New in a series (until people beg me to stop) Thrift store and other crazy finds. UPDATED!

[usonian]

Last edited Mon Jun 26, 2023, 10:49 PM - Edit history (1)

For starters this week:

From Daiso, the Japanese store with some very unusual items (unusual to us, anyway)

a SPAM slicer.



Yes, it will slice avocados (pitted) and eggs, but those are so ordinary.

Spam a lot!

Tofu? Hmmmmmm. I'll have to measure.

Not knowing Japanese, here's what I figured out.

Since there are 9 slices, not the 11 you might expect from the packaging.

WHAT IF the 11 referred to the slice in millimeters?
11 mm = 0.433 inches
9 of them would be 3.897 inches (long dimension, of course)
And what's left of reddit says that a SPAM can is 3.25" x 3.9" x 2.2"

SO THERE! The slices are 11 mm.
Waiting for the Nobel Physics Committee to verify this!

[rsdsharp]

1. A Spam slicer! I don't know whether to be delighted

or horrified.

[calimary]

2. LOL!!!

[Glorfindel]

3. I would actually like to have one.

Thanks for sharing.

[usonian]

5. I only know of Daiso stores in the SF Bay Area, L.A. and interestingly, near Sacramento.

I recall that you can order online, but last I looked, they don't sell small quantities.

Visited the Bay recently. Daiso is amazing.

[jmowreader]

15. There are six in Seattle

I just checked their website. They are carrying netted sponges again!

[sanatanadharma]

4. Grilled Spam on a sticky-rice base, wrapped in a seaweed belt

Not that I haven't tried.

[usonian]

8. Spam Musubi

Has its own Wikipedia page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_musubi

And I found one recipe.
https://playswellwithbutter.com/spam-musubi-recipe/

There are lots.
Not for me, though.

[Codifer]

6. Eleven is claimed

but only nine slices counted.

[usonian]

7. Metric system? (Just kidding)

[usonian]

14. HEY! I wasn't kidding.

It looks like the slices are 11 mm. thick!!!!

I'll get that Nobel Prize yet!

[fierywoman]

9. FWIW if you are outside of Seattle, there are Daisos in Bellevue and Redmond ....

[Mr.Bill]

10. I've never seen this device marketed as a spam slicer,

but I've had one and figured it was for hard boiled eggs.

[debm55]

11. me too.

[Nanuke]

12. Might be great great for slicing fresh mozarella

I use my egg slicer for caprese salad. I also use it for Havarti slices.

[usonian]

13. Quite a few stores have sliced fresh mozzarella "logs".

Not encouraging laziness. I think it costs about the same.

Might be a regional thing. I don't know.