Spam Musubi Recipe Before we dive into the recipe, what is Spam musubi? It’s a pressed sushi made with Spam, where crispy, pan-fried Spam is covered in teriyaki sauce and sandwiched by fresh rice and roasted seaweed to hold everything in place. It’s a mix of Japanese (the rice and seaweed) and Hawaiian/American cuisine (the […]
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Hurricane Popcorn
hurricane popcorn is a hawaiian popcorn snack, full of crunchy arare (japanese rice crackers) and furikake (japanese seaweed seasoning). it’s crunchy and crispy and buttery and nutty and so addictive that you could polish off a batch by yourself! i’m normally not a movie person; i tend towards youtube videos (hi, dance videos) like the […]
Spam Kimbap
last weekend, spent at a retreat for my business + technology club, was full of firsts. some of those firsts are probably best left unsaid, in that hush hush what happens here stays here manner. (there were interesting bits that i felt compelled to share with friends not there, however). others included driving in san diego (surprisingly […]
Kimchi Quinoa Salad
mission: use my homemade kimchi. i omitted the scallion (didn’t have) and tofu (didn’t have enough space in my puny mixing bowl and felt it was unnecessary flavor wise; i’d use it for more protein/staying power though). it was really interesting (i mean, ofc it is; have you ever thought about kimchi quinoa salad before?), […]
Seaweed Gochujang Rice Rolls
Remember those days when you were a pre-teen? An awkward, gangly creature who spent their days tripping over their feet (definitely almost smacked my head into a gate once). As a pre-teen, my friends and I shared our time and our stories. We ranted about our homework loads (which were nothing, by the way; how […]