Re: Tech Guy/Actor needs your help in casting call

Mar 22, 2008 1 Replies



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>> Why don't you tell us why we should vote for a spamming asshole >!!!!!!!!!
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>He ought to go to some Hawaiian websites.
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>I hear SPAM is REALLY popular in Hawaii.......
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Especially so in eating or take out establishments on the "wet" side of the islands which is where most of the full time residents live. Most of the big name resorts are on the "dry" side where many of the permanent residents are employed, commuting from the other side each day. Spam entrees are a little harder to find in the resort areas, whereas on the "wet" side of each island you will find it in almost any place that serves cooked food.


I used to assume that the taste for the famous "mystery meat" was due to the availability of the product via the supply chain of the military bases located there. My theory doesn't seem to apply other places in the world where the US Military bases (Philippines, Guam, Japan, etc.) are/were located, however. Likewise, I don't recall ever knowing an X-US Military person who developed a liking to the product from exposure to it while they were in active service. Maybe Spam was imported there even before the military was there for feeding the workers on the sugar plantations? The mystery of the mystery meat, anybody know or have a more likely scenario? regards, Joe.

islands which is where most of the full time

of the permanent residents are employed,

find in the resort areas, whereas on the

availability of the product via the supply

other places in the world where the US

Likewise, I don't recall ever knowing an X-US

while they were in active service. Maybe Spam

on the sugar plantations? The mystery of

I've been told that it is popular in the Philippines as well, although I haven't been there. The reason given was simply that it didn't require refrigeration, so without every house having a refrigerator it was the easiest way to have meat, so it became common for a house to keep a couple cans of Spam around. I guess eventually they figured out how to make it taste good, and/or acquired a taste for it.

I know SWMBO's dad (ex-military) sometimes uses Spam instead of chipped beef in SOS...

nate

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