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Waikiki Celebrates Hawaii's Love of Canned Spam


03/27/2012


The WAIKIKI SPAM JAM Festival is a street festival that celebrates the people of Hawaii's love for SPAM products a canned meat from Hormel Foods. In Hawaii, you will find SPAM family of products at all grocery and convenience stores, many restaurants and in most homes in Hawaii. 

According to Barbara Campbell, vice president of Outrigger Enterprises Group, one of the event’s founding sponsors, more SPAM is consumed per person in Hawaii than is consumed in any other state in the United States. "Each place in the world seems to have its own signature food festival. With almost seven million cans of SPAM eaten every year in Hawaii, a festival featuring SPAM seemed appropriate."


Here are some of the recipes titles:

SPAM PAN LAU LAU: A variation on an authentic Hawaiian Favorite
SPAMAKOPITA: A variation on Spinach Pie
SPAM  Musubi: Sushi with a twist
Hawaiian SPAM Sandwich: Pineapple and Spam !!
SPAM Okonomiyaki (Japanese Pancake)
Loaded Potato Skins with SPAM
Ono Mac & Cheese with SPAM
"Since it’s inception in 2002, the Waikiki SPAM JAM Festival has become one of the most popular festivals in Hawaii. This year, we’re expecting more than 20,000 people to join the festivities in Waikiki," Campbell said.


If you want to try these recipes from SpamJam at home, you can find some of these recipes here:
http://www.spamjamhawaii.com/recipes.html



SPAM is a registered trademark of Hormel Foods, Inc.


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