Fallout: Blam n’ Cram

Surprise! This is the first Random Encounter recipe we’ve had in a loooong time!

So yesterday (yes, this was literally made yesterday, I was too excited to wait until next weekend to post this), the entire apartment pulled together for something awesome! Everyone living here has played at least a little bit of one Fallout game or another, and with two of us playing the most recent installment, I was asked what I could make from the game.

After taking a look at several of the foods most commonly seen in the Fallout games, I decided to make a combo inspired by two of Fallout’s food staples: Blamco Mac & Cheese and Cram.

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME BLAM N’ CRAM!?

~Ingredients~

12 oz. Spam

24 oz. Melt-friendly Cheese



1 cup Milk



6 cups Macaroni Pasta



½ - 1 tsp. Paprika and Turmeric, mixed



½ - 1 tsp. Cayenne and Ground Mustard, mixed



Prep Time: 5 - 10 min. | Total Cook Time: 30 - 40 min.

Serves: 6 - 8 people

~Instructions~

Step 1.) Prep your spam and cheese by cubing both and setting aside separately.

Step 2.) Begin making your pasta according to package instructions.

Step 3.) In a saucepan, combine milk and cheese over a low heat. Stir occasionally.

Step 4.) While the cheese is melting, and when your pasta is done and drained, brown the spam in a frying pan and toss with the cayenne and ground mustard. (Spam doesn’t brown very easily, don’t worry if you can’t get all the sides looking toasty.)

Step 5.) When the cheese is entirely melted, stir in the turmeric and paprika.

Step 6.) Combine the cheese, pasta, and spam together, mixing until everything is coated with cheese. Serve hot. Enjoy!

~Results~

A simple, but delicious dish featuring consumerism’s finest processed foods! No really, this was pretty tasty! The only spam that I had tried before this was chorizo-flavored spam my SO had snuck into the grocery basket one day. It was…ok. Nothing to write home about. But this? I surprised myself by getting seconds!

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