Many Hawaiians enjoy Spam as musubi: sliced and pan-fried, then tucked into roasted nori seaweed with rice in a way that resembles sushi. Its origins are hard to pin down.

It's generally agreed that Spam became a big part of Hawaiian cuisine around World War II, a few years after the canned meat product first hit the shelves in the 1930s.

While musubi's creation isn't completely agreed upon, it's often credited to a Japanese-American woman named Barbara Funamura, who threw it together using available ingredients.

Another theory is that spam musubi was created in internment camps where Japanese-Americans were held prisoner, where Spam was one of the few food items available.

In any case, it indisputably arose from Japanese-American culture. With such a large Japanese population, Hawaiians on the islands were likely primed for its ingredients.