Why We Eat: Spam Musubi

[@jwongsings]

As a Hawaii boy who recently moved to the mainland, this hit me in the FEELS. So awesome to see Hawaii culture (esp food that has been ridiculed and derided) lifted up and celebrated in this way

[@kiljoy001]

It's always good to see how we do it back home

[@skilions]

@@kiljoy001 🤨🤨

[@kiljoy001]

@@skilions I'm from Palolo Valley.

[@skilions]

@@kiljoy001 i didn’t ask where you were from but ok 👍👍

[@kiljoy001]

@@skilions I always get the 'You're not from here' bit from people, and since it wasn't clear what you were trying to say, that's what I thought you were saying.

[@Penelopejad3]

When he broke out into visions of who was eating spam musibi hahah. Hands down my favorite snack hehe

[@tenhiarowry]

I'm a black woman that grew up on Spam in the city of Detroit. My grandmother would make a whole breakfast including Spam! Fried Spam with rice scrambled eggs smothered potatoes and onions with biscuits baby. Love Spam!😊

[@Bbmin0rBmaj0r]

I’m filipino and that literally sounds like a normal sunday morning meal in my family haha

[@GoBuddieGo]

Grandma knew what was up, rice with potatoes. Probably not the healthiest but damn does it taste good together hah. From Hawaii and this is how we had breakfast with my family.

[@brooklyn560]

Black ppl eating spam is crazy

[@angelflorence]

@@brooklyn560 it’s more common than you think, lmao. i’d be more surprised by white people eating spam.

[@op8ztv]

@@angelflorence only u black americans lol we eat bully beef elsewhere yall nasty

[@jamessinden809]

I was raised in Hawaii. 18 years. Musubi is in my heart. As a food creator, my products stem from my Hawaiian and Polynesian influence. Thank you for this post. Brings me back to WONDERFUL memories.

[@VidVoyeur612]

Chef Simeon mentioning "Go home, cook rice" has made me homesick. Especially since it's so close to New Year's. Ahi tuna prices must be crazy right now. Also making me miss all the various musubi available at 7-11!

[@auntiedoni]

My Mom and I watched this together and we both just bus' out laughing!!! That and the "push da button!"

[@peerlessvillain]

the musubi with the red redondo sausage is a bangah

[@sessionsinparadise7357]

The quality is shit compares to the early 2000s. Something happened . New plug or what not

[@GabrielMedina1]

I love seeing the looks on mainland faces when I say I get sushi at the 7-11. 😂 Hawaii 7-11s are a whooooole different animal than the mainland ones.

[@auntiedoni]

@@GabrielMedina1 7-11 is a totally different creature in Japan as well!

[@peterwonaprize]

Koreans have a similar love for SPAM, which also traces back to US military rations during the war. Always got teased as a kid for packing fried SPAM for lunch. I knew at a very young age that Hawaii was the right place for me, not just for the scenic nature, but for the cultural acceptance of SPAM.

[@woseiwosei7229]

I would like this comment but you have 69 thumbs up. So I disliked it. Sorry.

[@Bawkzers]

Budae Jjigae :)

[@moohan1897]

@@Bawkzers Army Stew! Haha

[@belisarius1]

Pretty much the whole Pacific esp. where US presence had been during the war. We ate luncheon meat (not the brand "SPAM", although family would send Spam from US occasionally) in the Philippines, also because of colonial era + WWII + US bases in PH until 1990's.

[@thekiller989]

dont forget about that vienna sausage. we had a special cupboard for it

[@mariaisabellaeusebio7661]

For those who don't have a fancy musubi press, you can layer the seaweed, rice, then spam in the empty spam can and press down. Pull it out, wrap it up, and you've got a musubi!

[@nathilism]

Don't forget to line the can with clingfilm first!

[@CaliMeatWagon]

I cut the bottom of the can off and then sand the cut edges smooth. I then use the top as the new bottom because it's smooth and won't tear the nori. You know have a washable musubi mold you can keep for a long time.

