Spam "Korean War" Fatty / Pics

I never thought the word Kimchi would make it into this forum. I love Kimchi...my wife is half Korean so we eat it pretty frequently. I got to try this. Looks delicious. Nicely done!

A friend of mine is married to a Korean woman. I sue wish I could get him to share of her homemade Kimchi, but he hasn't done so to date

That really looks great, Mr. T. Certainly not your run of the mill fatty. I'm kind of neutral on Spam, and can take it or leave it. That said, the combination of your ingredients sounds like it would taste very good.

I keep thinking seriously about how you could make a fortune producing and selling your fatty, whole or by the slice, in Hawaii. With the State's Asian population representing 58% of the total, and the fact that Hawaii has the highest per capita consumption of Spam in the world, your fatty would be an overnight sensation and wipe out their Musubi consumption. On average, every man, woman, and child in Hawaii eats 15 cans of Spam annually. Those folks even have an annual festival every Spring known as SpamJam.

Need a business partner?

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Originally posted by SmokinMAINEiac:
A friend of mine is married to a Korean woman. I sue wish I could get him to share of her homemade Kimchi, but he hasn't done so to date

Have you thought of a rib kimchi swap?

dls,
You bet, got tickets?

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Originally posted by Mr.T. dls,You bet, got tickets?

Mr. T - I'm all in. The demographics are perfect. The weather's pretty decent, also. I'm envisioning a vending spot at SpamJam in the Spring to introduce your Spam and Kimchi fatty to Hawaii and thinking "Honolulu, we have ignition". I can smell some very serious money here.

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Originally posted by Mr.T:

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Originally posted by SmokinMAINEiac:
A friend of mine is married to a Korean woman. I sue wish I could get him to share of her homemade Kimchi, but he hasn't done so to date

Have you thought of a rib kimchi swap?

You know, that might work!

You know...in Hawaii just one of those would equal 1 serving! They grow them big in Hawaii and that's just the women!

Hawaiian egg rolls. Come on! That has to be the nickname.

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Originally posted by Padrefan98:
I never thought the word Kimchi would make it into this forum. I got to try this. Looks delicious. Nicely done!

I want to see pics.
Tom

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Originally posted by Mr.T:
Using what was available during the Korean war this unique and delicious Fatty resulted.

So, were you around back then

Having lived in Korea for a year (Seoul) you guys can HAVE all my allotted Kimichi. When the two little house ladies made Kimici, buried it in the ground in the fall and dug it up in the spring.... that "smell" when the pot was open I can still smell it today.

Best to you guys that love it. But we're not turning this into the Kimchi forum. Bulgogi (but it needs to be smoked) maybe, so you better make it BBQ.

I think I need to smoke some Kimchi just to get it on the forum!

If you do that, you might notify the local health dept, that might be consider hazardous material/fumes...

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Originally posted by Padrefan98:
I think I need to smoke some Kimchi just to get it on the forum!

I say "Go for it". Or, look at it this way - Kimchi can be considered just one of the many versions of cole slaw and, as we all know, cole slaw, in many forms, is one of the most popular accompaniments with BBQ.

I made a kimchi topped cheese burger the first time I met my mother in law. She was not impressed. I later learned it was me not the burger that made her sick. HA! Thank goodness her daughter can make kimchi.

Mr. T - I just reread this thread and had a couple questions. I assume that the smoked sugar cured bacon used in the weave was of your making. Is that correct? Any info on that?

Did you apply any smoke to the Spam or just use it straight from the can?

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Originally posted by Padrefan98:
I think I need to smoke some Kimchi just to get it on the forum!

That is WRONG on sooo many levels

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Originally posted by SmokinMAINEiac:

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Originally posted by Padrefan98:
I think I need to smoke some Kimchi just to get it on the forum!

That is WRONG on sooo many levels

Why?

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Originally posted by dls:
Mr. T - I just reread this thread and had a couple questions. I assume that the smoked sugar cured bacon used in the weave was of your making. Is that correct? Any info on that?

Did you apply any smoke to the Spam or just use it straight from the can?

dls,
Yes, it was my home cured bacon. Nothing special, dry sugar cured for two weeks, rinsed, air dried for two days then smoked for three days.

The Spam was not smoked as the smoked bacon gave the desired smoke flavor. When I do a naked Spam fatty with Korean coleslaw, it will be done in the Amerique.