How to Make a LOST Spam Musubi
I’ve been talking about this mysterious LOST themed food I wanted to do for a couple weeks now and despite my intentions to test the idea out ahead of time, I just never got my lazy ass to do it until last night. However, I am very happy to report that I’ve successfully done what I set out to do with almost no problems at all.
(Skip to the very bottom for a plain recipe)
Can you guess what it is? Oh, wait. This post is called How to Make a LOST Spam Musubi. Ha ha! Well then, let’s get to how you go about making such a marvelous thing.
I chose spam musubi for obvious reasons. Having been born and raised in Hawaii, where LOST is filmed, I just can’t help myself. We grow up eating SPAM here. It’s just part of who we are. And since I’m a known LOST food fanatic, I figured this was the perfect food to celebrate the premiere of Season 6 at Sunset on the Beach.
I started off by printing out a sheet of LOST logos. I tested another sheet with sizes and settled on 2.25″, then printed one with tons of logos. Then I had to begin cutting. I should note that it was very fitting that I found “The Incident” on my TiVo last night. It made the perfect viewing material for this.
I had to use my Fiskars Micro-Tip Scissors
I cut out a logo and placed it in the middle of a full nori sheet folded in half. It’s better to cut thicker, so doubling up really helps to keep you from suddenly ripping off an important piece while doing something like say, moving.
UPDATE: I felt I should mention that you should leave your nori sheets out for a while so that they get a bit “stale”. This will help a lot when you need to fold the sheets to start your cuts into each letter, otherwise they’ll probably snap when you fold.
This was my first one, which I screwed up by forgetting that I wanted the outside, not the letters. I messed up the ‘S’, which upset me, but I kept going.
Here’s the stack of nori when I was done. After I finished each sheet, I cut along the crease to make the two sheets. I ended up cutting 6 sheets for a total of 12 LOST templates.
This morning I began cooking the SPAM. First, you slice it up. Usually you can get 10 slices, but I went a little thicker knowing that I didn’t have 10 quality sheets to work with and ended up with 9. You should also begin cooking your rice. If you have an aversion to food coloring, then just use white rice. I wanted to go for the teal logo though, so I added 4 drops each of green and blue food coloring to the water before I cooked the rice. I cooked 3 cups.
Put the slices in a pot, then pour in a cup of sugar. I know, WHOA, lots of sugar, but don’t worry, it’s just to cover the slices. You can always use 1/2 a cup and cook this in a pan instead.
Next goes in 1 cup of soy sauce, I recommend light soy sauce, like Aloha Shoyu
Next goes in 1 cup of mirin. I actually don’t like it too sweet and I don’t like to use too much mirin, so I used 1/2 cup of mirin mixed with 1/2 cup of water. If you don’t have mirin, then just use all water. Basically, you’re using a 1-1-1 ratio of these three ingredients. Reduce as needed.
Cover and cook on medium heat for about 20 minutes. Uncover and lower the heat, then let it simmer for about 10 more minutes. It should be a nice dark color.
Next, it was time to assemble the musubi. I laid a piece of saran wrap down on my cutting board, which is extremely important for getting the nori to stay in place with the rice. It’s also VITAL that you put the sheet down UPSIDE DOWN. We don’t want TSOL musubis, do we?
Using a Spam Musubi Mold
Add a thin layer of teal rice on the bottom.
Next, sprinkle furikake. It’s optional, but if you do it, I recommend Aji Nori or Nori Komi. Don’t try anything else. This is what works with spam musubis.
Place a slice of SPAM on top, then add more furikake.
Add more rice. Position your fiery lamp of doom
Put the masher thing on top and press down to sandwich everything together. Still holding it down, pull the frame up and remove it.
This is where you should be at. I dip the press in water to make it come off easy. You should too.
Fold the sides up, sealing the nori down with water. Now, let’s turn this puppy over and see what we have.
AWWWW YEAH!!!! When I turned it over, it actually had a full ‘O’, as I had the little strips for the middle of it on a paper towel on the side. I simply added it to the middle of the ‘O’ and that was that. I had been worried that the nori would curl all over, but the saran wrap worked beautifully for that. Afterward, just wrap the musubi up and you’re done!
