[quote=Brangdon)

It may be a cultural thing. I think we in the UK have an antipathy towards spam that Americans may lack. It doesn't apply to other tinned foods, such as corned beef. (I have found tinned corned beef is better than the "fresh" corned beef sold in my local supermarkets.)[/quote]

It's not just cultural; many Americans don't like it either and it's actually made here in Minnesota. That's why I tried the turkey spam. It's actually better tasting and better for you than the pork spam. We like canned corned beef too, especially mixed with diced potatoes. We buy canned meat for the long shelf life, but in an urban survival situation the high salt content means neither would be ideal unless you had a lot of fresh water.