11.25.2010

Meaty pink chunks

So, Did Spam Ever Leave the Cans? A Meaty Mystery Is Making Waves - WSJ.com

A 12-ounce can of Spam, roughly the size of a fist, won't spoil for years if unopened. Hormel Foods Corp. launched Spam during the Great Depression, calling it a "miracle meat in a can." The tinned loaf became a staple food for U.S. soldiers battling in wars abroad.

If you don't have enough to worry about yet, try this:

Did the people on that cruise ship that lost power a week or so ago have to eat Spam? (A helicopter was photographed schlepping a palate of the stuff to the cruise ship's deck.) 

 

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