I had the biggest grin on my face after I made the first one and am just tickled at how they all came out. We’ll be heading out soon to hopefully join my brother at a spot he’s camping. I’ll be sure to let you all know if I see myself on screen!
If you’re interested in more LOST food, see my Season 5 LOST bentos and follow me on Twitter for more bentos to come for the exciting final season of LOST.
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Spam Musubi
By Published: January 30, 2010
- Yield: 9-10 musubi
I've been talking about this mysterious LOST themed food I wanted to do for a couple weeks now and despite my intentions to test the …
Ingredients
- 3 cups calrose rice (uncooked amount, will cook to about 6 cups)
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- sheets nori sushi nori sheets cut in half
- 1 can spam sliced
- furikake optional
Instructions
- Cook the rice.
- Combine the soy sauce, sugar, and water in a small pot with the sliced SPAM. Cook for 20 minutes.
- Using a musubi mold, place mold on top of half sheet of nori. Add layer of rice, then sprinkle furikake, add spam slice, more furikake, and another layer of rice. Smash down with press and fold nori sheet over tightly, sealing with dabs of water.
- Wrap in plastic wrap and let the nori soften up with the steam from the rice before serving.
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My name is Crystal Watanabe and I'm 32 years old, living in Honolulu, Hawaii with my husband and two children. I have an addictive personality and that's a terrible thing when you're into cute bentos. I own over 200 bento boxes and way too many bento accessories!. 
That looks awesome!! And yummy! Thanks for the tips!
Oh… I can’t wait for S6 either!!!
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Glad you like it!
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This is so fun! I had to smile too! I can’t wait to see the new and last season of LOST. I wish I was watching it with you and your group. I do miss spam, I loved it when I lived in Hawaii. We’d have it for sunday brunch after church, oh and I love spam fried rice, mmm… Have a great time, and keep us posted!
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I have to wait til Tuesday to see if I’m in it and I have to watch it last! bah!
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These are spectacular! What a great idea. I hope the viewing went well. I am looking forward to our (the rest of the world’s) viewing on Tuesday! Did you get to share these little beauties with any of the cast? I’m sure they would love them
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Haha, no. I don’t think I could have gotten near enough and I doubt they’d have eaten it. lol
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That is so amazing! I love your LOST themed food and bento
Can’t wait to see more this season!
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Thanks Jenn!
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Superb execution! I’m now doublely impatient…waiting for the season premiere! So exciting!
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Everyone will get to see the rest before us, waah!
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I love it! Can’t wait to try this kind of nori myself!
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Hope it works well for you, aicheng!
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Brilliant – I am going to post the link!
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Thanks, Joann!
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Fantastic!!! I love it. I am going to have to try something like this!
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Hope it turns out well for you, Melanie!
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OMG sooooo yummy looking. Thanks for how you make the spam taste yummy too. I have tried a few different cooking methods, but this one looks yummy and sticky!
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You’re welcome, Mimi!
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OMG that looks so time consuming, man that blue rice looks kinda funky.
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LOL! You should see green rice. Then you start thinking, whoa… is this safe? But it’s just a couple drops of food coloring.
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This is amazing!!
How did you make your rice blue? from food coloring?
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Yup! I use about 2 drops for every 1 cup of rice.
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OMG!!! So amazing!! I was introduced to Spam Musubi from my boyfriend, who is Hawaiian!!! It quickly became my FAVORITE FOOD!!!! Plus love Lost!!! Just found you blog & am amazed at the innovative approach you take to making great food!! LOVE IT!!
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Thanks for a great comment, Chrissy! Glad you like the musubi.
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I really can’t get enough of your blog. Your food makes me hungry but would not want to eat cause it will destroy the beauty of the food.
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funny nerd girl! I think you and I are kindred spirits! This it totally something I would do! I am so excited to say that I today I found a musubi press!!! yeah been looking for one for 8 months since I came back from Hilo! what a good day! Mahalo from Thailand
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