SPAM luncheon meat is a canned precooked meat product made by the Hormel Foods Corporation. The labelled ingredients in the Classic variety of Spam are: chopped pork shoulder meat with ham meat added, salt, water, sugar, and sodium nitrite to help "keep its color". The product has become part of many jokes and urban legends about mystery meat, which has made it part of pop culture and folklore.Varieties of Spam vary by region and include Spam Black Pepper, Spam Less Sodium, Spam Garlic, Spam and Cheese, Spam with Bacon (Hormel bacon), Spam Spread, Spam Fritters, Spam Lite (containing pork and chicken), Spam Golden Honey Grail, Spam Hot and Spicy (with Tabasco sauce), Spam Hickory Smoked, and Spam Oven Roasted Turkey - the latter is also available as halal food (see the halal sign on cans), meaning that it is permissible under Islamic law, and is especially popular in Muslim markets.Spam is produced in (among other places) Austin, Minnesota, USA (also known as Spam Town USA). In 2002, the six billionth can of Spam was sold. Spam for the UK market is produced in Denmark by Tulip under licence from Hormel.

It was a boring wednesday stroll thru a super market when something in the food isle had me spit out my Cafe Mocha. Took another look at the product--a pudding, to be sure and it did say 'Spotted D...'. After a good laugh, came home and searched the net, and lo and behold, it's a British delicacy with a listing by wikipedia...

It was a boring wednesday stroll thru a super market when something in the food isle had me spit out my Cafe Mocha. Took another look at the product--a pudding, to be sure and it did say : 'Spotted D...'. Wikipedia chronicles the *ahem* British delicacy (dead serious - no pun intended)..

Analysis of LSE, why UK not productive and America (and much of Europe are). It's about the culture. UK have a culture that rewards slacking, the US is more a work culture. Now if we could only fix British food as well...

ASDA is a unit of Wal-Mart Stores - The chain said that by the end of this year its own-label food and drinks would not contain any artificial colours or flavours, aspartame, hydrogenated fat or flavour enhancers.

A new study concludes that a majority of British workers don't think they eat right at lunch. Time, money, and lack of lunchrooms at work top the list of reasons why people opt for fast food, and 30% blame a poor lunch for the afternoon drop in productivity. (No mention of the three pints at the pub...)