with eggs when fried in thin slices. That salted, fatty meat-thing seems to accompany eggs pretty well for some reason so I guess that's the main way I can tolerate it...

[tankgeezer]

I bought some original recipe Spam, they call it Classic Spam, have tried it sauteed in olive oil, garlic, and a bit of ginger. If not cooked too long, it's a bit bland, but has a good texture, reasonably juicy. Too much cook time renders it a tough, unpleasant piece of shoe leather . Diced with scrambled eggs its fine, but had a slight bitter edge in the taste. I made an effort to discover the faint nuclear glow many might expect from highly processed food like substances, but could find no trace of this mythic property. (Although my camera did act up a bit when used in proximity to the Spam without the shielding of its metal can )

[JR*]

Getting back to books, might I suggest "Eva Braun - Life with Hitler" by Heike B. Gortemaker ? This is a remarkably well-researched, revealing biography, going well beyond a limited account of Eva's life. There is an increasing amount of "background"/homefront scholarship breaking into the popular history literature that is well worth reading to obtain a broader view of the context of WW2. Best regards, JR.

[Half-Track]

As far as non fiction, The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan followed by Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose. I honestly can't think of a book of fiction that I have read on the War.

[clairejordan]

The Secret War: Spies, Ciphers, and Guerrillas, 1939-1945, by Max Hastings