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My two faves from visiting Maui were the SPAM as part of some McBreakfast combo, and the SPAM sushimi (SPAMshimi?) being sold in a gas station/convenience store.
A similar but far less drastic and now fading SPAM cult exists in Britain: that Python sketch is a black commentary on the terrible postwar British economy where SPAM was one of the few available sources of meat.
And apparently, Spam is also a source of nostalgia for the older residents of St. Petersburg/Leningrad, because it was prominent in the US food supplies airlifted in during the long Nazi siege of that city. Go figure.
In Japan it's considered incredibly thoughtful to include Spam in the gift basket one presents to one's hosts.
At the Honolulu Zoo, we saw a food kiosk selling Spam sushi - nigiri
Paul Sheldon: You know I never tasted meatloaf quite like this, what's your secret?
Annie Wilkes: My secret is, I always use fresh tomatoes, never canned. And to give it that extra zip, I mix a little Spam with the ground beef!
Paul Sheldon: Can't get this in a restaurant in New York.
Annie Wilkes: Oh, no.
Seriously.
And, no, nothing about this is Bush's fault.
there is scant evidence that any form of cannibalism existed in Hawaii...
But my Hawaiian friend's Mom does a billion things with it. And I make a billion excuses when I see them.
And everyone that said it was because of the WWII rationing are right.
I'll bet there are people that post here that like Scrapple. I'll take my Spam and eggs anyday over Scrapple and eggs.
I laughed at a Korean in law school who offered me some of this as if it were a delicacy. I had to tell him that in the United States its not held in high esteem so he might want to be careful about that.
For a long time, Protein was hard to get in Korea. Meanwhile American GIs were practically throwing the stuff out because they were sick of it. So it found it's way into Korean cuisine. That cuisine follows Koreans everywhere they go. For the most part Koreans do some pretty interesting things with food. As a fan of soups, they are probably the best in the world at soup. Every meal comes with soup, so they've developed quite a repertoire there.