such as kimchi or fermented cabbage, Spam was added to a rice roll with kimchi and cucumber and wrapped in seaweed. US soldiers also used spam in South Korea as a means of trading for items, services, or information around their bases. In South Korea, Spam (, licensed from Hormel by CJ CheilJedang) is popular with a majority of the population. , South Korea produced and consumed more Spam than any other country except the United States. Spam is also an original ingredient in budae jjigae (부대찌개; literally "army base stew"), a spicy stew with different types of preserved meat or kimchi, etc. In popular culture Beginning in 1940, Spam sponsored George Burns and Gracie Allen on their radio program. During World War II, Spam was not only eaten but was also incorporated into many other aspects of the war (grease for guns, cans for scrap metal, etc.); it was so prominent that Uncle Sam was nicknamed "Uncle Spam." Other terms influenced by the product's name include the European invasion fleet or the "Spam Fleet." Furthermore, the United Service Organizations (USO) toured the "Spam Circuit." In 1943, comedian Suzette Tarri appeared as the harassed waitress character "Mrs Spam" in the British film Somewhere in Civvies.<ref>[https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b76ec175c "Somewhere in Civvies, BFI] . Retrieved 21 October 2020</ref> In the United States in the aftermath of World War II, a troupe of former servicewomen was assembled by Hormel Foods to promote Spam from coast to coast. The group was known as the Hormel Girls and associated the food with patriotism. In 1948, two years after its formation, the troupe had grown to 60 women, with 16 forming an orchestra. The show became a radio program where the main selling point was Spam. The Hormel Girls were disbanded in 1953. Spam has long had a somewhat dubious reputation in the United States and (to a lesser degree) in the United Kingdom as a poverty food. The image of Spam as a low-cost meat product gave rise to the Scottish colloquial term "Spam valley" to describe certain affluent housing areas where residents appear to be wealthy but, in reality, may be living at poverty levels. Spam was featured in an iconic 1970 Monty Python sketch called "Spam." Set in a café that mostly served dishes containing Spam, including "egg and Spam, egg bacon and Spam, Spam egg sausage and Spam, Spam egg Spam Spam bacon and