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If you haven’t tried SPAM® before you don’t know what you are missing! The famous can is a pantry staple that has been around for 70 years. It’s a versatile meat that is perfect for burgers, quiche, pizzas, and fried rice... anything your creative culinary tastes desire.

A favourite with the older generation already, SPAM® is increasingly reaching the palettes of the younger populations as they realise SPAM® tastes great and can be used in any recipe where you might usually use ham or bacon. SPAM® fans love it and over the years we have collected some great recipes from creative at home chefs. Here is one of our favourites to try.


Check out other great SPAM® recipe ideas at www.spam.net.au.

Australians have been enjoying SPAM® since 1969 and there are many varieties to choose from including:

SPAM® Classic

SPAM® Turkey

SPAM® Cracked Pepper

SPAM® Light

SPAM® Hot ‘n’ Spicy

SPAM® Less Sodium

Look out for SPAM® next time you go shopping and if you haven’t tried it before now is the time!

Things you may not know about SPAM®

• It tastes GREAT!
• Kenneth Daigneau, an actor, came up with the name SPAM® in a competition. He won $US100 - a tidy sum in 1937!
• SPAM® is produced in the USA at Hormel Foods. The USA Hormel plants can produce more than 44,000 cans per hour.
• A can of SPAM® is consumed every 3.1 seconds in the US.
• Russian leader Nikita Khrushchev credits SPAM® with saving his troops in WWII.
• More than 4 million cans of the SPAM® family of products are sold annually in Australia and New Zealand.
• A 16,500 sqft SPAM™ Museum was opened in 2001 in Austin, Minnesota - the "Home of SPAM®".
• There are an amazing array of SPAM® products available for sale from flip flops to SPAM® money boxes.

Check out more about the world of SPAM® at www.spam.net.au.