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A "quality food product"? Did you type that with a straight face? Quite possibly the only thing funnier than that, associated with SPAM, is this oldy but goody.

Does anybody remember the Spam Cam? These guys wanted to know whether Spam (the meat-flavored lunch product) was organic. So they opened a tin, set that Spam brick out on a plate, and posted daily pictures. I'm not entirely sure what, if anything, that they proved. Gray and green mold grew all over the thing, and it appeared to change shape somewhat. Also, according to the Spam Cam operators, it was extremely stinky.

Later they set out other food products to rot, but never again did they achieve the touching poignancy of that wonderful mold-covered brick.

--Jim

The lab notes from experiment two are especially descriptive of the smells that rotting tomato, rotting SPAM, rotting (amazing!) Twinkies, and rotting Jello Jigglers can emit, but could certainly benefit well from smell tags. Also in those same lab notes is a horrific rendition of how the rotten tomato perpetrated violence upon the hapless twinkie as it lay there peacefully on the plate (the twinkie didn't rot until the tomato killed it... alas.)

A quote from the site:
How does Spam decompose compared to other organic materials?
View the daily decay. Each day is fuzzier, grittier, slimier, and smellier than before.
Visit often.

The experiments sadly stopped a couple of years back, but the page has remained for posterity. Perhaps my post here will spark the interests of other budding scientists to continue their research. In my opinion, having the actual smells of the experiments would increase the overall assault on one's senses quite nicely.

LouZiffer

The lab notes from experiment two are especially descriptive of the smells that rotting tomato, rotting SPAM, rotting (amazing!) Twinkies, and rotting Jello Jigglers can emit, but could certainly benefit well from smell tags. Also in those same lab notes is a horrific rendition of how the rotten tomato perpetrated violence upon the hapless twinkie as it lay there peacefully on the plate (the twinkie didn't rot until the tomato killed it... alas.)

A quote from the site:
How does Spam decompose compared to other organic materials?
View the daily decay. Each day is fuzzier, grittier, slimier, and smellier than before.
Visit often.

The experiments sadly stopped a couple of years back, but the page has remained for posterity. Perhaps my post here will spark the interests of other budding scientists to continue their research. In my opinion, having the actual smells of the experiments would increase the overall assault on one's senses quite nicely.

LouZiffer

The lab notes from experiment two are especially descriptive of the smells that rotting tomato, rotting SPAM, rotting (amazing!) Twinkies, and rotting Jello Jigglers can emit, but could certainly benefit well from smell tags. Also in those same lab notes is a horrific rendition of how the rotten tomato perpetrated violence upon the hapless twinkie as it lay there peacefully on the plate (the twinkie didn't rot until the tomato killed it... alas.)

A quote from the site:
How does Spam decompose compared to other organic materials?
View the daily decay. Each day is fuzzier, grittier, slimier, and smellier than before.
Visit often.

The experiments sadly stopped a couple of years back, but the page has remained for posterity. Perhaps my post here will spark the interests of other budding scientists to continue their research. In my opinion, having the actual smells of the experiments would increase the overall assault on one's senses quite nicely.

LouZiffer

The lab notes from experiment two are especially descriptive of the smells that rotting tomato, rotting SPAM, rotting (amazing!) Twinkies, and rotting Jello Jigglers can emit, but could certainly benefit well from smell tags. Also in those same lab notes is a horrific rendition of how the rotten tomato perpetrated violence upon the hapless twinkie as it lay there peacefully on the plate (the twinkie didn't rot until the tomato killed it... alas.)

A quote from the site:
How does Spam decompose compared to other organic materials?
View the daily decay. Each day is fuzzier, grittier, slimier, and smellier than before.
Visit often.

The experiments sadly stopped a couple of years back, but the page has remained for posterity. Perhaps my post here will spark the interests of other budding scientists to continue their research. In my opinion, having the actual smells of the experiments would increase the overall assault on one's senses quite nicely.

LouZiffer

The lab notes from experiment two are especially descriptive of the smells that rotting tomato, rotting SPAM, rotting (amazing!) Twinkies, and rotting Jello Jigglers can emit, but could certainly benefit well from smell tags. Also in those same lab notes is a horrific rendition of how the rotten tomato perpetrated violence upon the hapless twinkie as it lay there peacefully on the plate (the twinkie didn't rot until the tomato killed it... alas.)

A quote from the site:
How does Spam decompose compared to other organic materials?
View the daily decay. Each day is fuzzier, grittier, slimier, and smellier than before.
Visit often.

The experiments sadly stopped a couple of years back, but the page has remained for posterity. Perhaps my post here will spark the interests of other budding scientists to continue their research. In my opinion, having the actual smells of the experiments would increase the overall assault on one's senses quite nicely.

LouZiffer

For those who don't know, the Spam-Cam was quite the sensation around 1995-1997. The page is still there for you to look at their handiwork at http://www.fright.com/spam/spamcam.html .
The basic idea was to place Spam and other foodstuffs out to rot. and rot. and rot. You get the picture. The pictures are bad enough, but the smell would complete the experience!

Ian "zsazsa" Scott