by pinback » Thu Sep 29, 2016 1:00 pm
Hormel's current stance is that "SPAM" is a contraction of "Spiced Ham" (though in the past, they went with "Shoulder of Pork & Ham") so it definitely resembles ham more than, say, any other lunch meat, but saying "it tastes like ham" is, in my opinion, incorrect.
If you like ham, by all means, buy ham instead of SPAM. But they are definitely not substitutes for each other (even if that was Hormel's original intent back in WW2 days.)
Hormel's current stance is that "SPAM" is a contraction of "Spiced Ham" (though in the past, they went with "Shoulder of Pork & Ham") so it definitely resembles ham more than, say, any other lunch meat, but saying "it tastes like ham" is, in my opinion, incorrect.
If you like ham, by all means, buy ham instead of SPAM. But they are definitely not substitutes for each other (even if that was Hormel's original intent back in WW2 days.)