Because it came around in an era where salt and fat were starting to be decried as evil and all diets should be nothing but carbs on carbs. It only survived the propaganda because soldiers and hawaii couldn't stop eating the stuff while slop started cornering the market for the next 80 years and now it has a reputation.
It's basically sausage. But better since it's just the shoulder meat ground up and pressed into a solid loaf for canning.
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The reason why the UK has so much of it was that the US during wartime produced enough for decades. It lasts forever, too. The surplus they made lasted until Thatcher was out of office.
It's the reason my Grandad refused to have it in the house. He must have lived predominantly off of it at some point during the War.
Processed red meat is supposedly linked to an increased risk of stomach/colon cancers. But then again half the things most people eat and drink nowadays will probably kill you just as quickly so it's probably a bunch of bullshit anyway.
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