Spam and Ham

[Craig White]

I think there are military acronym's for just about anything - SOS is
one particularly memorable one.

Anyway, I think this is a bit more authoritative.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_%28food%29

Craig

On Fri, 2006-09-08 at 09:57 -0700, keith smith wrote:
> I'm Sure.  I think I read it was a military term for a shipment of
> Spare Parts And Meat.  Not sure where I read it, but it stuck with me.
> 
> Check this out 
> http://www.stands4.com/bs.asp?adults=y&st=SPAM&p=2&SE=&o=p
> 
> 
> Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:
>         On Fri, 2006-09-08 at 09:25 -0700, Kurt Granroth wrote:
>         > On Friday 08 September 2006 09:01, keith smith wrote:
>         > > I read someplace that SPAM originally meant Spare Parts
>         And Meat.
>         > 
>         > That's unlikely. When SPAM came out, it was known for the
>         fact that it 
>         > *didn't* use spare parts (snouts, ears, etc) like most of
>         the competition 
>         > did. I was always told that it meant "spiced ham". Turns out
>         that that is 
>         > *almost* right.
>         > 
>         > The original product was called "Hormel's Spiced Ham" but to
>         pump up sales, 
>         > they had a contest to rename the product with a $100 grand
>         prize. The winner 
>         > was "SPAM".
>         ----
>         I though the SP was shoulder pork
>         
>         Craig
>