In Hawaii, Spam musubi -- a twist on Japanese onigiri -- became a go-to snack combining rice, nori, and seared Spam in a portable meal. In Korea, it starred in budae jjigae, or "army stew," a ...

SPAM became a popular ingredient in Okinawa following the U.S. military’s post-World War II occupation of the island, and Okinawan onigiri is similar to the SPAM musubi popularized by Hawaii’s ...

Her gu gets adventurous. Cream cheese is mixed with a pungent Japanese pickle called “iburigakko,” for instance, and each onigiri costs 250 yen ($1.60). Spam and egg onigiri costs 300 yen ($1. ...