Spam tips, recipes, etc. (and spam musubi!)

[Lalalinder]

Re: Spam tips, recipes, etc. (and spam musubi!)

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/riot01.shtml

Right, Ruby lost her lease and left town, and yes, Fat Tuesday was banned in Pioneer Square.

[Miulang]

Re: Spam tips, recipes, etc. (and spam musubi!)

Before Fat Tuesday was banned here in Seattle, they had a Spam carving contest every year. It was fun to see how creative the sculpters were with their entries. Or should I say entrees......[insert rim shot here].....

The reason the Spam carving tradition died in seattle is because Ruby Montana, the businesswoman who used to sponsor the event, sold her business and moved to Palm Springs, where she now owns this really kitschy pink motel. Fat Tuesday hasn't been banned, there are just more police that evening to prevent rowdy crowds from killing each other in Pioneer Sq.

Miulang

[Lalalinder]

Re: Spam tips, recipes, etc. (and spam musubi!)

Before Fat Tuesday was banned here in Seattle, they had a Spam carving contest every year. It was fun to see how creative the sculpters were with their entries. Or should I say entrees......[insert rim shot here].....

[Pomai]

Re: Spam tips, recipes, etc. (and spam musubi!)

After seeing the Spamarama on the Food Network recently, I'd say you could use any number of sauces with your spam.

Did you see the SPAM throwing contest? That would be a fun game to add to your next Keiki (or grown-up) birthday party!

SPAM TOSSING CONTEST
Object: The team that can toss and catch SPAM the farthest without dropping it WINS.
Directions:
Partner teams in groups of two each.
Give each team a whole piece of RAW SPAM (with slime and all).
Line up each team 5 ft. apart from each other.
When you say GO!, each team will begin the toss.
As each team completes the toss, have them move farther apart (equally among each team)
Continue the toss.
Whichever team drops the SPAM on the ground is instantly DQ'd. Also, the SPAM cannot fall apart. It has to stay in a whole piece. If a player catches it and it breaks apart, that team will be DQ'd. Also, only BARE HANDS may be used to catch the SPAM.. NO shirts, gloves, etc.
The team that can toss and catch SPAM the farthest in one piece without dropping it WINS.

Of course, you can bend the rules, depending on the amount of participation and player competence.

[helen]

Re: Spam tips, recipes, etc. (and spam musubi!)

I usally eat the Low Sodium Spam. Sometimes the Turkey Spam. As far as spam musubi, in most cases if I am at 7-11 buying something to eat I would add a spam musubi to the list, sometimes I go for a BBQ chicken musubi. I never tried Tulip.

[Lalalinder]

Re: Spam tips, recipes, etc. (and spam musubi!)

It wasn't gourmet at all, it was too bland if anything. I guess I should also say that I have tried sushi too and don't see what the big whoop is.

And the grill was just opened by an old guy who just arrived here from Hawaii. His family works the restaurant while he hangs around all day to talk with other islanders who come in, and believe me, there are a lot of them in Western Washington.

Their plate lunch is fine and the kalua pig is great there too. I think I'll have them cater a dinner at our church. But hold the musubi.

[pzarquon]

Re: Spam tips, recipes, etc. (and spam musubi!)

Tiptoetulip has not tried Tulip yet. There were some radio ads awhile back with people raving about it. But I don't think I had cared for Bacon Spam...is it like that?

I could swear we had a Tulip v. Spam thread here. It at least came up in the "This or That" thread that Scrivener came up with. I actually like it. The traditionalist in me will always go for Spam, but if served Tulip, I won't complain.

I haven't tried all the flavors of Spam, so I don't know if "Bacon Spam" is close to Tulip, but I doubt it. I imagine "Bacon Spam" really tries to set apart the flavor of bacon. The flavor in Tulip is much more nuanced. Richer. I'd say if you were making a spam musubi with Tulip, you'd probably have to adjust your marinade to adjust for it.

I just don't get it. The Spam musubi thing.

My wife's lived here over a decade, has come to love the island's people, culture, and language, and is a mother to three beautiful hapa kids. But she still will not eat a spam musubi.

Still, I doubt I'll be the last person to tell you, if your first and only spam musubi was from some place on the mainland, you haven't really had one. In fact, I bet they attempted to "gourmet" it up a bit (as if gourmet is a verb, but anyway) -- which is usually a bad idea for any local staple.

[tiptoetulip]

Re: Spam tips, recipes, etc. (and spam musubi!)

mmmm spam!! now where would Hawaii be without spam in our culture??!!

I know what you mean! Here in the islands spam is definitely a food group all by itself.

All this spam talk has made me think of Spam Katsu Musubi, from 7-11. There was a time when I just loved eating those, but then I got tired of the rice, because there was just too much of it. But my short lived affair gave me much satisfaction! I couldn't find a pic of the 7-11 kine, but I found this pic here, of Spam Katsu Curry, from Sumo Ramen & Curry. It has me salivating...and I just made curry last night (with lots of fukujinzuke)!

[Lalalinder]

Re: Spam tips, recipes, etc. (and spam musubi!)

I like Spam once in awhile, and tried the musubi at the grill in my neighborhood here in Fed Way, WA. It was terrible. Not their fault I'm sure, I just don't like it. And to press the point further.....I just don't get it. The Spam musubi thing.

Also, I have tried to find out why salmon is so beloved in the Islands. I don't get that either, since it is not an idigenous fish.

Please forgive my ignorance.

[tiptoetulip]

Re: Spam tips, recipes, etc. (and spam musubi!)

This link will lead you to 25 tried and true SPAM recipes. All of them placed well in the SPAM Cook-offs which are a yearly event on Guam. Personal favorites here include the SPAM Stuffed Shrooms and the SPAM Curry Nasi Goreng. GuamDiner.com SPAM recipes

Thanks for the link. I think I'd like to try the Stuffed Shrooms and the Pika Pierogi! I still want to make up a recipe for spam on a stick (with a pancake type batter!). Yummmm.

[tiptoetulip]

Re: Spam tips, recipes, etc. (and spam musubi!)

Ever try Tulip? It is pretty tasty I guess the bacon in it makes the difference

Tiptoetulip has not tried Tulip yet. There were some radio ads awhile back with people raving about it. But I don't think I had cared for Bacon Spam...is it like that?

[EastCoastTropics]

Re: Spam tips, recipes, etc. (and spam musubi!)

Thanks for this marinade tip!! Gonna give it a try! No Aloha Shoyu here on the east coast either but I always have a bottle of Kikkoman low sodium in the fridge! mmmmmm!

[pinakboy]

Re: Spam tips, recipes, etc. (and spam musubi!)

mmmm spam!! now where would Hawaii be without spam in our culture??!!

[glossyp]

Re: Spam tips, recipes, etc. (and spam musubi!)

This link will lead you to 25 tried and true SPAM recipes. All of them placed well in the SPAM Cook-offs which are a yearly event on Guam. Personal favorites here include the SPAM Stuffed Shrooms and the SPAM Curry Nasi Goreng. GuamDiner.com SPAM recipes

[alohabear]

Re: Spam tips, recipes, etc. (and spam musubi!)

Gasp! Try anything other than Spam?! That smacks of heresy, young man! Of course, so does that gawd awful turkey Spam. Yuck.
Miulang

I like smoky spam...ono