Recession causes surge in demand for SPAM (puke)

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AUSTIN, Minn. — The economy is in tatters and, for millions of people, the future is uncertain. But for some employees at the Hormel Foods Corporation plant here, times have never been better. They are working at a furious pace and piling up all the overtime they want.

The workers make Spam, perhaps the emblematic hard-times food in the American pantry.

Through war and recession, Americans have turned to the glistening canned product from Hormel as a way to save money while still putting something that resembles meat on the table. Now, in a sign of the times, it is happening again, and Hormel is cranking out as much Spam as its workers can produce.

In a factory that abuts Interstate 90, two shifts of workers have been making Spam seven days a week since July, and they have been told that the relentless work schedule will continue indefinitely.

Spam, a gelatinous 12-ounce rectangle of spiced ham and pork, may be among the world’s most maligned foods, dismissed as inedible by food elites and skewered by comedians who have offered smart-alecky theories on its name (one G-rated example: Something Posing As Meat).

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Spam holds a special place in America’s culinary history, both as a source of humor and of cheap protein during hard times.

Invented during the Great Depression by Jay Hormel, the son of the company’s founder, Spam is a combination of ham, pork, sugar, salt, water, potato starch and a “hint” of sodium nitrate “to help Spam keep its gorgeous pink color,” according to Hormel’s Web site for the product.

Because it is vacuum-sealed in a can and does not require refrigeration, Spam can last for years. Hormel says “it’s like meat with a pause button.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/15/business/15spam.html

[Amby 490]

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Seriously. SPAM? Sick!!!

[Y's_habibitk 2]

Thanks, now i have the visual..the pinkness.... the pockets of gelatinous yuckiness

lol

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[pedroh 21]

owned becca

[rebeccajo 14]

owned becca

TY, pedroh.

I can't see a can of Spam without thinking of Great Britian............

[pedroh 21]

dang it, monty python, where's my holy grail movie?!?! aghh

owned becca

TY, pedroh.

I can't see a can of Spam without thinking of Great Britian............

yea lucky brits, get to drink tea with the queen everyday

[William33 110]

How about "potted meat"? Any surge there?

Ingredients

Armour Star: Mechanically separated chicken, beef tripe, partially defatted cooked beef fatty tissue, beef hearts, water, partially defatted cooked pork fatty tissue, salt, and less than 2 percent: mustard, natural flavorings, dried garlic, dextrose, sodium erythorbate, and sodium nitrite.

Hormel: Beef tripe, mechanically separated chicken, beef hearts, partially defatted cooked beef fatty tissue, meat broth, vinegar, salt, flavoring, sugar, and sodium nitrite.

Libby's: Mechanically separated chicken, pork skin, partially defatted cooked pork fatty tissue, partially defatted cooked beef fatty tissue, vinegar, less than 2% of: salt, spices, sugar, flavorings, sodium erythorbate and sodium nitrate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potted_meat_food_product

[rebeccajo 14]

How about "potted meat"? Any surge there?

Ingredients

Armour Star: Mechanically separated chicken, beef tripe, partially defatted cooked beef fatty tissue, beef hearts, water, partially defatted cooked pork fatty tissue, salt, and less than 2 percent: mustard, natural flavorings, dried garlic, dextrose, sodium erythorbate, and sodium nitrite.

Hormel: Beef tripe, mechanically separated chicken, beef hearts, partially defatted cooked beef fatty tissue, meat broth, vinegar, salt, flavoring, sugar, and sodium nitrite.

Libby's: Mechanically separated chicken, pork skin, partially defatted cooked pork fatty tissue, partially defatted cooked beef fatty tissue, vinegar, less than 2% of: salt, spices, sugar, flavorings, sodium erythorbate and sodium nitrate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potted_meat_food_product

Funny you should mention that.

We were in WalMart a couple of weeks ago and my husband wanted to look at - you guessed it - the shelf with all the Spam, Treet, etc. on it. (He still finds American grocery stores fascinating).

Anyway..........the potted meat was nearly cleaned off the shelves. There were a few cans strewn about where the original inventory had been.

[aidan80 9]

How about "potted meat"? Any surge there?

Ingredients

Armour Star: Mechanically separated chicken, beef tripe, partially defatted cooked beef fatty tissue, beef hearts, water, partially defatted cooked pork fatty tissue, salt, and less than 2 percent: mustard, natural flavorings, dried garlic, dextrose, sodium erythorbate, and sodium nitrite.

Hormel: Beef tripe, mechanically separated chicken, beef hearts, partially defatted cooked beef fatty tissue, meat broth, vinegar, salt, flavoring, sugar, and sodium nitrite.

Libby's: Mechanically separated chicken, pork skin, partially defatted cooked pork fatty tissue, partially defatted cooked beef fatty tissue, vinegar, less than 2% of: salt, spices, sugar, flavorings, sodium erythorbate and sodium nitrate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potted_meat_food_product

Funny you should mention that.

We were in WalMart a couple of weeks ago and my husband wanted to look at - you guessed it - the shelf with all the Spam, Treet, etc. on it. (He still finds American grocery stores fascinating).

Anyway..........the potted meat was nearly cleaned off the shelves. There were a few cans strewn about where the original inventory had been.

I still find the stores here interesting as well.. I mean Wal-Mart.. what is that? It's a store with other stores inside it and you can get everything from an oil change to a McDonalds.. a new pair of levis, the weekly shopping and of course some "home defense".

Come on.. compare than the the typical Asda or even the typical "Supervalu" you might find back home? Wal-Mart makes those look tiny like just the food section!

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I like scrapple better.

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I like scrapple better.

I just read Wiki's page on scrapple and I think I may never eat again. Gross!

[pedroh 21]

oh u #####...

bet u would cry if u ever saw liver mush

go cry sniff sinff

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oh u #####...

bet u would cry if u ever saw liver mush

go cry sniff sinff