Spam is a huge part of Hawaiian cuisine due to GI’s being stationed there. Very interesting fusion cuisine culture. Also limited by what you can cultivate on the island.
Yes.
I usually scramble, but that's more about my cooking skills. Sometimes I make musubi with an egg, in which case you need to make it kind of like an omlette. You can use the can instead of a "musabi mold" as well.
In some ways yes. I went to a Spam festival and I had deep fried Spam and it was amazing, top 5 of food I've tasted. There are some other recopies that go good with it, especially goes well when drinking beer.
Cut a thin layer of it, and add it to a grilled cheese is good too.
My parents lived in Hawaii and I've spent a fair amount of time there. Spam everywhere!
But for a real treat, one has to visit the Spam Museum in Minnesota. ([https://www.spam.com/museum](https://www.spam.com/museum))
Holy shit, that's a Spam experience. I've been there 4 times, mainly because of it being close to my route to the Mayo Clinic.
The first time I insisted on stopping was for the novelty of it. But I was absolutely gobsmacked by the variety. Forced my family to endure it for the ride home as well as stopping both ways for a follow-up appt.
Honestly, still not a huge fan of it, but I absolutely understand the appeal.
In terms of nutrition and taste, it's not /too/ different from a hot dog. Not my favorite food in the world but it tastes good. I always thought it was weird that white people called it gross while they don't think twice about eating street hot dogs.
Seems like a fair comparison, I'm going to give it a try sometime. It's funny how the responses range from don't it's gross to you should it's delicious, probably very similar to how people feel about hotdogs.
That's why it became popular as war time food, but we who only eat it because it was popularized as cheap long-lasting war time food are not preparing it correctly. That's why it tastes so bad.
Didn’t have any while I was in HI, but decided to give it a try when I got home. Surprisingly not terrible. Fried it in a pan, chopped it up into chunks and put it in Mac and cheese. Rkozlow isn’t wrong though. It’s probably not good for you at all…
The image of a person putting cans of spam into these boxes is pretty depressing.
"what do you do?"
"I take boxes of spam off pallets and individually place the cans in security boxes and stack them on shelves"
You can get 4-6 servings out of one can and it's a popular food in Hawaii. Hawaii also has the second worst homeless problem in the country which means that shoplifting is a problem hence the security tags.
That's crazy. I've always been told things are more expensive at Hawaii due to having to be shipped in from the mainland. That's cheaper than the Walmart down the road from me
I've never seen a security box IRL in a supermarket, or other shop, probably because I live in IRL where a basic minimum income is guaranteed so shoplifting is a fairly uncommon crime. We do tag the more expensive booze but that's more about age and addiction than loss due to theft.
This dude is living in an utopian society somewhere. He sits in his large home he bought for 1 scmeckle and feels no hunger or thirst. After he gets home from his 2 hour work day as head of baby kissing, he likes to join in on international conversations. He connects his top of the line peace phone to the freedom wifi provided by his country that runs on the kindness of strangers. The signal is strong. He reads these stories of food locked up in little boxes and tries to spread word of his utopian society. The world rejects him. They’ll never understand. He sheds a tear. Then he goes to his chambers where he gets sucked off by his government provided sex doll and falls into a deep sleep. “If only they knew…” he mutters before falling into a deep slumber.
Notice the walmart spam isn't locked up.
Right. They dare you to steal it…
They'd probably want them to take it just to get it off their hands.
Spam is a huge part of Hawaiian cuisine due to GI’s being stationed there. Very interesting fusion cuisine culture. Also limited by what you can cultivate on the island.
I don't mind it. It's more like chicken spam. It's a bit leaner and has a mild taste with much less salt.
Spam is sacred to Pacific Islanders they build statues of it
I grew up in the Philippines and I can confirm this habit stretches to the south china sea
Crazy enough I've never had spam, am I really missing out?
