Comments on: How Saipan got Obsessed with SPAM

By: Kay

Kay — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:36:03 +0000

I spent 25 years living in the Marianas. At one time Spam was included in the McDonald’s Big Breakfast plate.

After typhoons when electricity may be out for months and no refrigeration available, the cans of Spam went a long way to feed the family.

By: PartiallyDeflected

PartiallyDeflected — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:36:18 +0000

Bloody Vikings!

By: kevin

kevin — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:22:52 +0000

I love spam. Especially when it’s cut up really thin and fried. They get extra crispy/salty and are more like “spam chips.”

By: Joanna

Joanna — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:27:52 +0000

I lived on Saipan for 9 years, and none of this is an exaggeration. Tiny stores have entire shelves with nothing but Spam. It’s an item on any restaurant’s menu.

By: Augustus Gloop

Augustus Gloop — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:33:59 +0000

I once dated a girl from Austin, Minnesota–birthplace and home of SPAM. Her parents and grandparents always bragged about how “SPAM won the war” and how “it keeps longer and just tastes better” than any other meat. No thanks.

By: Stacey

Stacey — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:22:07 +0000

My one grandfather was a marine in the south Pacific during WWII. His hatred of SPAM lasted the rest of his life.

By: auslander

auslander — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:32:44 +0000

So, 1 in 10 people on the island died? From the sounds of the article I thought it was more serious than that.

Otherwise, excellent stuff. I, too, never thought much of Spam, and I sort of assumed they weren’t selling much of it these days.

By: Sherie

Sherie — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:14:07 +0000

I love spam, uuummmm, especially if it’s fried, but even microwaved on toast tastes great.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:02:13 +0000

Sshh, dear, don’t cause a fuss. I’ll have your spam. I love it. I’m having spam spam spam spam spam spam spam baked beans spam spam spam and spam!

By: nutmeag

nutmeag — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:07:50 +0000

When I first moved to Hawai’i, I was amazed at all the spam available. Growing up on a farm that raised beef cows (and myself being a vegetarian), I’d never thought much of spam. Still, I can understand why it became so important to Pacific islanders. Good article. :-)