# TURKEY Spam?!? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 9, 2001, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-spam/49086 "2001-01-09T01:12:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![caircair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@caircair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caircair)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-spam/49086/1 "2001-01-09T01:12:07Z")
In the words of Dorothy Parker “What Fresh Hell is This?” The Hormel People have defiled the pink pork product by now trying to bring onto the market Turkey Spam? Considering that SPAM stood for Spiced Pork and Ham, HOW can you call a poultry product SPAM? Spurkey, perhaps, I can see. But this! is! an! abomination! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Pit\_and\_The\_Pendulum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@The\_Pit\_and\_The\_Pendulum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Pit_and_The_Pendulum)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-spam/49086/2 "2001-01-09T04:34:27Z")
It’s pretty bad, all right. Like Oscar Meyer making its regular bologna out of birds. Sure they have beef bologna, but where’s the PORK bologna? Don’t the Bolgnese have any dignity? They should sue! ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-spam/49086/3 "2001-01-09T07:39:01Z")
Repeat after me; “Kosher Spam.” ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-spam/49086/4 "2001-01-09T09:06:19Z")
Spam, thou art so pink Eventually, I’ll learn Your ingredients ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-spam/49086/5 "2001-01-09T10:54:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by caircair \* > \*\* Considering that SPAM stood for Spiced Pork and Ham, Actually, the ‘s’ if for shoulder.😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-spam/49086/6 "2001-01-09T12:32:37Z")
Yes, the Turks have figured out how to use mass e-mailings as a form of advertisement. They’ve been studying American marketing techniques for a number of… Oh, that’s not what this thread is about? SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, lovely spam, wonderful spam… ---
**Author:** ![JTR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee59a6/32.png) [@JTR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JTR)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-spam/49086/7 "2001-01-09T15:01:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by caircair \* > \*\*…But this! is! an! abomination! \*\* If you can get this upset about the introduction of a new Spam product, then I’m gonna guess that you’re probably not real good at dealing with change in the world around you… ---
**Author:** ![Enos\_Strate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/aca169/32.png) [@Enos\_Strate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enos_Strate)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-spam/49086/8 "2001-01-09T15:07:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by caircair \* > **Considering that SPAM stood for Spiced Pork and Ham…** I thought that it was just a contraction of **SP** iced h **AM**. I haven’t seen such an adulteration of a beloved food product since they introduced SPAM _lite_. How can you make almost pure fat _lite_? ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-spam/49086/9 "2001-01-10T03:46:09Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Enos Strate \* \*\* > [@](#): > > …I haven’t seen such an adulteration of a beloved food product since they introduced SPAM _lite_. How can you make almost pure fat _lite_? \*\* [announcer] New **S** pam **L** ite! Now with 25% fewer assorted chunks of unidentifiable semi-gelatinous ostensibly meat related byproducts. [/announcer] ---
**Author:** ![Arjuna34](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Arjuna34](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arjuna34)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-spam/49086/10 "2001-01-10T03:58:56Z")
I guess there’ll be a whole round of entries at the [SPAM Haiku Archives](http://pemtropics.mit.edu/~jcho/spam/)! Here are some [classics](http://pemtropics.mit.edu/~jcho/spam/picks.html). Arjuna34