[@CaliMeatWagon]

@@nathilism If you cut off the bottom of the can, you can just lift the can off. Also, keep a small dish of water and using your finger wipe the inside of the can with a bit of water. It will keep it from stickign.

[@tj-kv6vr]

amazon, $6

[@MichaelLawrenceMagic]

@@tj-kv6vr Super fancy.

[@23CrazyAsian]

This guy's nostalgia attacks me every time! So proud to be filipino and love to see cultures mix and create amazing things

[@Anewevisual]

Ew

[@wobsoriano]

Ew

[@alas2210]

Lol. Bro they beat up filipinos in hawaii like a punching bag. No need to be proud of. Gulpihin na lang nagin mga foreigner pag dumayo sa pilipinas

[@sashimisushii637]

@@alas2210 they beat up Filipinos in Hawaii???? Lmao what a stupid statement

[@macfarlane7493]

Too much diversity killed the Filipino race. I’d be against it

[@sanctus9857]

Im korean/ filipino and grew up in LA. I grew up eating Spam, when i would tell my friends how i would eat spam growing up they would always say ewwwww. I never understood why. When i was hungry, my grandma would cook up some eggs and spam with rice, sometimes with masago eggs on top. Spam is my childhood!

[@chuggaa100]

Because americans eat spam raw instead of frying it

[@thesmokingcaldera]

One of the many reason I cried when I moved away from Hawaii. So much love for the Hawaiian people, culture and food. Mahalo for welcoming us into your kitchen ❤

[@Verlisify]

Whenever I meet someone that says "Ew Spam" I make them Spam Musubi and convert them

[@un0wnrtst]

convert wolfeyvgc to spam musubi please 🥺

[@Zizhou]

I've usually found that most people who go "ew, Spam!" have either never tried it or (much more rarely) ate way too much of it growing up. It gets such a bad rap in popular culture, but nobody ever thinks to try tasting it themselves.

[@SwaggMessiah69]

@@Zizhou Usually when I see people go "ew, spam" they eat it out of the can. Everyone I know who regularly eats spam at the very least gives it a fry.

[@CommentingAboutFood]

@@SwaggMessiah69 Same thing with Bologna. If you don't put a fry on it, slap it plain-ass white bread with yellow mustard and American cheese, you ain't lived.

[@josiahbassett9216]

Where r u located in need of conversion

[@animbot6817]

I was definitely someone who thought spam was gross and like most people who say spam is disgusting I realized I'd never actually tasted it. When I moved to Cali it was the first time I'd seen Hawaiian food and my first bite of Musubi I was like 'Holy Crap! This is delicious! Why is everyone saying spam is gross?'. If you've never had it definitely try it!

[@ViewKontent-ks1hk]

It is disgusting

[@animbot6817]

@@ViewKontent-ks1hk To each his own. I can tell you I've since tried this with family and friends and when I don't tell them what it is they all love it.

[@mrShinglez]

Young sound silly I rate it a 4/10 definitely not how you made it sound

[@animbot6817]

@@mrShinglez I stand by what I said and seeing other people enjoy it just confirms it for me. Maybe the place you had it from just wasn't good.

[@mrShinglez]

@@animbot6817 it comes from the same can silly goose

[@aaronmiyashita9084]

Ahh, the "Hawaiian Power Bar". The best snack in existence

[@TheAgentAssassin]

AGREED

[@aleclynch6186]

Love that he makes the hand motion for filling onigiri as he's describing them at 0:55

[@wilsonmcc1]

Sheldon is so good in these videos, you need to have him back regularly. Love that it’s half a recipe tutorial, half a history/culture lesson

[@killerkram1337]

My mother grew up in Hawaii on Honolulu and made me Spam Musubi all the time when I was a kid. To this day when I go visit she makes this for me. I make it at home as well, I make it slightly differently, i put rice on top of the spam and on the bottom of the spam so it makes a kind of spam sandwich inside the nori. sometimes i will dip it in sauce or pour sauce into it for more kick. Its my favorite snack food and I will keep making this until I die

[@justicefunamura-sasil4245]

Mahalo nui Sheldon for sharing the story of my grandmother's creation!

