Fried SPAM and a Quebec delicacy, poutine, makes a nourishing and tasty
comfort lunch...

Nora Hague
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Nora Hague, Senior Cataloger / Access 2D
Notman Photographic Archives
McCord Museum of Canadian History
690 Sherbrooke West, Montreal
Quebec, Canada H3A 1E9

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----- Original Message -----
From: Shirley Kathryn Woods <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: Commercial History - SPAM


> I grew up in West Africa and SPAM and Nedo powdered milk were luxuries
> where we lived!  Although give me asparagus and a cornish game hen any
day.
> Is Monty Python the originator of the jokes about SPAM, or the GIs? I
> enjoyed your culinary tour.
>
> >I agree with Patrick Boylan's comments.  While I enjoy joking about Spam
as
> >much as anyone, in my opinion it's as good, taste-wise, as any canned
food
> >product on the market, and I find that few of the people who deride it
and
> >are astonished that I claim to like it have ever actually tasted it.
There's
> >nothing "infamous" about it.  And as an historian, I'm rather intrigued
by
> >its importance in World War II and can't help musing about its history
when I
> >indulge in it.
> >
> >I assure you that my tastes are not strictly proletarian.  Tonight I
attended
> >a lecture at the National Gallery of Art, followed by a dinner provided
by
> >their excellent chef, consisting of the best mussels I've ever had
(better
> >than I've had in Brussels), Cornish game hen, wonderful asparagus, etc.,
etc.
> > Last week I went to a fine Indian restaurant, and I've dined at
expensive
> >restaurants in New York, Paris, Italy, and Japan.  I can tell the
difference
> >between good and bad French food and wine (two of the worst meals I've
ever
> >had were in France--a coq au vin that consisted of the stringiest, driest
> >chicken I've ever seen and a "cassoulet" that was merely a wretched,
watery
> >bean soup).  I'm a fan of sushi, risotto, Spanish tapas, Peking duck,
> >quenelles de brochet, cold herring with aqvavit, Vietnamese food,
> >bouillabaisse, cognac, Calvados--you name it.  I've been around the
> >gastronomic block.  But tomorrow night I'll get home from work late and
won't
> >have time or energy to prepare anything resembling a gourmet meal, so
I'll
> >probably have a few slices of Spam, some canned baked beans, cole slaw,
and a
> >good English ale, and will thoroughly enjoy it.  I find no contradiction
in
> >this.
> >
> >Three cheers for Spam the Famous.  And I don't even have any stock in
Hormel.
> >
> >David Haberstich
> >
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