Spam is being kept locked in plastic cases in stores after several heists of the tinned meat...

Daily Mail ^ | 10/19/17 | Jessica Finn

[markomalley]

Spam heists are on the rise in Hawaii, so much so that stores are putting the fatty canned meat treat in locked plastic cases.

The black market for Spam is real in Hawaii because the price has been on the rise, along with other grocery goods. However Spam is a particularly popular food staple in the string of islands as it is used in a variety of dishes particular to the state.

Stores have started putting Spam under lock and key. The Honolulu Civil Beat found cans of Spam locked up in a case at a Walgreens this week, with a sign that says 'Items electronically monitored for theft.'

There have been at least three reported major Spam thefts in recent months, with one of the heists thwarted and another ending in a $1,000 reward to capture the suspects.

[Bull Snipe]

Read years ago, we shipped 520,000 tons of SPAM to the Soviets under the Lend-Lease program. That is about 87 million cans of the stuff.

[ops33]

There is a Spam museum in Austin, Minn. Very interesting and worth the visit. Plus, you can buy every version of Spam that is made.

[norwaypinesavage]

I'm one of the early Baby Boomers, born a year after WWII ended. I grew up in a (lower) working class family. My eighth grade educated dad held a steady job, and we lived in a comfortable rented house. My mom was not so lucky while growing up. She grew up during the Depression, raised by a widowed mother, and sometimes had to go to bed hungry. My dad grew up on a farm, and never had any money, but always had enough to eat. Our family wasn't rich, but I didn't know it. Our lives were quite typical of most of the kids I knew in our small mid-western town.

Spam was a staple of our diet. I remember often having the 'privilege' of opening the can with the attached key, and rolling back the top of the can. The fat had a waxy texture, and was not very desirable when cold. There were often globs of it in the can. However, when the span was warm from frying, or baking, it was quite acceptable to eat. Once a year, or so, we would have a dinner of real steak, usually after my uncle would butcher a cow. Us kids knew this was the meat where "you could eat the fat". We would eagerly look forward to this great event.

[sheana]

People have no clue about peacocks. Brother lived in NorCal in a brand new development that had been a peacock preserve. When they built the houses they left an old barn with about 2-3 acres of green space right in the middle of it. Unfortunately they left the peacocks too. They were everywhere. Digging up everyones front yards. Screaming all night so no one could sleep. Sounded like they were hollering ‘FIRE!’ all night. They pooped on their front steps.
I was really glad when he moved. lol

[Mears]

Thanks.

[JimRed]

The meal served was a baloney sandwich.

It may have been beef or turkey bologna.

[JimRed]

Spam used to be a cheap feed, but now it costs as much (or more) per pound as a round roast on special.

[JimRed]

Spam and Tide laundry soap are major theft items.

Can SOMEONE explain this to me?

Tide gets Spam grease out of your clothes and napkins.

[MayflowerMadam]

“Spam is huge in Hawaii.”

When we lived there, there was even Spam on pizza. Probably still is.

[MayflowerMadam]

I like it fried in a sandwich with mustard.

[ViLaLuz]

The Spamburglar!

[gnarledmaw]

I would wish to argue the point as Im a liverwurst and sharp brick with horseradish, onions, and dill pickles on pumpernickel for breakast kind of guy but, I do like the occasional spam sandwich too.

Ive even been known to eat the turkey kind, thats kind of like someone admitting they like white chocolate, I know. What I question is what took so long to finally make an obvious big seller like the bacon flavor?