[@braddahkuponz]

Mahalo for your tutu's creation for feeding all us guys 🤙🏽

[@nolantanaka565]

Can’t believe someone invented it. And actually looked it up. Grams Barbara. Nice one.

[@InkTheEdges]

I literally applauded in my living room while all alone, as Sheldon finished speaking so eloquently about Spam at the end of the video

[@Azzyboi]

It's so nice to see Portuguese sausage get some recognition! Love it, was always hard to find where I live but we found a way!

[@paperadrin]

I love Chef Sheldon! Even cooking the humble spam musibi, he shows reverence and appreciation. Love the way he cooks from the heart.

[@FatefulRayne]

Being born in Austin, MN (SPAM Town USA) I love to see all the different ways to use SPAM. Being able to watch videos about culture like this and celebrating SPAM Jam just make me happy. Lol.

[@poeticjustice1611]

Stationed on scoffield barracks in Hawaii while in the army I remember how beautiful, not only the island was, but also the people and food were. And I definitely remember how I would pick up, not one, but two or three of these before starting work everyday. They never got old to me and never disappointed. Awesome way to start a work day. 😀👍🏽

[@michaelalden5119]

my dad and I before work use to go to the gas station and go and get a Spam Musubi and have that as a breakfast. We came so often that we befriended the gas station attendant and he began throwing them on early in the morning before we arrived so they have a perfect crust to em. One of my favorite things on the island.

[@choppa3282]

Haha “I can still hear my mom yelling at me. You neva push the button!” 😂 happen to me too many times 🤣

[@k_jrin28]

I used to eat a lot of these at university, they’re such a quick and easy meal after every class, it lowkey became THE comfort food that me and my friends would enjoy. Because of my experience, I shared my love for Spam Musubi to my family when I had to go home because of the pandemic and I’m glad that they loved it the same way I did.

[@KushManeLucio]

I love spam musubi. I was stationed in Oahu meet my ex family and was introduced to this and many meals and I took most of the meals I learned on my own back to my home in Chicago and my family loves it. Everyone needs to experience the Hawaiian food culture

[@salsa5948]

My wife who’s Japanese would make these for me. Of course she called them onigiri but once we moved to Hawaii, we realized their popularity. Came to this video since my wife is visiting family in Japan right now so it left me to make lunch. I already prepared it but wanted to sit down and enjoy a musubi while watching a video about the musubi lol. Loved this video bro 🤙🏽

[@HI967tree4]

“Go home cook rice!” I haven’t heard that in years 🤯🤣! I almost forgot about it.. can’t wait for my next chance to tell someone off 🤣!

[@JunEJ20]

"Or Uncle in the parking lot, listening to Don Ho... And thinks about Auntie going away to Las Vegas, all alone by himself".... Dead! LOL

[@KahunaBry]

Moving from Oklahoma to Hawaii soon with my fiancé. Can’t wait to try musubi!

[@dandew1072]

This episode is so nostalgic for me. I grew up in Hawaii and every day after school we would stop at the local convenience store and grab some musubi. When I went back for the first time in 2014 after 20 years I didn't eat anything until after I had my first musubi.

[@abtan5765]

No idea how I got here. I don't know anything about Hawaiian people or the culture but the way this gentleman talks about the history and memories was too good. Made me want to watch the whole video.

[@TheKoreanVegan]

I love Sheldon. ❤️

[@zennoodle]

The video brings me back when we were visiting ohana one year. Planted my tail in Waikiki Beach in the late afternoon with my mango Powerade. While people flocked to Duke's for dinner I sat happily with my snack and drink and watch the sun slowly set. I could talk story all day and all night about musubi. Its one of those things that brings people together: Musubi sees no color of skin, ethnicity, gender etc; it is just so onolicious!

[@iplaybass6690]

I grew up on spam here on the west coast, when I was in my early 20's had a roommate from Hawaii that would make Spam Musubi a couple times a week. I absolutely love them!

