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SPAM® Musubi at Powell Street Festival

This is the eight consecutive year that we will be selling SPAM® Sushi or SPAM® Musubi at the Powell Street Festival. It is referred as SPAM® Musubi in Hawaii where it is extremely popular. Mususbi is known in the Shintō…

SPAM Sushi at the Powell Street Festival

According to Wikipedia, residents of Hawaii, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands consume the most SPAM per capita in the United States. SPAM was introduced into these areas, as well as other islands in the Pacific such as Okinawa and the Philippines, during the US military occupation during World War Two. Since fresh meat was difficult to get to the soldiers on the front, World War II saw the largest use of SPAM. GIs started eating it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Surpluses of SPAM from the soldiers' supplies made their way into native diets. Consequently, SPAM is a unique part of the history and effects of US influence in the Pacific.