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McDonald's in Hawaii to Serve Spam
Wed Jun 12, 8:28 AM ET

The 78 McDonald's restaurants in Hawaii are adding a new menu item that's as much an American icon as the burger chain itself — Spam.


More than 3,000 portions of low-sodium Spam, scrambled egg and rice were served in a single day during a test run of the meal, according to Melanie Okazaki, McDonald's local marketing manager.

"I'm not sure why it has taken so long," Okazaki said of the Spam breakfast, which she said is offered at no other McDonald's in the world.

Hawaii residents consume 5.3 million cans of Hormel Foods' processed Spam luncheon meat each year, four times the national average. A favorite local variation is Spam sushi.

This weekend, Hormel is holding a "Spam Jam" for the grand opening of its 16,500-square-foot Spam Museum in Austin, Minn. The celebration honoring the product introduced in 1937 as "the miracle meat" had been scheduled for September but was postponed after the terrorist attacks.

McDonald's officials will decide Aug. 1 if the canned meat will find a permanent place on the Hawaii menu.

The Spam breakfast joins other local specialties at McDonald's in Hawaii, including a local noodle soup called saimin and a Portuguese sausage breakfast.

LOL CT4...I hafta admit, I love my spam (especially in my spam musubis--spam and rice wrapped in seaweed paper), but I don't know if I'll be eating it at McD's anytime soon.

I absolutely could not believe it when I found out that the local McD's were going to start serving spam, rice, and eggs. Usually for breakfast I'll opt for the Portuguese Sausage, eggs, and rice. Processed or not, it's really good.

The saimin's awesome too. I don't know why they call it 'local noodle soup'. It's nothing but what you folx call ramen.

But anyway, spam, eggs, and rice seems to be really popular now...and I have a feeling they're going to keep it even after August 1st.

AUGUST FIRST IS A GREAT DAY . . .
 

. . . but the thought of SPAM makes me http://www.clicksmilies.com/sammlung/wuerg/wuerg015.gif

Oh, Yuck!

*gag*

I have never had Spam and don't plan on it!

Have you ever seen the off-brand Spam? Its called Treet. Just when you think you can't find anything nastier than Spam, you see the can of Treet sitting next to it.

*gag*

I feel the need to defend my spam here... :D

I find it funny that people have such a strong dislike for spam. I know of individuals who haven't even tried it yet--and already they don't like it.

I've been eating it my whole life and I'm still alive!

The story behind Hawaii's love for spam is an interesting one. Back in WWII, there was such a big food supply shortage here because ships had a hard time bringing supplies to the islands. When they did arrive here, by then most of the food was spoiled and rotten... and being that spam's canned, it was the one of the few that did survive. People back then had no choice but to eat the spam.

As kids we'd always look forward to getting spam musubis in our lunches. Those were definitely considered treats. :)

I really could care less about what's in the spam. I consume so many things every day that could probably kill me faster than spam.

But then again...maybe it's just a local thing.

I will admit it...

Growing up, i have eaten my share of Spam. I haven't had it in over 10 years, but not that I think back to it, it tasted like any other processed meat.

Spam isn't bad but serving it at McDonalds? I found it wierd when they served pizza at McDonalds in Orlando.

Re: AUGUST FIRST IS A GREAT DAY . . .
 

LOL!!!!!! that was the funniest thing ever!!



**Spam is so nasty, my mom never let me eat it as a child. So when I first tried it in high school, I could have died it was so nasty.

There is just something so wrong about meat in a can!