Just Thinkin’ - Just Hang Up - by Hal McBride

My phone rang. I glanced at my Caller I.D. It was nobody I knew. At least I was reasonably certain I didn’t know anyone currently residing in Bokoshe or Bugtussle. As if to erase all doubt, “Spam Risk” appeared on the screen.

Spam. SPiced hAM. How did a perfectly good meat product get such a bad name? Back in the day, I enjoyed Spam, the salty processed canned pork product marketed by the Hormel Company. A recent episode of the History Channel’s Food That Made America dealt with the development of Spam in the 1930s. Now knowing the why’s, I gained considerable respect for Spam’s place in American food and social history. A positive place, not a negative place.