Exploring the impact of spam on Filipino cuisine during and after World War II, focusing on its role in feeding prisoners of war and civilians in internment camps. The chapter also addresses and corrects a geographical error from a previous episode on the culinary history of spam.
This 2014 episode covers the invention of the canned meat known as Spam. The Hormel Foods product was invented in the 1930s to make use of a surplus of shoulder meat from pigs, and was an instant hit in the U.S. and abroad.
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