How can mainlanders hate spam?

[helen]

Re: How can mainlanders hate spam?

From another thread

What would you miss if you stayed on the mainland for a few years? My Mom sent him spam (the food), a rice cooker (you gotta have rice w/ spam), dried squid/octopus (and other dried food), and li hing mui.

I think you hit this topic on the head as to why Spam is kind of popular here in Hawaii. The fact that Spam and rice tend to go together. I admit despite my many years living in Hawaii I'm not much of a rice eater. I don't even own a rice cooker, hell I more than likey burn steamed rice if I attempt to cook it. I prefer making Macaroni and Cheese over Rice-a-Roni any day of the week, but I tell you I would not serve or eat Spam with pasta or potatoes. It won't kill you if you do but I suspect it's a worse food comboination that serving white wine with beef.

[slickvic]

Re: How can mainlanders hate spam?

I love spam!

Did you know a Spam Musubi costs 500 dollars at Sansei?

It's true! next time you go there look on the menu!

-vic

[adrian]

Re: How can mainlanders hate spam?

Okay.

In theory, Spam is just fine. There's nothing wrong with it. It's a perfectly acceptable food.

Except.

I know that when my parents were having a hard time making ends meet, they served us Spam. This seems to be the case with many of us who grew up on the Mainland. You only got Spam when your folks were broke and you had nothing else to eat. It was one-week-til-payday food.

So it's mental. I can't speak for everyone, but eating Spam, in whatever shape or form, reminds me of hard times. Even fried, in shoyu? No thanks. I'll eat the rice plain, wrapped in nori.

Probably that'll explain it why my older brother's (who is attending school in Michigan) friends looked at him weird when we sent him several cans of the stuff.

The dried octopus and other dried things didn't please them either, but they did like the li hing mui.

[Albert]

Re: How can mainlanders hate spam?

The problem I have is that I like my Spam sliced very thin and fried to a crisp. None of the local eateries do it that way.

(Granted, sometimes I just slice it raw from the can and eat it as a sandwich ... with mustard.)

[kukui_nut]

Re: How can mainlanders hate spam?

Spam and Vienna Sausage = "Food of the gods"

[Mocha]

Re: How can mainlanders hate spam?

A friend married guy from the Boston area and came to Hawaii to visit the in-laws...they served SPAM for breakfast with eggs and he was SHOCKED I think the further east you go, the people don't like SPAM. I watched a SPAM festival on the Food network not too long ago...they sure made SPAM look Ono!

[Kilinahe]

Re: How can mainlanders hate spam?

Okay.

In theory, Spam is just fine. There's nothing wrong with it. It's a perfectly acceptable food.

Except.

I know that when my parents were having a hard time making ends meet, they served us Spam. This seems to be the case with many of us who grew up on the Mainland. You only got Spam when your folks were broke and you had nothing else to eat. It was one-week-til-payday food.

So it's mental. I can't speak for everyone, but eating Spam, in whatever shape or form, reminds me of hard times. Even fried, in shoyu? No thanks. I'll eat the rice plain, wrapped in nori.

[helen]

Re: How can mainlanders hate spam?

I tend to eat the Low Sodium version of Spam also in the blue can. Been known to eat the Turkey Spam too.

[mel]

Re: How can mainlanders hate spam?

The one in the blue can I like.

I hate all of the spam that comes in email!

[adrian]

To some people in the islands, spam is the most versatile foods around.

We locals grew up on this stuff, and we don't have steaks, lobster, or whatever they (mainlanders) eat everyday.