Several days ago I read an exquisitely well-written blog post about ©Spam penned by a notable blogger, Linda Lienen, in her blog The Task at Hand. The title of her post was A Taste of Americana. Besides describing Rosie The Riveter, The Jolly Green Giant, and Paul Bunyan, she included a thorough description of the ©Spam Museum and of course the “quintessentially American food which has fed soldiers and kids, college students, cruisers and struggling families.”
The post struck a chord inside my brain, since our family was passionate about ©Spam back in Changuinola where I grew up in a banana plantation owned by United Brands. Spam was one of my favorite dishes. Later as I morphed from a child to an adult, the dish dissipated from my memory until I read Linda’s post.
During a recent visit to El Machetazo supermarket, I searched for a can of ©Spam and I found it. We added a small can to the cart as a tribute to Linda and to walk memory lane once more.
Below are a couple of pictures of the favorite dish of my youth. Here we go.
Snapshot of small can of ©Spam which we recently purchased at El Machetazo supermarket as a tribute to Linda’s blog post about this traditional American food. Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.
Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.
Thank you Linda for all the memories. Good Day.
Did you have to open the spam using the little key? I don’t think I have ever had spam before but I do enjoy the corned beef that comes from the can which I always associate with spam!
Hi:
No, this can didn´t have the little key. It had a small handle that you would pull and the top lid would come off. Very convenient. I thought it was a nice touch of friendliness for the consumer.
Corned beef is good too. Albeit not very popular in this part of the world—Panama, Central America.
Regards,
Omar.-
Oh, what fun! And now they have little individual packets which have square pieces of Spam that are just right for a single sandwich. I fried up one of those the other week and it was delicious!
Thanks so much for the mention! And by the way – there’s a new blog that’s just started you might like and find useful. It’s called Write Intentions and it’s going to be all about English grammar and so on. The woman who’s doing it taught English in junior and senior high school for years, and she’s just great. I’ve subscribed, and know there will be plenty for me to learn, too.
Hello Linda:
Thanks for the information. Will take a look and extract as much as I can from “Write Intentions”. As you know, English is tough cookie for me.
Bye,
Omar.-