Originally Posted By: helenwheels
I forgot about the key smile

Loads of it was shipped to the military bases on the islands at that time, and the locals acquired a taste for it through that.

I read something ages ago about how when the locals were banned from fishing because they might be working with the Japanese Spam became one of the ways the could get animal protein. They couldn't inter the locals with Japanese blood like they did in CA because there are too many, but they restricted things like fishing from boats to control contact with the enemy.


Thanks again,HW.

Interesting how the War impacted their diets ..and I bet that after the war...it was just more convenient to use Spam than to go catch,clean, and prepare fish.

Also interesting how things developed for military use...Spam,Tang....became part of civilian diets.