This ubiquitous American canned meat product originally produced in the 1940's, despite being the butt of many jokes and puns about its true origins and taste, has been well-loved the world over since its advent in a small town in Minnesota. Despite all the crap we give SPAM, it's really not much different from the processed meat in our hot dogs, bologna and sausages, most of which are universally acceptable and widely consumed. The stuff has found its way onto grocery store shelves all over, being produced now in Asia as well as the US, with several different flavors and sizes. Despite all this, however, somehow its name became so synonymous with something unwanted and ignored, we named our junk email after it...where's the logic in that?
Highlights:
-The town of Austin, Minnesota, where SPAM originated, holds annual SPAM-related festivals, and there's even a SPAM museum in town!
-SPAM has created hot dogs from its products, and even spreadable SPAM (yuuuuck!) Considering how easy this must be to do, it's a wonder they haven't gotten more creative than that (although, in several countries with countless creative SPAM dishes, the consumers have).
No comments:
Post a Comment