Spamarama
Spamarama (SPAMARAMA) was a long-time annual festival and competitive cookoff held in Austin, Texas from 1976 to 2007 as a parody of Spam.[1][2][3]
Officially called the Pandemonious Potted Pork Festival, SPAMARAMA was held on a weekend close to April Fool's Day in Waterloo Park and drew tens of thousands of people to one of the wackiest festivals in America.
Cooking entries included various flavors of SPAM ice cream, Moo Goo Gai SPAM, GuacaSPAMole, chicken-fried SPAM, SPAMguini, and SPAMalama Ding Dong, a concoction made with the pink colored meat, whipped cream, and chocolate. Other events included the SPAM carving display involving themes based on current events, body parts, or animals such as the SPAMagator, the SPAM calling contest, the SPAM toss, the SPAM facial, and the Tug of War across a pit filled with SPAM jelly.[4] [5]
Chef SPAM, (John L. Myers), has won more Spamarama awards than any entrant. He is responsible for the creation of the Professional Division, and the coveted "Spamericas Cup".[citation needed]
The Smithsonian filmed the last Spamarama and documented it.[citation needed]
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[edit] References
- ^ Moser, Margaret (31 March 2000). "A Man, A Can, A Plan - SPAMARAMA™ Founder Dave Arnsberger". Austin Chronicle. http://www.austinchronicle.com/food/2000-03-31/76634/. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- ^ Romanko, J. R. (26 March 2004). "Quick Escapes". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/26/travel/quick-escapes.html. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- ^ "Future of spam celebration uncertain". UPI. 8 June 2007. http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2007/06/08/Future-of-spam-celebration-uncertain/UPI-99251181315631/. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- ^ Viadhyanathan, Siva (13 April 1991). "Making a Sport of Spam". The Freelance Star. Cox News Service (Fredericksburg, VA): pp. 33–34. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wOJNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WosDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6886,2254847&dq=spamarama&hl=en. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- ^ Spamarama canned, Austin American-Statesman, July 22, 2008
- Hattersley, Cleve (October 26, 1995). "LIGHTS! CAMERA! SPAMARAMA!". Austin American-Statesman. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AASB&p_theme=aasb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAD97B676E4191E&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
- "Down with Spamarama". Austin American-Statesman. April 5, 1997. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AASB&p_theme=aasb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EA057FEF95BF8DA&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
- "Spamming it up". The Dallas Morning News. April 2, 2000. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED8222245F82FAF&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
