Spam musubi is a very popular snack or luncheon food in
Hawaii made in the tradition of Japanese
onigiri or
omusubi. A slice of
Spam is placed onto a block of
rice and a piece of
nori (dried seaweed) wrapped around the Spam-rice combination to hold it together. There is a common misconception that Spam musubi is a variation of
sushi. In reality, it differs from sushi in that its rice lacks the
vinegar required to classify it as such. Spam musubi is appreciated for its taste and portability. A single piece, wrapped in
cellophane, can be purchased at small deli-type convenience stores (including
Seven Eleven stores) all over the Islands, ranging in price between one and two dollars. Spam musubi rice molds are available at many kitchen stores in Hawaii. These molds are a few inches deep with a width and breadth that matches a slice of Spam.
SPAM MUSUBI MOLD Finalmente anche io ho trovato la formina per farli più agevolmente ^^La prima volta che li ho fatti ho dovuto ritagliare la scatola di latta e usarla a mo' di formina ma rischiavo sempre di tagliarmi e in più attirava le formiche, per fortuna adesso non me ne dovrò più preoccupare e secondo me la posso usare anche per fare delle mini formine semplicemente mettendo ad esempio un foglietto di sushi grass dove voglio dividere il riso cosi da avere ad esempio due e o tre polpettine rettangolari ^^
NAME ORIGINIntroduced on
July 5,
1937, the name "Spam" was chosen in the 1930s when the product, whose original name was far less memorable (Hormel Spiced Ham), began to lose
market share. The name was chosen from multiple entries in a naming contest. A Hormel official once stated that the original meaning of the name spam was "Shoulder of Pork and hAM". According to writer
Marguerite Patten in Spam – The Cookbook, the name was suggested by Kenneth Daigneau, an actor and the brother of a Hormel
vice president. The current official explanation is that the name is a
syllabic abbreviation of "SPiced hAM", and that the originator was given a $100 prize for coming up with the name. Many jocular
backronyms have been devised, such as "Something Posing As Meat" According to Hormel's trademark guidelines, Spam should be spelled with all capital letters and treated as an adjective, as in the phrase SPAM luncheon meat. As with many other trademarks, such as
Xerox or
Kleenex, people often refer to similar meat products as "spam".
