Grew up with poorish grandparents that sent me to school with fried spam as my lunch and getting made fun of by grade school kids in middle America for eating dog food. Now that East Asian food is in vogue everyone is fucking with spam musbi. It's just bizarre to me how often people hate on something and as soon as it becomes trendy everyone fucks with it.
Posted Mar 29, 2023, 9:08 PM UTC
What? It's getting popular? Damn, I've been making it for years and surprising people with how good it is. Now I'll have to find something elese.
In the past year I think I've seen it pop up in four different bars/restaurants in my mid-sized city on the east coast.
I dont know but I lived in Hawaii for years and Spam Musubi was like a buck or two at 7-11s and other convenience stores and gas stations. That and manapua. Its tasty and a nice snack but it started as something people ate because there wasnt much else for them to eat. And for that matter, for a lot of people in Hawaii right now, there arent many affordable options.
Im 46 my family wasn't poor as a kid but we'd enjoy a spam butty or spam and egg on toast. At school I used to eat salt and vinegar crisp (us chip) butties even had HP brown sauce butties a few times all by choice. Anyway I digress, was looking for recipes the other day and came across buddae jiggae aka Korean army stew, just wondering if you've ever tried it, looks interesting. Butty is a sandwich if you were wondering lol. Pardon me if I'm waffling, just woke up only had about 3 hours sleep.
I have an interesting take. I had some grandparents interned during WW2 and they ate spam as that is what the military provided for them. Some “poor” foods have stood the test of time (Kraft and Ramen), however, this one hits a little different as it is something I grew up on as well. It’s nice to know others are indulging in such, but I want everyone to know how these foods got popularized in America first.