More about Musubi
Lore has it that purely out of need Spam became trendy in Hawaii when all through World War II fishing was prohibited and other meat was scarce, which prompted creativity in local recipe selections. This adaptation happily led to the creation of various forms of musubi. Local wisdom leads us to believe that it was the vision of Mitsuko Kaneshiro, a Japanese housewife who while making musubi for her children, decided to start selling these treats to local moms to put in their own children's school lunches.
There are typically many types of musubi enjoyed in Hawaiian-style food shops, like musubi prepared with katsu chicken, or one of our favorites hot dog musubi, but we feel that nothing tops musubi's creativity and mix of island flavors. They're just outstanding!! If you have ever been to Hawaii and you haven't tried musubi, you haven't actually experienced the eclectic food local Hawaiian residents love to eat.
It's the perfect snack for those of you who are always on the go as it is over a block of white rice, sometimes enhanced with a wedge of fluffy scrambled egg, and sometimes wrapped nicely with a strip of dried nori (Japanese seaweed).
There are literally dozens of adaptations of this beloved local treat. All over Hawaii, you will find musubi virtually everywhere, including Okazu-ya (Japanese style lunch Shops) sushi shops to convenience store chains, gas stations and even the beverage carts found on local golf courses where President Barack Obama was spied eating musubi instead of hot dogs also available.
You may ask how in the world somethis as innocuos as musubi could ever grow to be so large a piece of the Island's culinary scene.
At some point in World War II when fresh meat was in short supply in these remote islands, resourceful Hawaiian inhabitants were initially introduced to Spam, the lovable meat product in a can and one of the components of some musubi. During the following years, the local populace invented numerous culinary creations utilizing this canned wonder, however musubi will always be first in their hearts.
Since early 1937, Minnesota-based Hormel Foods, the home of Spam, has sold over 7 billion cans throughout the world. Annually there are about 100 million cans sold just in the US in Hawaii alone, approximately six cans per person annually are consumed or about 5 million pounds per year for the whole state combined.
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