Blander dishes like steamed rice, soups, strews, scrambled eggs, lentils, and sushi (we love this Spam musubi) can totally benefit from the bolder flavor of the salt-loaded tinned meat.

Jess Kelley, who grew up in Hawaii, can’t remember her first time trying Spam. It was just always there. Hawaiians eat 7 million cans of Spam a year, more per capita than any other state.