2021年7月8日 · Spam became an American cultural icon during the war, a position that has grown. In 2007, the seven billionth can of Spam was sold. But Spam reached new heights — or lows, depending on how you look at it — when in the 1990s it became an all lower-case common noun used to describe junk emails.

Spam (stylized in all-caps) is a brand of lunch meat (processed canned pork and ham) made by Hormel Foods Corporation, an American multinational food processing company. It was introduced in the United States in 1937 and gained popularity worldwide after its …

2015年7月24日 · Unlike previous recipes in this series, World War II GIs certainly weren’t eating Spam musubi while downrange, but it is a dish that illustrates how culinary traditions are created, transformed, and embraced through conflict and migration.

2024年4月9日 · After WWII, SPAM gained popularity around the world. In America, returning soldiers brought home stories of the famous (or infamous, according to some GIs) canned meat. However, in the countries that had been devastated by the war in Europe and Asia, SPAM was more than an interesting meal to many, it was a lifeline.

2019年11月17日 · But sales really took off during World War II. Over 150 million pounds were used in the war effort , making Spam a cornerstone of troops’ diets. (Soldiers also used Spam’s grease to lubricate...

2019年5月28日 · In recent years, a growing number of Asian American and Pacific Islander chefs are working against anti-Spam stigma to bring the meat to the American fine-dining scene. But how did the pink block...

2017年7月5日 · In 1937 SPAM was a hit because it fit the budget of Depression-era shoppers and had a much longer shelf life than other meat. But the National World War II Museum notes that being cheap, long-lasting, and portable also made SPAM an …

2015年1月20日 · How WWII Changed Spam Forever. While spam was already a national hit by the time WWII began, the war would take its ubiquity to a whole new level. The military loved canned luncheon meat because it was nutritious, filling, cheap, easily transportable, and had an extremely long shelf-life.

2024年2月19日 · Spam’s military history prominently begins during World War II. In the early 1940s, the United States needed a way to feed its soldiers as well as Allied forces efficiently and economically. Fresh meat was perishable and difficult to transport and store, making canned meat an ideal solution.

When America entered the war in 1941 and began shipping fighting men overseas, military officials bought large quantities of Spam for the same reason housewives bought it—it was cheap, easily transportable, had a long shelf life—and yes, it was fairly nutritious. But Spam was not the only canned meat to go to war.