Everyone has an opinion on Spam. No, we're not talking junk email because everybody hates that. We're talking actual Spam--the canned meat. While some people think it's gross there are many, many others who can't get enough of it. 


Spam has been on a comeback. Hormel has sold a record amount of Spam for seven straight years. This year it's on pace again. Who's buying it and what are they making with it? Robert Ku is a professor of Asian and Asian American studies at Binghamton University and author of Dubious Gastronomy: Eating Asian in the USA. 

Everyone has an opinion on Spam. No, we're not talking junk email because everybody hates that. We're talking actual Spam--the canned meat. While some people think it's gross there are many, many others who can't get enough of it. 
 Spam has been on a comeback. Hormel has sold a record amount of Spam for seven straight years. This year it's on pace again. Who's buying it and what are they making with it? Robert Ku is a professor of Asian and Asian American studies at Binghamton University and author of Dubious Gastronomy: Eating Asian in the USA.

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