# If you want your pig-meat, here's SPAM with Bacon! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 6, 2007, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-your-pig-meat-heres-spam-with-bacon/394762 "2007-03-06T01:38:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-your-pig-meat-heres-spam-with-bacon/394762/21 "2007-03-06T22:46:24Z")
[QUOTE=DeVena] If SPAM is “pork shoulder and ham”, then why would you make it with Turkey and name it SPAM? Shouldn’t it be named SPURKEY? [/QUOTE] I don’t know. Do turkeys have shoulders? ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-your-pig-meat-heres-spam-with-bacon/394762/22 "2007-03-06T23:58:49Z")
I’m a big SPAM fan. But then, I’m Korean, and Koreans seem to like SPAM. Who knows why? I recently found out that when you get pasta in Korea, it comes with jalapeños and pickles. Hmm… do they have jalapeño spam with pickles yet? ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-your-pig-meat-heres-spam-with-bacon/394762/23 "2007-03-07T00:07:29Z")
Spam is very popular in Asia. When we were first dating, **Astrogirl** got me a Spam gift box for my birthday. I was wise enough to disguise my laughter as a sudden coughing fit. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-your-pig-meat-heres-spam-with-bacon/394762.md?page=1)