It’s gained a bit of a reputation as a mystery meat, but its recipe is actually pretty simple!
It is the same name as those obnoxious unsolicited emails. It’s canned and composed of —what kind of meat?
Whether you’ve always eaten SPAM or have just looked at it warily in a grocery store aisle, you’ve undoubtedly wondered at some point, “What is SPAM?” It turns out that the answer to that query might not be as difficult as you might imagine!
What is SPAM?
The canned lunch meat product SPAM was introduced to the market in 1937.
Austin, Minnesota is where the makers Hormel Foods produced it.
A great need for low-cost meat products was met in the latter part of the Great Depression thanks in large part to SPAM.
And its renown only increased. “It cemented its place in the culinary world during World War II, due to its ability to be stored for long periods of time,” explains James Schend, food editor at Taste of Home. “It could be easily shipped around the world.” And it was, both then and now; today SPAM products are available in 44 different countries, according to their brand site.
There are now fifteen distinct types of SPAM, ranging from Teriyaki to Jalapeño to Classic.
Whether you like it or not, it’s unavoidable. More than eight billion SPAM products have been sold globally, and in Austin, Minnesota, the home of SPAM, a museum opened its doors in 2016.
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