Why do they call it spam?
Feb 17, 2023 13:25:41 #
Feb 17, 2023 13:36:20 #
https://www.humanpresence.io/the-origin-of-calling-junk-email-spam/#:~:text=The%20story%20on%20how%20it,often%20multiple%20portions%20of%20spam.
Feb 17, 2023 13:36:58 #
Feb 17, 2023 13:40:16 #
Ysarex
Loc: St. Louis
BebuLamar wrote:
Why do they call spam email spam?
I suspect due to a general disdain for the real SPAM.
From the Missouri State Fair where SPAM is a gourmet delicacy:
Feb 17, 2023 13:43:14 #
It's probably a reference to the Hormel "spiced ham" product of that name. In the world of electronic communication (email, phone messages, text messages, etc.) it refers to unwanted, unsolicited advertising, which can include scams, fishing (in its analogical sense), etc.
The term was probably helped in its migration from a meat product to a form of communication by a Monte Python sketch. Perhaps it is also furthered by the composition of Spam (the "meat" product) and its ubiquity.
The term was probably helped in its migration from a meat product to a form of communication by a Monte Python sketch. Perhaps it is also furthered by the composition of Spam (the "meat" product) and its ubiquity.
Feb 17, 2023 13:59:53 #
sailwiz
Loc: Santee, CA
Ysarex wrote:
I suspect due to a general disdain for the real SPAM.
From the Missouri State Fair where SPAM is a gourmet delicacy:
From the Missouri State Fair where SPAM is a gourmet delicacy:
If you have not tried 'Smoked Spam' then you are missing something good.
Feb 17, 2023 15:40:09 #
TomHackett wrote:
It's probably a reference to the Hormel "spiced ham" product of that name...
Many
many
years ago I was told that it was a shortened form of 'Shoulder Pork And Meat'Haven't had it in years now, but I never thought it was something to be avoided. It's just that there were better choices.
Feb 17, 2023 15:57:19 #
Ysarex wrote:
I suspect due to a general disdain for the real SPAM.
From the Missouri State Fair where SPAM is a gourmet delicacy:
From the Missouri State Fair where SPAM is a gourmet delicacy:
I actually like the real SPAM.
Feb 17, 2023 15:57:29 #
Feb 18, 2023 08:05:39 #
BebuLamar wrote:
I actually like the real SPAM.
Spam was a treat when I was a kid!!
And I still like it once in a while!!
The only problem is I can't eat a whole can at one sitting !! and I haven't seen the "Short cans" in the stores lately.
Feb 18, 2023 08:38:24 #
I have very fond memories regarding Spam. When I was 10 I had an evening paper route, except on Sunday when I had to get up at 4:30 AM to deliver the huge special Sunday addition to all my customers before 6AM. As motivation to get up and get going on cold winter mornings my Mother would promise the two of us would have a breakfast of Spam, eggs and Hot Chocolate together when I returned after completing my rounds.
Those were very special times for me, alone with my Mother, since I was one in a family of 10.
I could smell the Spam cooking on the stove as I returned home. I usually ran the last few blocks to get home as soon as possible. The aroma of Spam cooking in a large cast iron skillet was/is heaven to me.
Those were very special times for me, alone with my Mother, since I was one in a family of 10.
I could smell the Spam cooking on the stove as I returned home. I usually ran the last few blocks to get home as soon as possible. The aroma of Spam cooking in a large cast iron skillet was/is heaven to me.
Feb 18, 2023 09:52:18 #
sailwiz wrote:
If you have not tried 'Smoked Spam' then you are missing something good.
I smoke my own spam on my offset smoker.
It gives a much bolder smoke flavor.
Feb 18, 2023 10:01:49 #
Manglesphoto wrote:
Spam was a treat when I was a kid!!
And I still like it once in a while!!
The only problem is I can't eat a whole can at one sitting !! and I haven't seen the "Short cans" in the stores lately.
And I still like it once in a while!!
The only problem is I can't eat a whole can at one sitting !! and I haven't seen the "Short cans" in the stores lately.
Oh I never ate the whole can in one meal but that doesn't bother me at all. Leave the rest in the fridge and fry it when I am ready to eat again.
Feb 18, 2023 10:12:16 #
I was always excited when my mother would put spam sandwiches in my school lunch. Digital spam would not get a bad reputation from my real spam experience.
Feb 18, 2023 10:32:42 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
Those of us raised in the south were fortunate enough to become familiar with other meat-based delicacies like head cheese or souse, as it was called around here. Souse, like Spam, was composed of the parts of the hog that that most folks would have discarded as unuseable. Souse, or head cheese, was made of the hog’s head - snouts, ears, etc., spiced up, cooked and compressed into a mold. The gelatinous mess was stored as an aspic. Nothing went to waste when it came to slaughtering the hogs in those days.
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