Originally, the name was coined as an acronym for Spiced Ham, as marketed by Hormel Foods (not a recommended food if you are on the Medifast diet, or any diet, trying to use up your Medifast coupons). The food was central to a Monty Python sketch in which Vikings continued to sing ...
But once it was solely a food product, either an abbreviation of "Spiced Ham" or an acronym meaning "Shoulder of Pork and Ham," depending on who you ask. (Other creative acronyms, or rather 'bacronyms,' have been created since, including "Spare Parts Animal Meat.") Hormel Foods, fan ...
Austin, Minnesota is known as “SPAM town USA”, not for internet spam, but for the fact that the town produces all of the food product SPAM sold in North America, South America, and Australia. SPAM sold in the UK is produced in Denmark by the company Tulip, who Hormel has licensed i...
though in reality, Spam is not spiced. Given the actual ingredients in Spam, another theory of its name — that it's an acronym of Shoulder of Pork And Ham — holds far more water. In reality, however, the name, by most accounts, predates the development of the recipe and is credited...