Spam Musubi

Now, most of you know that I am from Hawaii and that one of my favorite foods is spam musubis. (It's kind of like ghetto sushi.) In Hawaii, they are very popular: people bring them to sporting events, pot lucks, and they even sell them at 7-11! They are absolutely delicious and one of my all time favorite foods. Now for those of you who are thinking, "Ew. Spam is nasty. And seaweed is even nastier!"...well you have to give them a try! Don't judge because I promise that there will be plenty of you who love these!! Quite a few of my friends and my husband like them, so maybe you will too! If you have ever been to L&L Hawaiian Barbecue (they have one here in Provo on Bulldog), they sell them and they are delicious. So try one, why dontcha?

For those of you who have tried them and do like them. Here's how to make them!

Step 1: You will need sticky rice, seaweed (any asian store will carry this), spam, and a spam musubi press. If you don't have a press, which Im assuming most of you don't, then you can use the spam can and it will work just fine! Just cut off the bottom with a knife or scissors. **If you are a fan, you can buy a musubi press on Amazon for about $5.

Step 2: Slice and cook the spam in a skillet on medium to high heat. It is precooked so you can cook it for as long as you want and it won't hurt you. I usually cook it for about five minutes so it gets a little crunchy on the outside.

Step 3: The sea weed usually comes in sheets around the size of a sheet of paper, so you will need to cut the seaweed about the width of a spam can. This will hold everything together. If you don't like seaweed...well...I can't really help you, but I'm telling you it doesn't really taste like anything. :)

Step 4: Place the strip of seaweed on a plate and place you musubi press (or your can) vertically across it.

Step 5: Fill the press or can with rice (about 3/4 of the way up).

Step 6: Place a piece of cooked spam on top.

Step 7: Take the top of the musubi press and squish it down so everything is compact and stuck together. If you didn't do this, all of your rice would fall out of the seaweed as soon as you lifted it.

Step 8: Wrap the seaweed around the spam and rice.

Step 9: In order to make the seaweed stick around the rice and spam, place a small amount of sticky rice on one side of the seaweed and fold the other side on top of it.

Step 10: You are done!! Now go eat it!!

They really are quite easy!! Try 'em! I dare you!