US food maker Hormel Foods has announced it is to launch a limited edition flavour of its canned meat product Spam to tie in with the Broadway launch of the new musical, Monty Python’s Spamalot.

Not as widely quoted as Monty Python’s cafe menu, a television jest about “100 things you can do with Spam, and 101 if you’re prepared to eat it”, best describes the modern appetite for Hormel Foods’ ...