When it comes to cured pork, there are a number of options at your disposal, from pancetta to lomo, sausage to dry-cured ham. But two of the most beloved — and divisive — members of the category are ...

In this sketch, set in a café with Vikings, a cross-dressing hostess comically repeats the word "SPAM" (referring to the spiced ham product) as a menu item, overshadowing other items on the menu.

In 1937, Geo. A. Hormel & Co. (now Hormel Foods Corp.) began selling a 25 cent concoction of precooked pork shoulder, ham, salt, water, modified potato starch, sugar and sodium nitrite, dubbing it ...