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Celebrating the cultural and culinary introduction to Spam on this day decades ago

By psychologistmimi on July 5, 2017 • ( 15 Comments )

I’m not a big fan of spam. Yet, I have a certain psychological, sentimental fondness for spam. On the 5th of July in 1937 (right after the 161st birthday of the United States) Hormel foods introduced us all to spam. I wasn’t alive then and neither were my […]

Happy Mother’s Day: Let’s Hear it for the Pork

By psychologistmimi on May 11, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Winston Churchill once said, “I’m fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals”. Puerto Ricans tend to like pigs, particularly as a slow-roasted pork dish. I am Puerto Rican. Therefore, I love pork. See, I aced my LSATs […]