When most people think of Hawaii, they think of beautiful beaches, surfing, and luaus. Spam, the famous mystery meat in a can is not what one expects to find on menus everywhere including McDonald’s, but that is exactly what I discovered when I visited Oahu on my honeymoon.

My first encounter with Hawaii’s love affair with Spam is when I walked into a 7-11 and found Spam Musubi, a grilled slab of the meat on a bed of rice wrapped together with nori (seaweed). At only two dollars a pop, they came individually wrapped and made a convenient and tasty snack.