Way back in 2020, I shared with you " The Ultimate SPAM Cookbook " and a lovely review of it (with a few recipes) from Miriam Di Nunzio of the Chicago Sun-Times , and since then, a new…
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I declare that it is time for a break from email headers and spam traps to talk about ... actual spam. The canned kind. That you eat. Hormel has gone far beyond the original salt…
You know that I blog about spam. And sometimes about SPAM. I'm a fan of one but not the other. Who wouldn't love something salty that tastes a bit like bacon, and fries u…
Email newsletters are so hot right now. Even the Original Rainbow Cone wants in on that sweet, sweet newsletter action. Yeah, they got me. I scanned the QR code and signed up, w…
Yum! It was just last week I was sitting down to lunch in Chicago's Time-Out Market with a couple of my coworkers (it's my boss's favorite lunch spot), enjoying Kore…
Here's a question that we've all wondered at some point or other in our lives: What happens when you try to take a case of Hormel's delicious SPAM through an airport …
Apparently this isn't THAT new, as I can find some blogs and recipe sites talking about it back in summer 2023 . But it's new to me! And personally observed by yours trul…
Yes, I do have various Google alerts set up watching for food-related spam articles. Or SPAM, in this case! Without those alerts, I wouldn't have stumbled across this delicio…
Here's the tiniest bit of happy news after a week of FTC compliance actions, DNS downtimes and blocklist glitches: Hormel, makers of the beloved food known as SPAM, have kind…
Yum! Is it as delicious as it looks? Alas, we likely will never know, as it it is not real. It's SMEAT, the fake prop meat product originally created for the movie Waterworld…
Well, Figgy Pudding Spam is a thing that exists, apparently. Laurel Wamsley for National Public Radio explains that this limited edition concoction is apparently so popular, tha…
Well, we were warned that this was coming . Hormel's name is conspicuously missing from the latest news article, but it sounds like Shinsegae Food's Better Meat is indeed…
Lifehacker's Claire Lower wants you to know: "Spam was made to be air fried." She adds: "Thanks to its large amount of inherent grease, it’ s one of the few fo…
Slice it up thin and fry it up nice; it goes great with eggs and hash browns for breakfast. But what to do with the rest of it? Don't forget to refrigerate the now half-fille…
Yum! From the Daily Herald of Everett Washington, I share with you a wonderful recipe from Taylor Goebel that will allow you to make make cheesy little SPAM sandwiches, suitable …
From the Atlantic and WNYC: Uh...finally? The podcast you've been waiting for! This is "a story of America told through the history of SPAM." In this three-part ser…
I'm on the road this week, dealing with family stuff, and I've ordered BBQ twice to the hotel for dinner. I must be hungry, and I've got BBQ on the brain. Anyway, whi…
It's always good to hear about growth of the good kind of spam. Hormel seems to be doing very well during these crazy times. From CNBC : “That’s incredible. We’ve had to ann…
I hope everyone has a happy and safe Thanksgiving Holiday. Maybe you've got a long weekend ahead or perhaps you'll need to be up and ready to provide deliverability suppo…
I'm saddened to find that pumpkin spice spam didn't seem to be available this year, but if you're looking for a spammy meal in the spirit of the season, this recipe f…
