We Have Been Released from SPAM Prison

Hormel Foods first produced SPAM luncheon meat in 1937 in Austin, Minnesota.
The ingredients of SPAM:
* chopped pork shoulder meat with ham meat added
* salt (for binding, flavor, and firmness)
* water (to help in mixing)
* sugar (for flavor)
* sodium nitrite (for color and as a preservative)

And here are some other interesting SPAM-related facts to consider:
* In the United States, 3.8 cans of SPAM are consumed every second.
* Hawaiians eat an average of four cans of SPAM per person per year (this is the highest SPAM consumption rate per capita in the world).
* Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia eats a SPAM and mayonnaise sandwich three times a week.
* Nikita Krushchev credited SPAM with the survival of the WW2 Russian army. Quoting Krushchev: "Without SPAM, we wouldn't have been able to feed our army."