Blog Number Eleven: College Students Should Eat More Spam

Starving college students need their eyes to be opened up to Spam. Spam is an excellent food choice because it is inexpensive and tasty. Most college students live on a budget because they get help from their parents, have a part time job, or are taking out student loans. At this point, extra money is thin, and they do not have the luxury to eat out or shop at Whole Foods every week. So, as a result of this, they go to cheaper food choices. Unfortunately, Spam is not one of them, and something needs to be done about it.

After a survey with my class, I can see that most college students wont even give Spam a chance because of the unhealthy reputation. Also, it comes off as a food that our “old grandmas” would eat. This stereotype can semi-verified because Spam became popular during World War II when canned food was sent across seas to be rationed. Also it was cheap back then too, so families adapted to shopping for cheap and easy to make foods while the man of the house was away at war. So, the war efforts gave Spam a certain reputation and now our generation wont even touch it.

A solution to raising Spam awareness in college, is to make a fun campaign that we can all participate it. The campaign needs to emphasize that we all have an important social life to maintain and homework to keep up with, so why should time be wasted on cooking. Spam is quick, easy and cheap. Furthermore, Spam will go to various colleges to promote their product by giving out free cans, and have social media contests. They will start a hash tag called “#beSPAMtanious,” and have the students create their most creative meal with spam, and post the recipe. The winners from each school will win some type of scholarship.

Finally, they will start supporting the colleges by having a “Spam Cam” at each event and post the videos on YouTube. The “Spam Cam” will be different from other channels because it will be ran by different departments every week so that the channel is versatile. Spam will provide all the products needed, and have short commercials to remind the viewers that Spam is a necessary grocery to our kitchens.

The following pictures are some recipes made with Spam: