Ironchef got me thinking of this idea. We were in Minnesota, at the home of SPAM. (I believe it is Austin, MN). We went to the SPAM museum, then found a place for a libation, and got to talking to the bartender and a couple people at the bar. We mentioned that, although neither of us like SPAM, we lived in Hawaii off-and-on for a decade, and ate a LOT of SPAM. The bartender and locals told us they thought that they were told that SPAM was popular in Hawaii as a bit of propaganda. Jer and I proceeded to tell them the SPAM facts of living in Hawaii (at least in the 80s): REAL Hawaiian pizza didn't have Canadian bacon and pineapple, it was SPAM and pineapple. Even the fanciest restaurants would offer fried SPAM with your breakfast. NO cocktail party was complete without skewers of fresh fruit and SPAM. There was, I kid you not, SPAM sushi (a slice of Spam cut exactly to the rectangle of rice it is placed upon). SPAM in saimin (sort of like ramen). SPAM ... well, everywhere. The locals who actually make SPAM loved our conversation about the glories of SPAM in Hawaii. They'd heard about it, but even if they'd taken vacations in Hawaii, they wouldn't have the opportunity to get down and dirty with the locals, so never had the Hawaii/SPAM experience. Explaining how their own home product was loved a half-of-the-globe away really interested them. To be honest with you, I'm not sure they believed us, but they loved the stories anyway!