Gastronomic Hints from Gmail

If you are a "gmail" user, you know that when you open an email, it picks up on words and phrases and on the sidebar offers links that are related to it. I used to think this was kind of big brother spooky but now know it's just an automatron program thing (right? right?)

Anyway, at the top of the Spam folder, the links are getting a little scary. I offer you:

                           SPAM SKILLET CASSEROLE

Recipe By     :
Serving Size  : 6    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Casseroles                       Main dish

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  2                    Baking potatoes, cut into
                       -1/8" slices
  1       cn           SPAM Luncheon Meat, cubed
                       -(12 oz)
  1       c            Thinly sliced carrots
  1       c            Thinly sliced onions
    1/2   c            Thinly sliced celery
  2                    Garlic cloves, minced
  2       tb           Flour
  1       t            Coarsely ground pepper
    3/4   t            Dried whole thyme
  1       cn           No-salt-added green beans,
                       -drained (16 oz)
  1       cn           No-salt-added whole
                       -tomatoes, drained and
                       -chopped (16 oz)
  1       cn           No-salt-added vegetable
                       -juice cocktail (5 1/2 oz)
                       Butter-flavor vegetable
                       -cooking spray

 Cook potatoes in boiling water 3 minutes or until crisp-tender.
 Drain. In skillet, cook SPAM until browned; remove from skillet. Add
 carrots to skillet and saute 4-5 minutes, stirring frequently. Add
 onion, celery, and garlic; saute until vegetables are tender. Combine
 flour, pepper, and thyme. Stir flour mixture into vegetable mixture;
 cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Add SPAM, green beans, tomato,
 and vegetable juice cocktail. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer
 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove skillet from heat; arrange
 potato slices over SPAM mixture to cover completely. Spray potato
 slices with vegetable cooking spray. Broil 6" from heat source 10
 minutes or until golden.

Retropolitan, let me know how that works out for you at the next dinner party.