junkshop
Otto's Favourite
Spam isn't British.
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smartcooky
Penultimate Amazing
Doesn't matter - its still a big part of British culture due to its popularity and widespread use under rationing during World War II and later.
How else would it end up as being mocked for its Britishness
smartcooky
Penultimate Amazing
I didn't say it was British, I said it was a part of British culture (like Marmite is part of NZ culture, even though its English).
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Has everyone on this forum suddenly lost their sense of humour?
Begging the question. I don't know it was ever thought of as being essentially British. It was fairly common at one time, spam fritters were a regular item on the school lunch menu in the 60s and 70s. It's more of a thing in Hawai'i, I believe.Doesn't matter - its still a big part of British culture due to its popularity and widespread use under rationing during World War II and later.
How else would it end up as being mocked for its Britishness
junkshop
Otto's Favourite
60-odd years ago.Doesn't matter - its still a big part of British culture due to its popularity and widespread use under rationing during World War II and later.
How else would it end up as being mocked for its Britishness
Also, if you're going to use being in that sketch as a criteria for a thing being British culture, then Vikings and drag are British culture.
ETA: Actually, a case could be made for Vikings, what with the Danelaw and the Normans.
Also drag.
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arthwollipot
Observer of Phenomena, Pronouns: he/him
It's a thing all over the Pacific islands. See, during and after WW2, American soldiers were stationed all over the Pacific, and their standard rations included tins of Spam. Since the Pacific islands have an abundance of delicious fish and fruit, Americans traded their Spam for local food, and the Islanders got a taste for it. It has since contributed to the obesity epidemic in the region, since it is packed with tons of salt.
I think I first heard this story on the 99% Invisible podcast.
Skeptical Greg
Agave Wine Connoisseur
Well it would be " since" , since obesity didn't really take off until the 70's, and spam was a USA staple in the 40's and 50's.
The salt thing sounds more like correlation than causation. A lot of Coca Cola to wash down the Spam?
arthwollipot
Observer of Phenomena, Pronouns: he/him
Like I said, I first heard about this on a podcast - yes, one that is normally pretty reliable, but still.
Matthew Best
Penultimate Amazing
I've got Spam in my cupboard right now. Right next to the corned beef. It's available in all supermarkets.
Vixen
Penultimate Amazing
Back in the day when I passed through a small town in Yorkshire on the way to a football match 'oop t'North', I experienced for the first time in my life chips and curry sauce. Absolutely delicious (at the time thanks to novelty value). I was told this delicacy, as it were, was common oop t'north.
Is curry and chips British culture...?
Vixen
Penultimate Amazing
Oh gosh, brings back memories of school meals. To the tune of 'Out of Town' by Max Bygraves (noooooooooooo! Aaaargh, make it stop!)Doesn't matter - its still a big part of British culture due to its popularity and widespread use under rationing during World War II and later.
How else would it end up as being mocked for its Britishness
All together now: Say what you will, school dinners make you ill, especially the carrots and the peas....
Helen
Implicitly explicit
I wonder what the t' is doing in that expression? I've only heard/seen oop north; surely it's up north, not up the north (which sounds strangely rude)?
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More than Spam, certainly. I used to have it at least once a week when I was at Poly in Stafford 40-odd years ago. See also "chicken curry half and half" in Wales, which is chicken curry with rice and chips.