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Old Jan 22, 2024 | 7:44 pm
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Originally Posted by jib71
It's worth noting that SPAM is a brand name for a pork product that the Hormel company developed. I don't think of it as a generic term for spiced ham. (There are, of course, other ways to spice ham. Many British people love the filling of pork pies, for example, in which the flavor of mace or nutmeg stands out. But only one pork product is known as SPAM).

I guess it's possible that there's a maker of "Speef," "Spicken," and "Spurkey," but I don't think these are appetizing names, and they would probably attract the attention of the lawyers who want to protect the SPAM brand. "Spork," of course, is already taken by a spoon-fork crossover.
In Canada we had/have KLIK and KAM, KLIK was "premium pork luncheon meat" (like SPAM) and KAM contained chicken and pork - mechanically resected of course.

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