spam musubi

English

Alternative forms

Spam musubi, SPAM musubi

Etymology

From spam + musubi, from Japanese 結び (musubi, “rice ball”).

Noun

spam musubi (countable and uncountable, plural spam musubi or spam musubis)

  1. (cooking) A food, common in Hawaii, made of cooked spam tied to a block of rice with nori, differing from sushi in that the rice is not vinegared.

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