Ham, egg and potato notwithstanding, I see my thread is hijacked. I will proceed straightaway to my basement window and jump. However, before I "go", is it my imagination as to SPAM being a component of any of the rations heretofore cited?. I seem to vividly recall an olive drab can ( round or rectangular) labeled "Luncheon Meat- Pork "( other ingredients a mystery) etc. I submit that it could have been during my family's immigration aboard an American troop carrier SS General Black ( 1949). AS a child I recall the troops handing out candy, cookies ( REAL butter cookies), and other things to our parents. Perhaps it was then that I tasted this delicacy which remains in my culinary memory till today.
Mark
PS: Since I do "recall" the label and ingredients, perhaps it in fact WAS in one of the rations I had in ARMY. (??)