Where is the name derived from? The last two letters are definitely from 'ham,' though I'm not sure who made the correlation between gelatinous cat food and lean, juicy, Boor's Head pork. But the first two letters...are they from 'special?' Maybe it comes from 'spongy.' Perhaps it's from 'spoon,' in the same vein as the ever popular 'spork.'
You may be wondering why this food item comes to mind. Allow me to inform you of the purpose of this referance to Spam. Previously unbeknowst to me, the Korean population has been eating Spam. Maybe iit's a lack of land, maybe it's a lack of pigs. Nevertheless, the only version of the other white meat you can find on the whole penninsula is Spam. They have huge tables with piles of Spam at the end of grocery aisles. You know, the kind where you might take the bottom can and then someone would have to announce "Clean up on Aisle 7."
I've now officially eaten Spam soup and pan seared spam over bean sprouts. Where am I, a trailer park!?!
I don't know if you'll catch this - a little late. Spam? I'm so sorry Steven, we'll cook up some big juicy smoked pork chops when you get home. Anyway, check out this Spam website - the music is great and there is information about the Spam museum, Spam in time and a new Monty Python Spam movie.
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