Okay, here’s my blog post about my recent cooking adventure, trying to find a seaweed replacement for spam musubi:
So, I’ve been craving spam musubi lately. You know, that Hawaiian snack with the grilled spam, rice, and seaweed? Yeah, that stuff is addictive. But the other day, I went to make some and realized I was completely out of nori. Panic! What’s a guy to do?
I started rummaging through my pantry, hoping for a miracle. I thought about just making it without the seaweed, but let’s be honest, it’s just not the same. It’s like eating a burger without the bun. Something’s missing, you know?

Then I saw it – a bag of those crispy fried onions. The kind you put on green bean casserole. I know, it sounds crazy, right? But I was desperate. I grabbed the bag and started thinking about how I could make this work.
First, I cooked up some rice. Just regular white rice, nothing fancy. While that was going, I sliced up some spam and fried it in a pan until it was nice and crispy. Now, here’s where things got interesting.
- I dumped some of those fried onions into a bowl.
- Then, I crushed them up a bit with the back of a spoon. Not too much, just enough so they weren’t huge chunks.
- I took a scoop of rice and pressed it into my musubi mold.
- Topped it with a slice of that glorious spam.
- Then, I carefully sprinkled the crushed fried onions over the spam.
- Another scoop of rice on top to seal the deal.
I pressed everything down really well and popped it out of the mold. Honestly, it didn’t look half bad! It wasn’t the prettiest musubi, but it held together.
And the taste? Surprisingly, it wasn’t terrible! It definitely didn’t taste like seaweed, but the fried onions added a nice salty crunch and a bit of that savory flavor that was missing. It was kind of like a deconstructed spam musubi. A bit messy, a little weird, but hey, it worked!
Would I do it again?
Probably not if I have nori on hand. But in a pinch, those fried onions did the trick. It’s definitely a good reminder that sometimes you gotta get creative in the kitchen. And who knows, maybe I’ve stumbled upon a whole new trend – “onion musubi”! Okay, maybe not. But it was a fun experiment, and that’s what cooking is all about, right?
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