Thread: Spam in Hawaii

On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 16:31:36 -0700, "SteveB" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Anyone see the article about Hawaii leading the sales of SPAM? And that
>with relatively few inhabitants.

Makes sense....meat product that doesn't need refrigeration.

And Tennessee is the largest per capita consumer of fish sticks. Go
figure.

SteveB wrote:
> Anyone see the article about Hawaii leading the sales of SPAM? And that
> with relatively few inhabitants.
>
> Steve

Terribly old news. Guam and Hawaii lead the pack in SPAM consumption,
and have for many, many years.
Kinda like Utah leads in JELLO consumption.

"SteveB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Anyone see the article about Hawaii leading the sales of SPAM? And that
> with relatively few inhabitants.
>
> Steve

Here's the delicious link:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29301750/

BTW, I like spam. Fried, then with yellow mustard on white bread. I can
eat a dozen of them. But not too much any other way, and I will eat just
about anything.

Steve

SteveB wrote:
> Anyone see the article about Hawaii leading the sales of SPAM? And that
> with relatively few inhabitants.

This is what comes from living in the middle of nowhere. You'll think
I'm kidding but we can go to McDonald's and get a Spam breakfast with
rice and eggs. I forgive you my son, for doubting me Thomas ...er, SteveB.

Our biggest problem with visiting the mainland is that we can't get no
Spam for breakfast and the restaurants don't have any fruit punch.
Horrible, just horrible.

My

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> Steve
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On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 16:31:36 -0700, "SteveB" <[email protected]>
shouted from the highest rooftop:

>Anyone see the article about Hawaii leading the sales of SPAM? And that
>with relatively few inhabitants.

Spam is popular throughout the South Pacific along with canned corned
beef.

Strangely, growing up with both during WWII left me with a dislike for
both, while my wife (who was in Britain during the war) not only likes
them, but eats Spam and corned beef on occasion in sandwiches or with
eggs.


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On Mar 3, 4:05*pm, dsi1 <d...@spamworld.com> wrote:
>
> This is what comes from living in the middle of nowhere. You'll think
> I'm kidding but we can go to McDonald's and get a Spam breakfast with
> rice and eggs. I forgive you my son, for doubting me Thomas ...er, SteveB..
>
> Our biggest problem with visiting the mainland is that we can't get no
> Spam for breakfast and the restaurants don't have any fruit punch.
> Horrible, just horrible.

I have nothing against Spam but Portuguese sausage, eggs and rice is
my breakfast choice when we go to Hawaii. Way mo' betta. -aem

On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 16:37:18 -0800 (PST), [email protected] shouted
from the highest rooftop:

>On Mar 3, 4:05*pm, dsi1 <d...@spamworld.com> wrote:
>>
>> This is what comes from living in the middle of nowhere. You'll think
>> I'm kidding but we can go to McDonald's and get a Spam breakfast with
>> rice and eggs. I forgive you my son, for doubting me Thomas ...er, SteveB.
>>
>> Our biggest problem with visiting the mainland is that we can't get no
>> Spam for breakfast and the restaurants don't have any fruit punch.
>> Horrible, just horrible.
>
>I have nothing against Spam but Portuguese sausage, eggs and rice is
>my breakfast choice when we go to Hawaii. Way mo' betta. -aem

When I lived on Maui during the late-60's the local "Hawaiian
Breakfast" for the workers was a couple of plain hotdogs, a Pepsi and
a pack of Kools from "Fuku's Suck'em'ups Eats Bar" down in Kihei. Spam
was a treat.


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[email protected] wrote:
> On Mar 3, 4:05 pm, dsi1 <d...@spamworld.com> wrote:
>> This is what comes from living in the middle of nowhere. You'll think
>> I'm kidding but we can go to McDonald's and get a Spam breakfast with
>> rice and eggs. I forgive you my son, for doubting me Thomas ...er, SteveB.
>>
>> Our biggest problem with visiting the mainland is that we can't get no
>> Spam for breakfast and the restaurants don't have any fruit punch.
>> Horrible, just horrible.
>
> I have nothing against Spam but Portuguese sausage, eggs and rice is
> my breakfast choice when we go to Hawaii. Way mo' betta. -aem

I'm not a big Spam fan either but I've had a few too many Portuguese
sausage breakfasts - my breakfast of choice at McDonald's would be a
sausage McMuffin without egg cause it's a buck and doesn't suck. :-)

SteveB <[email protected]> wrote:

> Anyone see the article about Hawaii leading the sales of SPAM? And that
> with relatively few inhabitants.

Thew article from 1950? or the one from 1960? Or the one from
1962, or... which one?

Hawaii has led in the sales of SPAM for decades.

-sw

"SteveB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Anyone see the article about Hawaii leading the sales of SPAM? And that
> with relatively few inhabitants.
>
> Steve
>

Hi, Steve.....I saw a 1 hour documentary on cable a few weeks
back....Discovery Travel & Living Channel.... The program was 'Bizarre
Foods'.... It was the usual guy that does all the eating of what he calls
'Bizarre Foods' and most of what he eats IS truly bizarre....In this program
he is in Hawaii, and going around many places eating 'Spam'..Personally he
hated spam and had it served up in many different ways....Apparently the
Hawaiian folk 'love' the stuff and at least one particular place served up
nothing but Spam.... The guy only really liked it in one 'Breakfast'
dish...'Cooked on top of cake mixture and served up in squares !!

