[PJ-Comix]

An interesting SPAM (food) fact. The state with the highest per capita consumption of Spam is Hawaii. And it isn't just a slight blip. Apparently they LOVE that stuff out there and cook it all sorts of ways. Why, I can't figure out.

[Constitution Day]

Apparently they LOVE that stuff out there and cook it all sorts of ways. Why, I can't figure out.

I found that out via the History Channel quite a while back.
I believe they said that it became popular there during World War II when the American military presence was very high.
Apparently the Spam presence was a little more popular?

CD

[TC Rider]

An interesting SPAM (food) fact. The state with the highest per capita consumption of Spam is Hawaii. And it isn't just a slight blip. Apparently they LOVE that stuff out there and cook it all sorts of ways. Why, I can't figure out.

Now explain my wife. She has always loved Spam and is not even Hawaiian. Her fav is to slice it thick and fry it in a pan.

I can't stand the stuff. I always found the gelatin oozing out when opening it up to be a turn off.

It seems my Dad had a good bit forced on him while in the Navy. He still can't stand it or mutton. (The mutton was the result of being stuck in NZ for a long time in WWII)

[tubebender]

Apparently they LOVE that stuff out there and cook it all sorts of ways. Why, I can't figure out. Hey...it got me through Y2K with some lots left over.

[dpa5923]

When I was in Norway for Cold Weather Training (USMC), for almost two weeks straight our menu consisted of powered eggs and spam for breakfast, spam sandwiches for lunch and spam loaf for dinner.

I have never eaten spam since and I refuse to let that crap in my house!

[ArcLight]

Yeah, well, the Hawaiians eat poi too. You ever eat poi? Nasty stuff. Tastes exactly like wallpaper paste. But the Hawaiians love the stuff. Ah well...climate makes up for it, and the gorgeous women.

[stuartcr]

I think it may be because originally, they didn't raise much livestock due to land constraints, thus they didn't have a history of eating much meat. Also, most of what they received was shipped in from the mainland and spam is more versatile than canned beef products.

[Cogadh na Sith]

I had a Hawaiian friend in the army. One of his favorite meals was a plate of Wolf brand chile over sticky rice with alternating strips of spam and velveeta on top. He'd then put it in the oven to melt the cheese. He called it 'Plate Dinner'--as in "Hey brah, let's make plate dinner and have some beers, uh?"

On another spam note--the German army in WWII had tins of potted meat like spam. The called it Moussolini's Ass. That's what I call spam.

[tom paine 2]

Sam Choy does a really remarkable fried rice dish with Spam and Shoyu and egg and green onion. Ono!