I know. The word Spam conjures up...well, pukey thoughts, really. But hey, it's not that bad. Especially when you eat it like this.

Spam musubi is a staple in Hawaii, and while I am not a fan of them normally, I think mine tastes the best. Props to me.

Spam Musubi

Ingredients:
1 can Spam
3 cups cooked rice
soy sauce
sugar
furikake
5 big sheets of nori (seaweed) cut in half
acrylic musubi maker

Now the prep. Obviously, you need a musubi maker. Without one, well, ferggit I say. Put the top half of the maker in a bowl of water. This will keep the rice from sticking later.

Fluff up your rice and let it 'air' out a little to get rid of the moisture.

The first layer is rice, then I sprinkle some furikake on top. This is my secret for adding way more taste than plain old Spam alone.

Place the cut slices in a pan on medium high heat. Drizzle with soy sauce, and sprinkle liberally with sugar. Turn over and do the same to the other side.

I like to cook it until the sugar gets good and caramelized and you get a nice sticky teriyaki color on the outside.

Turn them to make sure the other side looks just as good. Take them out of the pan and let them drain on a paper towel covered plate.

Get the large sushi sheets of Nori and cut them in half.

Lay the folded sheets down (I have two musubi makers for speeding up the process...) put the bottom half of the musubi maker on top of the sheet, somewhere in the middle.

Next layer, Spam...

Finally, more rice. I'd say about half a paddle for the top and the bottom.

Take the top part of the maker and push down, squishing the rice, just so. Then pull the bottom part off, then remove the top.

Now fold the nori up, and to 'seal' the top flap, dap some water along the edge.

Here they are all lined up pretty like. You can eat 'em like this or cut them in half for parties. I like to cut them in half. Much easier to manage.

You can also add a scrambled egg if you so desire.

I am not a fan of Spam, but I will eat these. And the kids - they go crazy for them.

Open a can of Spam. One can should be able to be cut into 9 slices, pretty evenly.