Context: Spam is a canned meat introduced in the late 1930s that is incredibly popular even to this day.

It became very popular in Hawaii during WW2 as part of rations for military servicemen and remains a staple among the Islands today.

It was also sent to the Soviet Union as part of lend lease agreements, with Nikita Kruschev later saying “Without Spam, we wouldn’t have been able to feed our army.”