Bob and I left Mason City, Iowa, about mid morning to head to Austin, Minnesota, on our way to Minneapolis. The attraction for us in Austin was the SPAM museum , which we learned of when living in Austin, Texas, which had an annual SPAM festival.
SPAM is a canned luncheon meat created by the Hormel company in Austin, MN, in 1937. It gained popularity worldwide after its use in WW II and is now found in over 40 countries. The free museum in Austin celebrates this product in a colorful and engaging way.
According to the museum, the name SPAM was chosen after a naming contest at a Hormel New Years Eve party, believed to be the combination of the words spiced and ham.
the SPAMMY advertising character used in Japan
but also that the term spam for excessive digital marketing
is based on a Monty Python skit about a restaurant
that sold only menu items that contained SPAM
Peckish Travels 