Why does spam exist?

Question

I can't see any point for it... pigs lips and assoles blended in with some spices... I don't get it.

Answer 1

Hey Dog,

Much like everything else we use as convenience, the governments of the world needed a way to get food to troops/space/use in nuclear fallout, etc. So they would contract with private corporations to get these things figured out. Sometimes, they would hold contests to get companies to outdo each other. With out these special contests, we never would have had, Pop-Tarts, Tang. that yucky peanut butter/chocolate goo in the plastic tube or M.R.E.'s Hell, you wouldn't be able to hunt pigs *****oles with your Jeep if it hadn't been for these programs.

So, one of these governments, will call it the United States, annexes a group of islands we'll call "Hawaii". Makes 'em a state and the rest is history.... except.... This new state will now have lot's and lot's of tourists.... Need to feed the people on the islands, especially if a BIG STORM keeps ships from stopping there for many weeks or month's. What can we package that will store for long periods and have the protein of meat at a fraction of the cost?

You've guessed it! Pig lips and Arses blended with some spices.
It actually caught on as a food staple (hey, these people eat Poi !).

So why, you ask, did it ever get served here in these United States.... er, states! Think 1960's, Think Trader Vic's, Think Don Ho and his freekin bubbles.... During the 60's we had this huge desire to bring everything TI KI to the mainland... So we bought the torches, started cramming pineapple down our throats, hell, my parents even hosted a Luau at our house when I was but a smudge! Whole Pigs, alas, weren't cheap enough to have a Luau every month, so they needed a pork, that wasn't a whole ham... SPAM!

You could Slice it, Dice it, hell, you could even carve it into shapes. And it was just pigs lips and Arses so IT WAS CHEAP!

And that, my friend, is the reason for crime, mass murderers and yes, even Bill Clinton/George Bush (All are products of SPAM).

Hope you sleep easier at night. And I truly hope that now, if you are still awake, you get it!

James in San Diego

Answer 2

The Military used it WWII. A lot of it ended up in Hawaii. The state of Hawaii is the highest consumer of SPAM, per capita, in the U.S. We even shut the main streets down in Waikiki for a SPAM FESTIVAL, cooking contest, even the top chefs participate, top live bands on at least 4-5 stages, 20-40,000 people, it's a hell of a party.

Answer 3

Lovely Spam, Wonderful Spam.
Lovely Spam, Wonderful Spam.
Spam, Spam
Lovely Spam, Spam Spam Spam!


(I personally quite like spam)

Answer 4

A long time ago, canning was the best way to preserve meat. Some people have developed a taste for it, in Hawaii lots of recipes call out for it because there was no way to get fresh meat there.

Answer 5

spam exists cos in this world, people are doing business. especially since the internet is growing every day, more businessmen are relying on the internet to promote their business.
to let known to others about their products/services, they of course have to advertise. and to advertise to a mass media, what way better than to send mail to them. they may have purchased the email addresses from a third party. and that third party got those addresses cos we had provided our particulars at their website.
to us, these advertising emails seem useless but to those people, it is a tool for them to let others know about their business.

Answer 6

SPAM — ... is a canned pork product made by the Hormel Foods Corporation that has entered into folklore.


lol
GL

Answer 7

Spam can actually be very good and I like pigs lips and assholes - yummy to my tummy.

Answer 8

"It takes extra then 70 years." it rather is the biggest lie evolutionist hide in the back of. Why does existence no longer proceed like it did billions of years in the past, you be responsive to spontaneously arise and mutate?

Answer 9

It's how the net pays it's bills.And so annoying.I don't even like to see the word,even at the grocery store.

Answer 10

I'm pretty sure it's a trick being played on us by extra-terrestrials. Who needs anal probes and crop circles when you have canned meat?