Originally Posted by
AOD_PapaPnut
But the real story is:"Spam is a brand of several canned precooked meat products made by the Hormel Foods Corporation. It was first introduced in 1937 and gained popularity worldwide after its use during World War II. The labeled ingredients in the classic variety of Spam are chopped pork shoulder meat, with ham meat added, salt, water, modified potato starch as a binder, sugar, and sodium nitrite as a preservative. Spam's gelatinous glaze forms from the cooling of meat stock."
Strange as it may seem it is actually considered a delicacy in Hawaii. There are many exotic Hawaiian recipes and it is found on many high class restaurant menus as "Hawaiian Steak". It's even on the menu there at McDonalds and Burger King.