[@miyukiy3695]

Yessss! I am always shocked when I see other people put oil in the pan before putting the spam on because my family never did that. It has a good amount of oil that comes out already while it cooks

[@Sjcstro84]

This is what I thought. It cooks just fine without the oil lol

[@cyberzombie038]

I usually use peanut or sesame oil, but its just for extra flavor

[@eriksonyw]

Adding oil makes it crispier and shinier. I always add extra oil. I need the calories for daily function in the cold weather anyway.

[@AlohaLowah]

Before we lived on island, I was like ewwww, I will never get spam musubi from seven eleven. Then I had it. And I never looked back!!! Oh how I love it all. "Uncle eating it his car... Thinking about Auntie going off to Las Vegas on her own" 😂😂😂😂 The most Hawaiian thing ever said 🤣🤣🤙❤️

[@JC-tf2jb]

I wasn’t a sound guy on your show but as a tech I’m telling u, we will make u look better if u give us food. The editor is another good one to feed. Techs can make a good person look like **** and an a**hole look like a saint.

[@califoodventure]

I remember always eating spam because of it being such an inexpensive choice of meat. We added it to our kimchi stew, rice with egg or as a musubi during my childhood! When we would go a little crazy, you can fry with some sugar and ooooh! It's amazing!

[@rich1051414]

If you cut thin, wash in water, and towel dry first, the outside will crisp up more when you cook it and be slightly sweet.

[@califoodventure]

@@rich1051414 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

[@cokezerooo0]

@@rich1051414 wtf

[@alancarter4270]

Hapa haole here, My siblings and I all learned to cook rice first the old way, now we use a rice pot. enjoyed your vid

[@SanFranFan30]

One of the msot nostalgic foods, I remember always wanting to go to 88 Rice Bowl @ Westlake Mall in Daly City or Ono Hawaiian BBQ @ Lakeshore Plaza in San Francisco after a Baseball game, Piano Lesson, or a weekend at my cousins' house across the city. Additionally Musubi was a huge tradition for the youth baseball league I played with that was associated with the JCCCNC and was founded in response to anti-japanese exclusion in Little League, there were always festivals during the end of the season where we ate Spam Musubi and we participated in the San Francisco Cherry Blossom Festival making thousands of Musubi for those in attendance.

[@hondita_delsol]

I am a granddaughter of grandison perry. I grew up in Arkansas but would occasionally get to visit my auntie and she would make rice and spam for me a lot. It is my favorite food memories from childhood. I've never been to Hawaii but I KZbin crap now cause I want my kids to experience it too while I learn too.

[@Cdci92]

My chore before leaving for school in the mornings were to wash/clean and cook the rice. If I didn’t do it, I would come home and my mom would start yelling at me like it’s the end of the fucking world. What a great childhood. Forever traumatized but I do make some bomb ass rice.

[@ralphh4131]

Lol

[@janiskitsuwa-lowe673]

Thank you Sheldon. We're big fans here.

[@bonster101]

I went to hawaii for the first time 4 months ago. The native people were the most chill laid back and amazing people I have ever met.

[@TaylorLincoln401]

Native people 😂 that’s funny lol

[@bonster101]

@@TaylorLincoln401 Im sorry is English not ur first language? Do u want an explination?

[@Mason-gx1mc]

@@bonster101 I think you're confusing native with local. Just because someone is born and raised somewhere doesn't make them native. Only like 5-6% of the state population is actually native

[@sarahmaywoodruff4284]

Born and raised in Hawaii but not Hawaiian or what yo call native because I have no Hawaiian blood.

[@bonster101]

@@Mason-gx1mc yes and its those people I was talking about...dafuq?

[@BlaqcRain]

This dude can tell a story of the history boy .. I'm enthralled

[@exoticbeautybrina2156]

Spam is yummy. We grew up in the caribbean eating spam. And i still eat spam here in Canada. My children love it too. We love spam fry with plantains and freshly bake bread with some hot cocoa chocolate tea from St.vincent where I'm from. It is delicious every weekend. We love our pork. Lol

[@angienatoyn]

Yum!

