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Default Cheez Whiz in Asian Cooking?

Jean B. said...

> l, not -l wrote:>
>> Any SPAM in those stores? If so, perhaps the Cheez Whiz is also an
>> artifact of US occupation of many Pacific Islands during and after
>> WWII.

>
> I see Spam-like substances in the largest Asian store I go to. I
> don't recall if there is Spam itself though. I also don't
> remember ever seeing Cheez Whiz at any of the Asian stores I frequent.



SPAM's popularity relates more to its introduction to the Polynesian culture
of Hawaii. Not Asian culture in the Far East.

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