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.... but of course originally it was the commercial name of a salted pork meat product.
Now of course, although its influence in Europe is somewhat lessened, it still is bought and consumed everywhere from the Philippines to Vladivostok ..... there is even a Museum of Spam. Its funny to think that 'US imperialism' may ultimately have been built on salted meat products ....
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Of course while fighting in the Muslim world, its not much use as a nation-building tool in America's modern wars in (pork, remember), but these are tough times in America, and apparently domestic sales are going rather well.
Spam trivia
- The US supplied huge amounts of Spam to the USSR in WWII
- Its original name was Hormel Spiced Ham - the name Spam was chosen in a competition.
- Production in the UK (in Liverpool) ceased in 1998.
- Hormel Foods sued Jim Henson in 1995, after an "evil" boar called Spa'am featured in a Muppet's movie.
- A web archive of haiku about spam (or "spam-ku") contains 19,000 poems about the ubiquitous spam.
- The term 'Spam' for unsolicited email come from the Monty Python comedy sketch, where every meal comes with unwanted 'Spam'.
Imperialism via meat products .... well I guess in 1945 it was also via stockings, chocolate and the local women's 'negotiable affections' in war ravaged Europe and the UK.
ReplyDeleteMost of Europe had a little bit of America in it by 1945 LOL
ReplyDeleteIncluding my Granny, if family accounts of her exploits are true!
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