Bigbazza (Barry) Oz

"dsi1" wrote

>> Anyone see the article about Hawaii leading the sales of SPAM? And that
>> with relatively few inhabitants.
>
> This is what comes from living in the middle of nowhere. You'll think I'm
> kidding but we can go to McDonald's and get a Spam breakfast with rice and
> eggs. I forgive you my son, for doubting me Thomas ...er, SteveB.

Yup!

> Our biggest problem with visiting the mainland is that we can't get no
> Spam for breakfast and the restaurants don't have any fruit punch.
> Horrible, just horrible.

Me, it's no grits! Gotta have my grits if eating breakfast out.

cshenk wrote on Wed, 4 Mar 2009 07:27:26 -0500:

>>> Anyone see the article about Hawaii leading the sales of
>>> SPAM? And that with relatively few inhabitants.
>>
>> This is what comes from living in the middle of nowhere.
>> You'll think I'm kidding but we can go to McDonald's and get a Spam
>> breakfast with rice and eggs. I forgive you my son,
>> for doubting me Thomas ...er, SteveB.

> Yup!

>> Our biggest problem with visiting the mainland is that we
>> can't get no Spam for breakfast and the restaurants don't
>> have any fruit punch. Horrible, just horrible.

The liking for Spam crosses ancestral lines in Hawaii. Spam NIgiri is
often available in quite good sushi place.

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Potomac, Maryland

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On Mar 3, 5:31*pm, "SteveB" <oldf...@deepends.com> wrote:
> Anyone see the article about Hawaii leading the sales of SPAM? *And that
> with relatively few inhabitants.
>
> Steve

Old, well-known phenom. This is due to the fact that during WWII,
when there were so many American troops there, Spam was a frequent
meal item, and the Hawaiians kind of adopted it as their own.

(It's pretty good, sliced and fried with brown sugar and crushed
pineapple on top after it's turned once.)

N.

On Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:35:08 +1300 in rec.food.cooking, bob
<[email protected]> wrote,
>Spam is popular throughout the South Pacific along with canned corned
>beef.
>
>Strangely, growing up with both during WWII left me with a dislike for
>both, while my wife (who was in Britain during the war) not only likes
>them, but eats Spam and corned beef on occasion in sandwiches or with
>eggs.

My father says the current SPAM is an inferior product to what they got
in the navy during WWII. What do you think?

David wrote on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:49:38 -0800:

> On Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:35:08 +1300 in rec.food.cooking, bob
> <[email protected]> wrote,
>> Spam is popular throughout the South Pacific along with
>> canned corned beef.
>>
>> Strangely, growing up with both during WWII left me with a
>> dislike for both, while my wife (who was in Britain during
>> the war) not only likes them, but eats Spam and corned beef
>> on occasion in sandwiches or with eggs.

>My father says the current SPAM is an inferior product to what they got
>in the navy during WWII. What do you think?

Old timer's disease!
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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

"Nancy2" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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On Mar 3, 5:31 pm, "SteveB" <oldf...@deepends.com> wrote:
> Anyone see the article about Hawaii leading the sales of SPAM? And that
> with relatively few inhabitants.
>
> Steve

Old, well-known phenom. This is due to the fact that during WWII,
when there were so many American troops there, Spam was a frequent
meal item, and the Hawaiians kind of adopted it as their own.

(It's pretty good, sliced and fried with brown sugar and crushed
pineapple on top after it's turned once.)

N.


Exactly. It's nothing new. Despite Spam being manufactured, er, canned, in
Minnesota, it's been popular in Hawaii for decades.

Jill

On 4-Mar-2009, David Harmon <[email protected]> wrote:

> My father says the current SPAM is an inferior product to what they got
> in the navy during WWII. What do you think?

I think memory is a tricky thing; the product could be identical and not be
nearly as good now as it was then. When you had nothing to look forward to
but a hot Spam meal, Spam was mighty tasty treat (not Treet); having been
deprived improves anything you get. OTOH, living with plenty of great
choices today makes Spam look like ground hog scraps.

The best watermelon I have ever had in my life was in Vietnam 40 years ago;
every watermelon today pales in comparison. I suspect that even a bad
watermelon would have been perceived as magnificent when eaten on an LZ
after 10 days in the jungle living on C-rations.
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David Harmon wrote:
>
> My father says the current SPAM is an inferior product to
> at they got in the navy during WWII. What do you think?
>
>
The original/classic SPAM today is the same as it was when originally made
in the 1930s... however the tin changed in the mid '50s, used to need a key
to open the tin (many tinned products did back then). Since there have been
many new versions of
SPAM. I've tried them all, I don't like any but the original. I consume on
average 2 cans a month.

On 4-Mar-2009, "l, not -l" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 4-Mar-2009, David Harmon <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > My father says the current SPAM is an inferior product to what they got
> > in the navy during WWII. What do you think?
>
> I think memory is a tricky thing; the product could be identical and not
> be
> nearly as good now as it was then. When you had nothing to look forward
> to
> but a hot Spam meal, Spam was mighty tasty treat (not Treet); having been
> deprived improves anything you get. OTOH, living with plenty of great
> choices today makes Spam look like ground hog scraps.
>
> The best watermelon I have ever had in my life was in Vietnam 40 years
> ago;
> every watermelon today pales in comparison. I suspect that even a bad
> watermelon would have been perceived as magnificent when eaten on an LZ
> after 10 days in the jungle living on C-rations.

I should have also added, the ability to taste changes as one ages.
Apparently sweet is a taste that still works well as one ages, just look at
the carts of older shoppers - lots of cookies, cakes, etc. My own, elderly,
mother has acquired a taste for cayenne and other "hot" spices, as well as
vinegar and other sour flavorings. So, even if the food were identical,
there ability to taste it has changed.
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