FOOD TRIVIA: How Spam was Named

 In 1926, the Hormel Company developed the first canned ham product in the US. However, after the hams were cut, the company was left with thousands  of pounds of pork shoulders, an almost worthless meat. Jay C. Hormel, son of the founder, George A. Hormel came up with a way of using the pork shoulder in a new product called, "Hormel Spiced ham". Because this was a very uninspiring name, a contest was held to come up with a new name.  Ralph Daidneau, the brother of a Hormel Vice President came up with the name “Spam” from:  S houlder P ork h AM. The rest, as is said, is history!