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Submitted by John Farnswell on September 30, 2009 - 11:11am
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E-mailTo: Spam (produced by Hormel Foods Sales)
Subject: Help solve a frustrating dispute
Spam: the miracle meat-like substanceCan you settle a little dispute I’m having with my friend, Jed? I’ve told Jed a million times that Spam - the miracle meat is a nuclear-fused concoction that combines whale blubber, moisturized leather, and beaver tail byproducts with pink food coloring.
Jed vehemently disagrees and argues that Spam isn’t a meat at all. He’s convinced it is pink rubber blocks laced with a touch of seasoned salt and monkey sweat.
I realize that you can’t necessarily reveal the secret ingredients of Spam, but if you could at least say which of us is “closer” to the ingredients, it would go a long way in settling this silly disagreement.
Please hurry. The arguments have grown progressively more heated, and there is money on the line: $120.
Ready to win the argument,
John Farnswell
P.S. I am pretty sure that $30 can be electronically sent your way if you agree with my view. Catching my drift?
From: Nancy (Spam consumer response specialist)
Subject: RE: Help solve a frustrating dispute
Dear John,
Thank you for contacting us with your inquiry. We appreciate your interest in what SPAM is really made of.
You are both wrong!!!
SPAM is meat...it is made from small pieces of pork, ham (cured pork) and some other ingredients none of which either of you guessed at.
Here is how SPAM got it's name:
SPAM brand is a distinctive and famous trademark for canned meat, recipes, wearing apparel and novelty items. Kenneth Daigneau, brother of a Hormel Foods Vice-President suggested the name at a New Year's Eve party in 1936. The trademark was originally derived by contracting "spiced ham". Immediately after the term was coined, it became a distinctive trademark of Hormel Foods Corporation. This trademark is not considered a contraction.
For additional information about SPAM brand products, please visit our website at www.spam.com
Best Wishes on splitting the money!!
Nancy
Consumer Response Specialist
6 comments
I thought it came from the hindquarters of hobos.
I have had an abnormal fear of Spam ever since I was a boy. Everytime I see that can of goop in the grocery store, I get the creeps.
I can think of a few other "meats" I like a lot better!
I put Spam in the same food group as liver. Just nasty.
Spam is delicious- part of what mights it frighting is the fact that the thing can sit on a shelf for nine years and still be edible and tasty. It must be the work of the Devil. Have a spam burger, or macaroni and Spam.
I just came from the local Adult Mart. You wouldn't believe the things they can do with Spam these days!