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S.P.A.M., SPAM, spam (and lobster thermidor)

Posted on May 27, 2017 by mart

SPAM luncheon meat was first produced in the Depression era in the United States (1937), by the Hormel Foods Corporation.  It was named by Ken Daigneau who had won a contest (and $100).  Ken was the brother of a Hormel Vice-President, but that may be entirely coincidental. Hormel insist that the Continue Reading

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