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So you mean to say they spammed the canned food to Maui?

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This is the best summary I could come up with:


The makers of Spam, saying that their “special relationship with the Hawaiian community spans decades,” have donated over 264,000 cans to aid the disaster-relief efforts on Maui, the company said in a press release.

“In all, the Spam brand has donated cash and product with a retail value of more than $1,000,000 to directly help those impacted by the wildfires.”

The company said it has partnered with nonprofit group Convoy of Hope to get the cans to where they are needed most.

“The fact that Spam doesn’t need refrigeration makes it a perfect item for Convoy to deliver to survivors,” Stacy Lamb, vice president, disaster services at Convoy of Hope, is quoted as saying in the press release.

It’s stacked on a block of rice and wrapped in seaweed to make Spam musubi, and sold at fast-food chains like McDonald’s in Hawaii.

Spam was first introduced to Asia-Pacific during World War II, a welcome substitute to meat that was increasingly becoming unaffordable or simply unavailable in the conflict-wracked region.


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Non-Hawaiians just do not understand how to handle Spam

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The fact it’s on almost every menu at local establishments and fast food speaks volumes of its popularity in Hawaii.

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It’s great as a filler when used sparingly. Not so great when you just eat the whole cube straight from the can other than maybe the first time you try it.

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It’s great fried as a patty! Like in musubi

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The saltiness is why that little can feeds a whole family when you mix it with a lot of carbs and/or veggies and/or fruit.

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You mean to tell me that properly cooked food tastes better than unproperly cooked food?

God dammit Gump, you’re a god damn genius!

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14 points

Someone hasn’t had good spam musubi.

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3 points

This is the correct answer.

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Fuck me id kill for some Spam musubi right now

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7 points

The good kind of spam.

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It feels weird to define “truckloads” of product to be sent to islands

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I agree. Buttload is a lot more appropriate.

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The same 20f container goes from truck to ship to truck once more.

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