Learn more about the processed luncheon meat used in a lot of recipes. We all know what spam is when it comes to those unwanted emails that we quickly delete. But, what is Spam that comes in a can?

Thus, spam came to apply to electronic messages repeated over and over, swamping all other communication. (And as an aside, note that Hormel, maker of SPAM luncheon meat, says they never engage in ...

As a young Scout, Joe Lumpkins of Solon discovered Spam when he was only 12. "My dad gave me a Spam cookbook ["Great-Tasting Recipes with Spam Luncheon Meat," Publications International] when I ...

May 11, 1937, proved to be a historic day for American processed food. That’s the date Hormel Foods registered a trademark for its new canned meat product. That’s the day Spam was born ...

SPAM is Luncheon Meat. "spam" or "Spam" is unsolicited bulk marketing emails. Got it? Written by Jason Perlow, Senior Contributing Writer Aug. 23, 2009 at 2:15 a.m. PT ...

Hormel Foods, manufacturer of Spam luncheon meat, files complaints with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office against software company Spam Arrest. Hormel says the Seattle-based technology company ...

Americans consume 3.8 cans of Spam luncheon meat every second. In fact, since its 1937 introduction, the public has bought 4.7-billion cans of the chopped pork shoulder, ham meat, water, salt, ...

Spam gained popularity from its role during World War II, when Hormel provided 15 million cans of luncheon meat to troops every week. "Spam luncheon meat became an essential item in soldiers ...

In 1937, the George A. Hormel Company, a meat-packing business in Austin, Minnesota, introduced SPAM luncheon meat to use up an excess of pork shoulder in their inventory.

In a brightly lit restaurant in downtown Hong Kong, the meaty smell of fried spam fills the air. As other staff prepare for the lunchtime rush, a cook is putting the finishing touches to a bowl of ...

Hormel Foods, the maker of Spam luncheon meat, is paying $700 million to buy the Skippy peanut butter brand from consumer products maker Unilever, the companies announced Thursday.Hormel said ...