Spam History

[DShock]

Joe V.,
Here is an excerpt from the book I'm reading "The Wild Blue" by Stephen Ambrose.
This book is about the AAF men in WW2 who flew the B-24 Liberator in Europe.
Quote; "At noon and in the evening, there was canned food--stewed prunes, hash heated in garbage cans, and meat, which was mostly Spam, called "mystery meat." Like nearly every serviceman in the armed forces of the United States, the AAF men at Cerignola (Italy) came to hate the sight of Spam. This was true even at the very top. After the war, General Eisenhower met the president of Hormel company and thanked him for the Spam, then added, with a grin, "But did you have to send so much of it?" One writer in the 455th--calling himself "Anon"--commented: "For breakfast the cooks will fry it. At dinner it is baked. For supper they have it paddy caked. Next morning it's with flapjacks. Where the hell do they get it all, they must order it by the kegs!...SPAM in stew. SPAM in pies, and SPAM in boiling grease!"
At Cerignola (Italy) the alternative to Spam was canned Vienna Sausages. After a month of eating them, one of the men tacked a proposal on the squadron ready-room door, offering to stop bombing Vienna if its people would stop sending their sausages. End Quote.
Doug