This week is National Spam Week in the UK, and Spam lovers are being encouraged to pay homage to the spiced, processed ham utilised by thousands of school canteens and immortalised by a Monty Python sketch.
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J.C. Hormel started producing Spam in Austin, Minnesota in 1937 when he decided to apply beer canning technology to can the meat.
Sixty-five years on, the product has gained an international following and Hormel Foods has registered the brand in 111 countries.
Vicki McDonald, head of the UK’s 2,000-strong Spam fan club, told Reuters: “We’re trying to take it to a new audience […] there’s a certain amount of Spam nostalgia out there.”
