Top 8 Places to Eat Spam in Hawaii

Top 8 Places to Eat Spam in Hawaii

Of all the US’s peculiar food proclivities, Hawaii’s love of Spam might be the strangest. Like many US food love stories, Spam’s origin is based on historic scarcity. During WWII, the Hawaiian islands were occupied by tens of thousands of soldiers. Spam, a blend of pork with water, potato starch, sugar, and sodium nitrite, had a hefty shelf life and was used as a provision until the end of the war. Even when the war ended, Spam remained focal in…