The True Value of Spam by C. Douglas McIntire No one denies that times are tough. In fact, these days, shopping for a descent cut of meat is like window shopping for a new living room. You stand, gazing at the butcher’s case whispering, “Someday you will be mine, filet mignon,” as nervous mothers corral their children away from your cart. The wistfulness makes the mind wander off to comforting and more affordable foods - like Spam. Hey, why not? After all, Spam has been around since 1939 and it has seen us through many tough times. In fact, seventy-five little blue cans of happiness have flown off American shelves since you started reading this article. However, the question remains: Is Spam a true value for consumers? Categorizing Spam as an inexpensive meat is a shaky argument at best, but I still tested it against another pork product. A brief look around my local grocery store revealed that pork sirloin cutlets were selling at $2.49 per pound. If Spam were to earn that auspicious place in with its meat kin (meaning priced accordingly pound for pound,) it would have had a price of $3.52 per pound. But wait, the discrepancy widens. The average weight of a sirloin chop is four ounces. Since the suggested serving of Spam is only two ounces, I either had to double my Spam values or ask someone to eat only half of a chop — and I would never do that. The full chop came in at 140 calories with 45 calories from fat. Spam’s 214 calories with 140 calories from fat meant that four ounces of Spam contain the same fat calories as the entire caloric content of a single chop! In addition, the chop contained 600 mg of sodium. Sound bad? Well Spam topped out at 1156 mg! At the end of the day, Spam did not measure up as a “hard time” food. That’s all right, as it is perfectly acceptable to love Spam just because it makes you feel good. So pull back that shiny little lid with pride, and cook it however you like; six billion cans of Spam can’t be wrong.
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