SPAM
On Wednesday September 12th we heard from Savil Lord, Spambassador for the Spam Museum in Austin, Minnesota.27 years ago, when Hormel Foods was celebrating their 100-year anniversary, they were looking for a way to celebrate their history. A museum was opened in a in Austin Minnesota, where you could tour and learn all about Hormel foods. The museum was a hit! Visitors could pull off the freeway, visit the museum and get right back on their way. After two years, it was decided to move the museum to a downtown location to draw the visitors into the community of Austin to help support local restaurants and shops. Currently the museum is approaching 300,000 guests who have come to discover Hormel and one of its iconic products SPAM!
Savil gave us the history of SPAM - In 1937 at a New Year's Eve party SPAM was named. A combination of the words Spiced and Ham SPAM is made up of 6 simple ingredients. Ham or pork shoulder, water, sugar, salt, potato starch, and sodium nitrate. SPAM is cooked in the can it comes in and is shelf stable for 3 years.
Hormel itself has 5 locations around the world, Austin MN and Dubuque, IA, China, South Korea and Denmark. The plants produce 395 cans of SPAM a minute!!
Savil is the wife of Faribault Rotarian Kenneth Johnson and she was an absolute treat to listen to! Her energy and passion for all things Hormel and community are present in her presentation.
Thank you for joining us, please come back anytime!!