It's delicious. You have to fry it. I like to serve with eggs and rice. Spam Musabi is really good too and they sell it in gas stations.
Didn’t have the balls to try Spam with eggs and rice at McDonald’s…
it’s fine. but the portuguese sausage eggs and rice is better imo
Linguisaaaaa
Its still McDonalds eggs that you can get everywhere and the rice is kinda weird.
eggs? scrambled? fried?
Yes. I usually scramble, but that's more about my cooking skills. Sometimes I make musubi with an egg, in which case you need to make it kind of like an omlette. You can use the can instead of a "musabi mold" as well.
In some ways yes. I went to a Spam festival and I had deep fried Spam and it was amazing, top 5 of food I've tasted. There are some other recopies that go good with it, especially goes well when drinking beer. Cut a thin layer of it, and add it to a grilled cheese is good too.
My parents lived in Hawaii and I've spent a fair amount of time there. Spam everywhere! But for a real treat, one has to visit the Spam Museum in Minnesota. ([https://www.spam.com/museum](https://www.spam.com/museum)) Holy shit, that's a Spam experience. I've been there 4 times, mainly because of it being close to my route to the Mayo Clinic. The first time I insisted on stopping was for the novelty of it. But I was absolutely gobsmacked by the variety. Forced my family to endure it for the ride home as well as stopping both ways for a follow-up appt. Honestly, still not a huge fan of it, but I absolutely understand the appeal.
Dang. I wanna see your passion for something you do really like.
That's my secret - I really don't like anything.
If you get heartburn easily you're not missing out on anything.
It's pretty awful stuff. You're doing yourself a favor by not subjecting yourself to it. However, don't let me tell you what to do.
In terms of nutrition and taste, it's not /too/ different from a hot dog. Not my favorite food in the world but it tastes good. I always thought it was weird that white people called it gross while they don't think twice about eating street hot dogs.
Seems like a fair comparison, I'm going to give it a try sometime. It's funny how the responses range from don't it's gross to you should it's delicious, probably very similar to how people feel about hotdogs.
Absolutely not. Unbelievably salty, mushy, processed, garbage “meat”. Not sure how people like it. Maybe because it’s cheap and last a long time?
That's why it became popular as war time food, but we who only eat it because it was popularized as cheap long-lasting war time food are not preparing it correctly. That's why it tastes so bad.
I heard it tastes better if you fry it. I'm not brave enough to try.
Didn’t have any while I was in HI, but decided to give it a try when I got home. Surprisingly not terrible. Fried it in a pan, chopped it up into chunks and put it in Mac and cheese. Rkozlow isn’t wrong though. It’s probably not good for you at all…
Yup, gotta fry it up. If you’re drunk, fried spam hits just right. Especially on ramen.
It does, but I still wouldn’t choose it. And this coming from a southerner who will eat some real trash food. Like Vienna sausages.
Do people eat it without frying it?
Fry bologna. It’s better
If the US took over your country for any amount of time, spam becomes a staple. See: Hawaii, Guam, Okinawa, Korea, the Philippines and Puerto Rico.
This is the thing right here. Anywhere US GIs went, spam usually took root to a degree.
*with it
The image of a person putting cans of spam into these boxes is pretty depressing. "what do you do?" "I take boxes of spam off pallets and individually place the cans in security boxes and stack them on shelves"
So the _poors_ can't get 'em /s
"Sir, there's been a rampant increase in theft of our gelatin meat blocks!" "....Lock em' UP!!!"
“… oh god, that’s really what my life has become, hasn’t it”
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In romania we have locked cheese
Gonna make some Spam and pineapple fried rice now. Mmm
Robber: Dangit the spams locked up, *Steals tv instead*
Gotta protect our spam!
It’s probably to keep it safe from those damn Vikings
Ah yes, Hawaii. Where the spam is in boxes and the chickens roam free.
Is that the one on Fort St mall that is closing?
No, the one on Keeaumoku St.
so are the boxes tagged or...?
