I have eaten every flavor of SPAM(*) there is in this world, most of
them at least twice. Each flavor was eaten plain out of the can and
pan fried. Some I even smoked.

And The Winner Is.... [drum roll].....

Black Pepper Spam [and the crowd Roars!]

It has the best flavor, is made with all pork with no mechanically
separated chicken (most flavors have been cut with MSC), smells the
least like dog food, and has 25% less salt than Original SPAM (which
is obnoxiously salty).

Runner up is Bacon SPAM [and the crowd chants, "BACON! MMmmmm!"]
Bacon SPAM also has much less salt than Original and no MCS.

The two worst SPAMs a

SPAM Lite and Chorizo SPAM [and the crowd BOOOOOO's!]

Along with many of the "foreign" flavors, the proportion of
mechanically separated chicken seems grater in those along with the
two losers. MCS has a terrible texture and makes SPAM smell and taste
even more like dog food than Original SPAM. I was not impressed with
any of the foreign flavors - all the flavors were very mild and could
have been much bolder, I feel.

For making SPAM musubi, Teriyaki SPAM and 25% Less Sodium SPAM. The
Original SPAM is much too salty and clashes horribly with the other
flavors added to musubi.

No flavor of SPAM makes a decent fried rice, IMO. Stick with Chinese
sausage (lap cheong) for that.

And there you have it, from the most knowledgeable SPAM expert you
know! I have 2 can of SPAM left (25% Less Sodium and Hickory Smoke)
and once those are gone I will never, ever, eat another can of SPAM
never, ever again.

(*) I have not bought/tried the Boricua SPAM, but this is the same as
Tocino SPAM (Filipines), just packaged differently for Spain and
Puerto-Rico.

-sw