On Tue 01 Jan 2008 10:37:21p, Blinky the Shark told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>> On Tue 01 Jan 2008 05:58:49p, George Shirley told us...
>
>>> I can also tell that many of you aren't very old. If it hadn't been
>>> for SPAM, a non-rationed meat, lots of folks would have been
>>> vegetarians during WWII. Where do you think the Monty Python skit
>>> about "SPAM" came from. The Brits ate so much of it they went a little
>>> wacky, so did a lot of Americans in cities who couldn't get out to the
>>> country and scrounge some decent meat. Hell, I still like SPAM on
>>> occasion.
>>>
>>> George
>>>
>>
>> I was born in January, 1945, so was not really negatively affected by
>> WWII.
>
> I was born in 1947, but the memories, habits and effects of WWII didn't
> just disappear in the summer of 1945. I'm sure at least part of the
> reason we ate SPAM when I was a boy was the influence of WWII (and
> perhaps also the Depression)...

I'm sure you're right about that. I know from family stories that they
were also relatively unaffected by the Depression. I know that my mother's
family lost a few thousand in one of the banks, but most of both families'
money was tied up in property that was paid for and wasn't lost.

>> Both my parents' families at that time were farming people, so food
>> wasn't really an issue for them.
>
> ...so I'd guess that *this* - your farmer lineage - was a bigger factor
> in your nonSPAMminess back then in the immediate shadow of WWII.

I'm sure that's also true. I don't remember seeing "cans" of anything in
ours or any relative's house except for that which was home canned. Meats
were fresh from the farm.

--
Wayne Boatwright

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