Filed under: Minnesota Marketing | Tags: Hormel, Minnesota Marketing, Minnesota State Fair, Product line Extensions, Spam Advertising, Spam Curds, Spam Marketing
The Minnesota State Fair gives us a glimps of shameless marketing tactics at their finest. Stuff you couldn’t get away with anywhere else is accepted here. Bumper stickers, news anchors on-a-stick, and the shittyest chotchkeys the Renminbi can buy all permeate this annual event. I love it all…but maybe the grease is affecting my judgment. 
One new item at this year’s fair caught my attention, however – SPAM Curds. This wonderful Minnesota brand has a great history. See: The SPAM Museum,the SPAM Mobile, and the SPAM Cookbook After experiencing the SPAM Curds some at the Great Minnesota get-together, I am convinced the folks at Hormel are working with the Pentagon to create a new form of food warfare. I’m talking about explosive diarrhea, folks. You’ve been warned. Nice product line extension though, even if it is used in future wars. BTW, people in Hawaii love SPAM and call it “Soul Food.” Did anyone else get to have the “full” Spam experience?
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I made it through the State Fair unscathed, but I’m a little disappointed I didn’t try the hotdish on a stick. Oh jeeze, I bet that woulda been different. OK, real good then.
Comment by Beth Johanneck September 9, 2007 @ 4:45 pmStop over and see my own state fair experience. http://countrymouse.blogharbor.com/blog
Come to think of it, I had chalked up the severe abdominal discomfort at the end of my 3-hour ride home to the bad food I ate all day, but it could have been the Spam. Stealin’ yer pic for my blog…
Comment by Gette August 30, 2008 @ 2:43 am