[@Anewevisual]

😶‍🌫️

[@b3ardedbarbarian]

I was blessed to have been stationed on Oahu. I ate a ton of gas station musubi and now I cook it for my kids all the time. Definitely one of my top favorite comfort foods

[@Purpial]

I make spam musubi for myself all the time so I didn't think I'd enjoy this video as much as I did, I love this guys personality so much! He seems so chill and nice to be around.

[@LaughterandJesus]

Refreshing to see a video on Hawaiian cuisine. Born and raised in Hawaii as a third generation Filipino. Spam was a part of our meals! I never understood why some cultures look down on it. It’s similar to sausage, I don’t see any difference. Don’t mean to sound biased but I think Hawaii chefs are one of the best! They infuse and culminate Hawaiian and Asian cuisine together and make it very delicious!

[@adi.27.09]

At the end of the video I was clapping and praising this man alone in my room 😂

[@johnmeskis]

I spent a year on Oahu a long time ago. I now live in central Illinois. The flavors I experienced in Hawaii are now part of our weekly diet.

[@cheehee808_]

If you haven’t tried it before. Spam musubi is a literal life hack, I’m born and raised here in Hawaii so we make it pretty often if no one feels like actually cooking. Hella easy to make (I just fry mines, no Teri sauce so even easier) and it takes all of 20 min to make and it’s delicious. Try it if you haven’t, your welcome

[@rosanne9838]

I love this storytelling while going through the ritual of preparing a meal.

[@thedukeofdorks1]

As a minnesotan I am happy to see spam evolve into this.

[@tiabar2171]

Yesssssss ughhh same. Born n raised on the big island, was there my whole life until we recently moved to Texas. I miss so much, like musubis, lau lau, kalua pork, pork luau, and so much moreee. One day I'll be back. Home will always be home 🙏💜🖤💙

[@quesoblanco5586]

I moved to Hawaii when I was a kid and remember going on a field trip and we brought our own lunch and I had peanut butter jelly sandwich. Typical mainland home lunch, but it seemed like everyone else had musubi.

[@nerdytaco240]

when i went to school in oahu as a young child being given one of these was always a treat i hope when i make these it reminds me of those days

[@henrycalde1991]

Here in NYC my family (Salvadoran/Puerto Rican) would occasionally make Spam with eggs or any other dish and I would always be happy when they made it because its delicious! When I took it to school as a kid in the 1990’s I got some of the other kids to actually try it and they liked it as well especially in sandwiches

[@tmackie1694]

Aloha! Years living away from Hawaii - mainland, Europe … always made some SPAM and rice with furikake and shoyu to beat away the homesick blues.

[@kehaulani1140]

I was just in Hawaii in the beginning of June. Attended a wedding of my niece. Some of my family members from the mainland who haven’t experienced all the musubi and bento from 7-11, Foodland were excited. I have been raving about all the ready to eat food there. So on the way to the beach, pulled into 7-11 and food adventure began, at least that’s what my nieces and nephews said. We bought all different kinds of musubi, not just spam, bento lunches, poke, etc. Oh it was so ono… 😋😋😋😋

[@cls606]

The Don Ho monologue took me outtttt 😂😂 u really OG chef

[@AccountInactive]

My best bud is from Guam. He's always told me about spam. Spam fried rice. Even McDonald's apparently has a spam breakfast on the islands. As a guy from the south, I've had fried spam but that's about it lol

[@jamesstobinski6144]

I spent a long time in Hawai'i. Spam musubi and spam fried rice are still 2 of my staples here in Texas, along with shoyu chicken.

[@hml808]

I love your videos, remember when I saw you the first time on top chef, back, then I was still living in Hawaii. I was blessed with 12 years on Oahu now back in Germany, Mahalo, Nui

[@sortius_]

I knock out musubi (a little different to this; I add scrambled egg) for the kids and I quite often. It's cheap and tasty. I even bought a musubi mould a few weeks ago, after years of making my own moulds out of Spam cans.

