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A month ago I interviewed a woman who wrote a Japanese-fusion cookbook. We talked about the state of Japanese cuisine in Canada and about how closely today's generation of Japanese-Canadian follows a traditional Japanese diet. One of the dishes the woman mentioned was Spam sushi. I had heard of it, but dismissed it as a joke.
No joke.
The woman told me that when Japanese-Canadians were released from internment camps following the second world war they understandably faced considerable economic hardship. At the time, Spam was cheap and readily available, so they adapted it to their diet. Spam sushi was the result. However, this is one fusion dish that didn't make it into her cook book.