TIL there's such a thing as vegetarian Spam
TIL there's such a thing as vegetarian Spam
I'm still not sure why there is vegetarian Spam, but...
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Probably Hawaiian/Filipino diaspora. Those guys love spam, to the extent of innovating fusion dishes centered around it.
There are also a few Japanese, Korean and Taiwanese dishes that use spam. Basically any place that has or has had a US military presence at some point has developed spam based dishes because they leave tons (literally) of the stuff behind when they pull the troops out.
I have a Chamorro coworker who had a whole rant on how Hawaiian pizza should have spam instead of ham and how awesome spam is. I think it's safe to add the people of Guam to your list.
They are correct. I'd do it myself but there's alot of spam in 1 can for a pizza or even 2. I'll have to set some aside next time I make Spam Masubi. Of course that means a few less servings of masubi.... life is full of hard choices...
I mean now that I'm thinking of it, that'd be absolutely right, only way to make it more Hawaiian would be to find a way to get some tarro on it too.
My guess is the only reason ham was used is because it was made up before spam caught on.
Also the guy who did it was Canadian, so non zero chance he was just pulling the recipe out of his own ass.
My Hawaiian friend tried the Unmeat brand and said it tasted like the real thing. I enjoyed it a lot, although I've never had "real" Spam.
From Hawaii. This isn't Spam, this is luncheon meat. Or veggie luncheon meat. Sorry to be so snobby about canned meat products, but you can take my Spam from my cold, dead hands. I'll give you all my luncheon meat.
Have you tried it?