[@Euragone68]

I've got a friend at work who's from Maui and he brings Hawaiian Foods in.. the first time I tried a Musubi I hated it.. Now I can't get enough of them! Got tired of buying them only to start making them and now experimenting..Thanks!

[@angelroman8797]

I literally just had this for the first time. One of the guys in my fireteam just brought some to work. It was Absolutely amazing.....so good.

[@cynthiakarkeys]

Hapa Filipina here, grew up eating fried SPAM and Filipino fried rice for breakfast cooked by my Lola. Now, I do the same for my Polish husband and quapa kids. It’s a staple for us. We also make SPAM musubi all the time, especially for those adventure days. Nothing beats a delicious SPAM musubi after a day in the water or a day hiking.

[@Lee-wf4kr]

My mouth is literally watering, I've never had Spam Musubi, but I love Spam and I want to try it so bad. I've always wanted to go to Hawaii too, so maybe if I get to go someday, I'll try some!!!

[@blue-nw1og]

Make some at home..definitely worth it

[@Lee-wf4kr]

@@blue-nw1og I have a friend who just moved here from Hawaii and she's going to make some for me to try! I'm going to look into learning how as well!

[@jorgesalazar2520]

I'm telling you right here, right now, spam musubi from 7-11 in Hawaii is without a doubt the best spam you can buy. It's to die for.

[@Lee-wf4kr]

@@jorgesalazar2520 Oooooh that's amazing! If I ever get to visit Hawaii (I really want to), I'll have to try it!!!

[@jorgesalazar2520]

@Lee also for Japan, don't pass up the 7-11s. Literal fresh made sushi/buns/bowls.

[@topazthelycanroc8522]

Just tried spam masubi today for my first time. Absolutely incredible! I was a little hesitate as I'm not a fan of spam, but this made it actually taste amazing! Such a simple, but wonderous lil dish

[@Hasenkind1]

Would love to see more of Sheldon and his Hawaii Dishes! Great chef, great host, love his personality, did i said nuff ?^^

[@VapidVulpes]

Heheheh breehh after this video I'm totally going 711 and grabbing some musubi Also, every day there's this Korean bodega in the bottom of the blaisdell hotel here in Chinatown that makes the best breakfast bento, spam, Portuguese sausage, Vienna sausage, bacon, eggs, all over rice. Friggin classic man, I get that at least once a week, throw some shoyu on that and oh my god it's heavenly. Reminds me of childhood :) Lol I feel like I'm turning into an old uncle too, every time I drop by foodland for anything, I always grab poke, lomi salmon, and boiled peanuts on top of everything else just to snack on while I put food away of whatever. Good stuff man!

[@MahoganyBlack]

He’s speaking truth about that “push the button” quote. I remember times as a kid when I was supposed to make rice and my mom would shout at me when she got home and was that that I forgot to press the button so dinner had to be pushed back. Good time 😂

[@TomDarkwulf87]

Spam musubi is a gift from the gods. My local poke place got me hooked on it and it's literally become one of my favorite snacks

[@nestorluvsher]

I think chef Sheldon is so awesome and I'm happy for his accomplishment since top chef. Was always bumbed he didn't win

[@bluhhd14]

That was dope, man.. Im filipino born in the the pi island but grew up in cali. I cant remember ever going to Hawaii without getting me some good ol musubi if it's either at the abc stores or 7/11's and whatever restaurants thats around the way to any beach is a must. Spams big both with filos and hawaiians.. it saves lives.

[@PizzaHomie]

Sheldon, You should do something like this with the more recently popular goteborg sausage. Us Kauai people grew up with it but seems like it's all over Hawaii now. Mahalos for representing cuz

[@tatsuneesan808]

crazy to think musubi came from kauai😳

[@Nightmare43009]

I grew up in the Midwest, not even knowing of US territories until I joined the army. My platoon is made up of a lot of guys from Guam, Saipan, and Hawaii. They introduced me to Musubi and now I can’t get enough.

[@teteteteta2548]

I remember first trying spam in mitsuwa supermarket in US, now I’m a mainland spam lover

[@el_heizenberg9172]

I grew up on rice, spam and eggs. All I needed when growing up. Shoutout from NYC.

