Saturday, April 16, 2011

Boris Yeltsin given Spam


...during a visit to the United States.  Gorbachev supposedly received a can as well.

4 comments:

Gavin said...

Just looking at Yeltsin's expression, I think I can empathize... What were they thinking?

Maxichamp said...

@Gavin: Yeah, he did not look excited.

motoringconbrio said...

so awesome- this can't possibly be real?

Maxichamp said...

@MTC: Oh, it's legit. I read about it in my SPAM book. (Yeah, I know.) When Yeltsin visited the Midwest, he was given a can. Apparently, in an earlier visit to the Midwest by Gorby, he was given a can too. I can't find a picture of Gorby with SPAM, unfortunately.

The book also features a Korean SPAM gift set/box. It even comes with a little container of oil to fry said SPAM.