SPAM

I have made no secret of liking SPAM. Heck, as I noted back in January of 2012, I named my beautiful dark blue sailboat the SPAM.

The popularity of SPAM seems to follow U.S. Military presence - it's popularity surged in Britain during the post-war years when it was tough going there; it is apparently quite popular in Hawaii to this day.

However, the front page of the January 27 New York Times proclaims it is not only popular in Korea now, it is a highly respected gift. You know, a housewarming gift, a hostess gift. They even have special gift packages of a few cans neatly wrapped together for the holidays.

Now THAT'S liking SPAM.