[@MatthewBaran]

Those wonderful Hawaiians taught me to love spam. What wonderful people

[@AKAnovaclover]

From somebody that doesn’t do the cooking in the house: thank you!! Looking at you put it together so effortlessly made me loose my fear to the kitchen and venture today to do it. It was amazingly delicious and filling. I can’t get over how good it was.

[@WaxyLT]

Why do I eat spam musubi? 1) cheap 2) filling 3) I’m in college.

[@vitaly6312]

I took my gf to Hawaii and told her about musubis as I had friends from Hawaii that introduced me to them about 20 years ago. She said she didn’t want to try them AT ALL. When she finally gave in her eyes lit up. When we got back she asked if I could make them. Well… we’ve eaten fresh musubis the last 3 days in a row and she now loves them and spam!

[@chadburg86]

As a Haole, hands down one of the my favorite Hawaiian foods!

[@adrianr514]

I think SPAM is one of those foods that transcends cultures. I am Mexican and was raised on it and absolutely love SPAN everything. SPAM musubi is easily one of my most favorite snacks.

[@JennaSakura]

I miss Hawaii and Hawaiian food. I now live in Minnesota where SPAM has it’s headquarters yet spam is more expensive than in hawaii.

[@wranther]

I have also done that, the forgetting to push the button! When you mentioned that, my laugh was deep and good! Thank You for the reminder...

[@justinrill2483]

went to Hawaii for the first time in October. had chicken katsu musubi from a grocery store on my first day. then had spam musubi from a gas station a few days later. had a lot of great food there, but i've been thinking of musubi ever since. didn't even know what it was called when i bought it, it just looked good :3

[@rochard1]

Fam, same. It's my last day in Kona and I just happened to grab some. Completely blew my mind!! I'm going to be thinking about it for a long time

[@JuStLkEmUsIc]

Omg that story about not pushing the button down on the rice cooker just brought back some ptsd lol

[@mattreid7487]

i lived in kialua for 2 years and always felt at home. i live in west virginia now (home state) but man do i miss living there! the people were so lovely and the way everyone made me feel as if i was part of their ohana was so beautiful. To everyone in hawaii i want to say Aloha and i miss you! love from west virginia!

[@darieuspavao1848]

See this is what i like to see, people from totally different communities sharing common things and aren’t toxic just lots of aloha, majaloz people for restoring my faith in youtube chat

[@Sakitsunebi]

I lived in Hawaii for a little while and was introduced to this amazing piece of food. I've been gone for years now and still crave this and poke.

[@macfarlane7493]

There’s no Spam at your local grocery store?

[@ryanc2845]

Lol, "go home, cook rice." Classic!

[@KittykatKellz]

I love that we are all scarred from forgetting to push down the button for the rice cooker! LMAO

[@1126hearts1126]

Brah… that “YOU NEVA PUSH DA BUTTON!” comment hit me In my soul lmao

[@peerlessvillain]

I grew up in Aiea on the island of Oahu. When i was in highschool the manapua man (aka the first foodtruck guy) would roll up and sell shumai and musubi and all other kinds of grinds. the musubi were 1.50 and i would always buy 2 musubi and a hawaiian sun lilikoi passion for 5$. 711 Spam musubi as well as foodland poke are a part of my whole childhood and i wish i could experience these things once again, but i'm stuck in NC lol

[@Uprisenuplift]

Damn is that a true story of your uncle thinking about auntie? We’re over here in Las Vegas watching your video as we finish eating the spam Musubi I just made for dinner. We were wondering about it’s origins and your video popped up. Thanks, great video!

[@VapidVulpes]

Holy shit, as a soundman, I thank you for feeding us. Quickest way to get crew on your side, friggin musubi! 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@Oobi666]

im not hawaiian but i live by a "famous" Hawaiian place called rutts (guy fierri went there for tv i think) and i dont even remember the first time i ate one but it has been a favorite of mine for my entire life. ima buy a press now