A lot of people here are deeply unaware of how much spam is a staple of the local diet there. This would be like if some company donated avocados to San Diego, shrimp to New Orleans, or sweet tea to Charlotte. And it’s shelf stable which is an extra bonus there.
You can also eat it straight out of the can.
No one’s gonna say it? Fuck it i guess it’s my time.
They’re literally spamming Maui!
The term spamming actually traces back to the food spam.
That’s exactly why it’s so perfeçt
SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM X 100
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The makers of Spam, saying that their “special relationship with the Hawaiian community spans decades,” have donated over 264,000 cans to aid the disaster-relief efforts on Maui, the company said in a press release.
“In all, the Spam brand has donated cash and product with a retail value of more than $1,000,000 to directly help those impacted by the wildfires.”
The company said it has partnered with nonprofit group Convoy of Hope to get the cans to where they are needed most.
“The fact that Spam doesn’t need refrigeration makes it a perfect item for Convoy to deliver to survivors,” Stacy Lamb, vice president, disaster services at Convoy of Hope, is quoted as saying in the press release.
It’s stacked on a block of rice and wrapped in seaweed to make Spam musubi, and sold at fast-food chains like McDonald’s in Hawaii.
Spam was first introduced to Asia-Pacific during World War II, a welcome substitute to meat that was increasingly becoming unaffordable or simply unavailable in the conflict-wracked region.
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That’s pretty smart when you think about it. Cans of spam last a while and are highly stackable. A truckload would be a pretty big amount
Low sodium spam chopped into cubes and fried until crispy are absolutely delicious. I don’t know why people have such an aversion to it.
Spam is fucking glorious. I used to eat it out of the can when I walked cross country a few years ago. It is SO high in fat but so delicious
They do like spam musubi
It feels weird to define “truckloads” of product to be sent to islands
The same 20f container goes from truck to ship to truck once more.
First the fire and now this?! Oh poor them.
Ever been to Hawaii? Spam is worshipped there
Hawaiians eat Spam like the rest of us drink water.
“beloved”
It’s a huge part of their culture believe it or not
And it’s absolutely delicious when cooked right
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The good kind of spam.
This is inhumane. Nobody deserves that shit.
Yeah, they should have brought rice and pineapples with it. Ooh, and some sweet and sour sauce
Yes. Just give them real food. Not sewer meat.
Spam is just pork and ham mixed with some salt and sugar, I don’t see how that’s not “real food”, people all over the planet have eaten those things as food for thousands of years before someone had the audacity to …put it in a can for convenient distribution.
reasons
You mean real food, not dead animals
Do not associate yourself with me, rodent.
Yay let’s destroy the climate more in response to climate-exacerbated natural disasters!
