Similar to cilantro, people seem to either love it or hate it-
SPAM actually stands for Shoulder Pork and HAM.
SPAM was highly consumed in many wars for the soldiers
especially the Russian soldiers during World War II.
When I say highly consumed...
I'm talking about 100 million pounds of it! WHOA right!?!
During the war there was even a mascot named 'Slammin Spammy'.
It was a way that Hormel supported the war effort.
Roughly 44,000 cans of SPAM (33,000 pounds) are produced every hour
for over 40 countries to be consumed. Some McDonalds even have it on
their menu. Hawaii consumes the most SPAM per capita of any US state.
When people call it 'mystery meat' it's really not that much of a mystery.
It's pork shoulder which tends to be fatty along with added salt, water,
sugar, potato starch and nitrites. In a way it's almost the same stuff
that is in hot dogs.
There was once Kosher SPAM back in 2000 known as Loof for Israeli military.
It was made from chicken and beef and not pork shoulder.
I think when the "mystery" is taken out of it----
you realize there isn't really that much of a mystery to it.
Zestfully, Let's Cultivate Food
