Spam, Specially Processed American Meat

Hormel introduced Spam on July 5 1937
and entered modern markets.

Spam consists of Pork shoulder,Ham
salt,water,potato starch,sugar and
sodium nittrrate.

Shoulder of pork never sold well so
the inception of a canned meat was
created and used thru all conflicts
WW2 Korea Vietnam and Persian Gulf 
wars and even the Cold War.

Due to the high salt content SPAM should
not be consumed regularly as it can
lead to health problems such as
high blood pressure and cardiovascular 
disease.

SPAM can be left on the pantry shelf
for up to 5 years but once opened
it needs to be eaten within 4 days
and can be kept fresh in an
airtight container for a week.

Spam is not the same as corned beef
as that contains Beef Brisket.

Spam can be used all sorts of ways
and in Japan it used to be only
available in Import stores and can
now be found as in Spam rice balls
and is a regular food in that country.

Spam is a staple food since WW2
and Hawaii consumes 7,000,000
cans of the meat averaging 5 cans
per person a year.

Hormel has made 9,000,000,000
cans of Spam and the USA eats
more Spam followed by Korea.

I like to make Hawaiin Pizza with
Spam and frying with eggs to make
a sammie is good too.

Peace,BigT