SPAM
Spam is a precooked canned meat product made by the Hormel Foods Corporation and first introduced in 1937. The original meaning of the name is quoted as being “Shoulder of Pork and Ham”. Spam was one of the few meat products excluded from the British food rationing during World War II, and hence became a very common basis for many menu items at that time. The Monty Python comedy troupe used this as the context for their “Spam” sketch, in which the menu at a greasy spoon cafe consists entirely of dishes containing one or more portions of Spam. This gave rise on the Internet to the term spam as the common term for unsolicited bulk electronic messages. Spam is sold today in 41 countries and in several flavours and varieties.
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