. . . long before Monty Python's spam . . .
. . . long before Spamarama,
. . . long before Spamalot,
there was simply Spam, a spiced meat product invented by the Hormel company in Austin, Minnesota.
It is a canned precooked meat product. The name Spam came from a combination of the words "spiced" and "ham". As of 2007, seven billion cans of Spam have been sold. 3.8 cans are consumed every second in the United States. You can read a lot more about Spam here.It is actually quite fascinating, including the surprising information that Spam is sold in many varieties of flavors . . like Spam Hot and Spicy, with Tabasco flavor added; Spam Oven Roasted Turkey; Spam with Bacon; Spam Garlic; and many others.
Spam is on the menu at McDonald's restaurants in Guam, Hawaii and Saipan, and on Burger King menus in Hawaii. In fact, it is so popular in Hawaii it is sometimes referred to as The Hawaiian Steak.
All of which is to tell you that . . . wait for it . . . I like Spam. SWMBO and, I'm sure, a lot of other people think I'm nuts. She can't even stand the smell of it. But I like it.
Take a big hamburger bun, slather some mayonaisse on the bottom half, some margarine on the top and insert a couple of slices of Spam.
Top the Spam with a slice of American cheese.
Top it with the other half of the bun, add some potato chips and . . voila! A sandwich fit for a king.
Or a Viking. (see previous Monty Python video)
