True Spam Facts
08-22-2002, 08:27 AM
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True Spam Facts
In America, it's consumed at the rate of 3.8 cans a second by more than 60 million Americans.
It's trademarked in 92 countries, and sold in 45, from Anguilla to Zimbabwe
If laid end-to-end, 5 billion cans would encircle the earth 12 1/2 times
5 billion cans of SPAM would feed a family of four, three meals a day, for 4,566,210 years
You can grill more than 29 billion Spamburgers with it, and that supply would last 5.4 days if everyone on Earth ate one spamburger for dinner each night
Each year, 100 million pounds (45 million kg) of Spam are sold around the world.
SPAM is made in two U.S. locations - Austin, Minnesota, and Fremont, Nebraska - and seven other countries: England, Australia, Denmark, Phillipines, Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea
The average consumers of Spam are families with several children, especially in the southeastern U.S.
In 1989, the U.S. armed forces bought 3.3 million pounds of SPAM
Hawaii, Alaska, Arkansas, Texas, and Alabama rate the highest in spam consumption respectively.
Among the 50 foreign countries where Spam is sold, the UK and South Korea are the largest markets.
In South Korea, SPAM is considered an upscale food and one of the most popular American imports. The Wall Street Journal recently spotted a Seoul executive in search of the perfect gift. The executive deliberately skipped over traditional gift items such as wine and chocolates in favor of SPAM, explaining, "It is an impressive gift."
Hormel PR man Allen Krejci says: "SPAM has endured because of it's convenience and versatility. You can eat it hot or cold. You slice, dice, or cube it. You can eat it for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or snacks. In fact, the only thing that limits your use of SPAM is your imagination."
Nikita Krushchev once credited SPAM with the survival of the WWII Russian army. ''Without SPAM, we wouldn't have been able to feed our army,'' he said.
Senator Robert Byrd of West Viginia eats a sandwich of SPAM and mayonnaise on white bread three times a week.
Number of miles a snowmobile must drive at -30 F to fully brown a can of Spam wired to the engine: 35 (Source: The Iditarod [heard on a Madison, WI radio report for "National Canned Luncheon Meat Day, '96])
So there you are, much more informed about SPAM than you ever were!
It's trademarked in 92 countries, and sold in 45, from Anguilla to Zimbabwe
If laid end-to-end, 5 billion cans would encircle the earth 12 1/2 times
5 billion cans of SPAM would feed a family of four, three meals a day, for 4,566,210 years
You can grill more than 29 billion Spamburgers with it, and that supply would last 5.4 days if everyone on Earth ate one spamburger for dinner each night
Each year, 100 million pounds (45 million kg) of Spam are sold around the world.
SPAM is made in two U.S. locations - Austin, Minnesota, and Fremont, Nebraska - and seven other countries: England, Australia, Denmark, Phillipines, Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea
The average consumers of Spam are families with several children, especially in the southeastern U.S.
In 1989, the U.S. armed forces bought 3.3 million pounds of SPAM
Hawaii, Alaska, Arkansas, Texas, and Alabama rate the highest in spam consumption respectively.
Among the 50 foreign countries where Spam is sold, the UK and South Korea are the largest markets.
In South Korea, SPAM is considered an upscale food and one of the most popular American imports. The Wall Street Journal recently spotted a Seoul executive in search of the perfect gift. The executive deliberately skipped over traditional gift items such as wine and chocolates in favor of SPAM, explaining, "It is an impressive gift."
Hormel PR man Allen Krejci says: "SPAM has endured because of it's convenience and versatility. You can eat it hot or cold. You slice, dice, or cube it. You can eat it for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or snacks. In fact, the only thing that limits your use of SPAM is your imagination."
Nikita Krushchev once credited SPAM with the survival of the WWII Russian army. ''Without SPAM, we wouldn't have been able to feed our army,'' he said.
Senator Robert Byrd of West Viginia eats a sandwich of SPAM and mayonnaise on white bread three times a week.
Number of miles a snowmobile must drive at -30 F to fully brown a can of Spam wired to the engine: 35 (Source: The Iditarod [heard on a Madison, WI radio report for "National Canned Luncheon Meat Day, '96])
So there you are, much more informed about SPAM than you ever were!
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Originally posted by ltweintz
Me either......it looks like dog food.
Me either......it looks like dog food.
Raw beef/chicken/turkey/pork looks nasty too when they are uncook.
People don't eat
straight out of the can. I don'tIf you like bacon, you like
! Trust me.
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Originally posted by PeaceLove&S2K
I eat spam. But I also eat pork intestines, stomach, tripe and other weird stuff.
I'm Chinese.
I eat spam. But I also eat pork intestines, stomach, tripe and other weird stuff.
I'm Chinese.
I eat all of the above, plus pig tongues, duck tongues, Chicken balls (once when I was young), chicken feet....etc......