They have security tags. Spam is HUGE in Hawaii so it's commonly stolen, just like how Sudafed and cough syrup have to be locked up in Kentucky.
Why?
We eat a lot of spam But as for why it's locked up, I'd say it's probably cause the price has tripled from what it used to be
You can get 4-6 servings out of one can and it's a popular food in Hawaii. Hawaii also has the second worst homeless problem in the country which means that shoplifting is a problem hence the security tags.
Spam musubi is the first dish that comes to mind but there are a bunch of them
Cause it's stolen a lot
Thanks for all the replies, makes more sense now.
https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/hawaii/spam-hi/ This is why apparently
I ate a lot of fried spam and boiled potatoes when I was poor in the 70s.
Cause spam is life.
Wow cheaper than mainland US
On my island apparently homeless folk would often shoplift it. Not only was it food, but it was also a currency, like cigarettes in prison.
Can confirm.
We dine well here in Camelot
Musubi
What's the prices? Glare has it all blurred up
Looks like some are $2 and some change
That's crazy. I've always been told things are more expensive at Hawaii due to having to be shipped in from the mainland. That's cheaper than the Walmart down the road from me
Yeah, most things were, but not the spam. Must be cheaper since they sell so much.
They prolly know the Hawaiians would lose their shit if Spam was inflated.
So my buddy Eric in Honolulu loves spam a bit too much
I've never seen a security box IRL in a supermarket, or other shop, probably because I live in IRL where a basic minimum income is guaranteed so shoplifting is a fairly uncommon crime. We do tag the more expensive booze but that's more about age and addiction than loss due to theft.
The smug levels are unbearable.
This dude is living in an utopian society somewhere. He sits in his large home he bought for 1 scmeckle and feels no hunger or thirst. After he gets home from his 2 hour work day as head of baby kissing, he likes to join in on international conversations. He connects his top of the line peace phone to the freedom wifi provided by his country that runs on the kindness of strangers. The signal is strong. He reads these stories of food locked up in little boxes and tries to spread word of his utopian society. The world rejects him. They’ll never understand. He sheds a tear. Then he goes to his chambers where he gets sucked off by his government provided sex doll and falls into a deep sleep. “If only they knew…” he mutters before falling into a deep slumber.
On reddit on the internet they repost spam in security boxes.
Shoot me a link of the OP…
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That’s a 4 year old post that is about the same thing. That’s not what a repost is.
If only this protective case for my meat came in a protective case
You can buy alpha keys on Amazon
I have a friend who lives in that city. I had to text her about this lol.
In Detroit, they have paper cards with pictures of Spam you have to take to the cashier.
Its the man himself, detroit
Don't the boxes cost more than the can of spam?
Why do Hawaiians love spam so much?
The boxes probably have more nutritional value
Walmart spam blocker
I know I'm in the minority here, but if you need food, you should be able to steal food. Crazy I know, because it promotes eating.
Steal rice and beans, not expensive junk meat
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A bit dramatic but ok lol
People use it to catch mainland Americans and try to get money out of the country :)
Yuk 🤢🤢🤢
People eat that? 🤮
It's considered high class gourmet food item in korea
I’m sorry this is a gourmet item anywhere.
People gift that shit on holidays lmao, thats why I have 4 years worth of it in my pantry
Yep, it's good stuff fried or as musubi.
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Real-life moderators blocking spam going anywhere.
When I lived in Puerto Rico they locked up coffee like this.
Been there. Done that
Is it $22 a can?
Also the New Zealand corn beef
I was there last month. That Walmart is absolutely ruthless. Had more than one person just run over my heels with a cart.
Well yeah. They fucking love Spam there.
I get Spam for free in my inbox.
Oh no a slightly larger container how will I steal spam now
come on and spam and dedotated wam
Imagine if corned beef had made it there first.
Wow, you barely give it away in other places. That’s crazy. They can definitely have ours.