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minus-squareThomasWilliams@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoTrue story ; In Australia Hormel were ordered to withdraw an advertising campaign featuring the song “Spam - it’s real spiced ham !” because Spam is not ham and doesn’t contain any spices…
minus-square𝚝𝚛𝚔@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoWait, what is Spam then? I thought that was the whole thing… Sp(iced H)am. I’m going to be disgusted by the answer, aren’t I?
minus-squareteyrnon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoSpam is an abomination created to short our armed forces of real vittles in World War II, fucking MarArthur that son of a bitch he’s in hell now.
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoPork, ham, and salt, mostly. So it is spiced ham if you consider salt a spice (it’s not).
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoWhat’s the difference between pork and ham? Aren’t they both just pig corpse?
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoHam is a specific cut, and is cured. Pork is any pig meat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ham
minus-squareteyrnon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoLegally you need quotation marks, “pork,” and “ham,” mostly.
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoNo, it is real pork and real ham. It’s mostly the shoulder cuts, but there’s still real ham in there.
minus-squarewolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoYeah, I thought it was “Shoulder of Pork and Ham”
minus-squareAqarius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days ago…Is the implication here that Americans consider salt a spice, or pork a spice?
minus-squareiMastari@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoWhen I was young I asked my dad what Spam was made of. He told me “Chicken lips and assholes”. My dad is a funny guy.
minus-squareislandcoda42@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoHormel use’s only the finest assholes available!
True story ; In Australia Hormel were ordered to withdraw an advertising campaign featuring the song “Spam - it’s real spiced ham !” because Spam is not ham and doesn’t contain any spices…
Wait, what is Spam then? I thought that was the whole thing… Sp(iced H)am.
I’m going to be disgusted by the answer, aren’t I?
Spam is an abomination created to short our armed forces of real vittles in World War II, fucking MarArthur that son of a bitch he’s in hell now.
Pork, ham, and salt, mostly. So it is spiced ham if you consider salt a spice (it’s not).
What’s the difference between pork and ham? Aren’t they both just pig corpse?
Ham is a specific cut, and is cured. Pork is any pig meat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ham
Legally you need quotation marks, “pork,” and “ham,” mostly.
No, it is real pork and real ham. It’s mostly the shoulder cuts, but there’s still real ham in there.
Yeah, I thought it was “Shoulder of Pork and Ham”
…Is the implication here that Americans consider salt a spice, or pork a spice?
When I was young I asked my dad what Spam was made of. He told me “Chicken lips and assholes”. My dad is a funny guy.
Hormel use’s only the finest assholes available!