People are getting gourmet on the once lowly spam musubi, a classic Hawaii food that found a permanent place in “local” people’s digestive tracks late last century (I’d say somewhere around 1990). It emerged from Hawaii’s fondness for musubi (Japanese rice balls) and SPAM http://www.spam.com —the highly humored Hormel Foods canned meat product so beloved by Hawaii gastronomers that Hawaii is considered the unofficial Spam Capital of the World. (Hawaii eats more Spam per capital than any other state in the U.S.)
In Hawaii, you will find spam musubi at virtually every soccer game, tailgate party, and 7-11 Store. But, not looking like these fine specimens, actually made from Goteborg, the Swedish cousin also made by Hormel.
Read more about Goteborg spam musubi on these blogs:
The Goteborg Musubi Project http://tastyisland.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/the-goteborg-musubi-project/
Kauai Classic: Goteborg Musubi http://tastyisland.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/kauai-classic-goteborg-musubi/
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