Some time ago Honey and I were exploring one of the local shopping malls. This mall, in fact, furnished us with the inspiration for the previously mentioned Birthday Duck Feast. The megamart there carries geese, duck, and pig offal as a matter of course. In addition to this wondrously stocked emporium, the mall is home to a Hawaiian bbq joint. Just about everything there is fried, or marinaded in a sweet sauce. It's fantastic! I even got them to halve the rice and double the macaroni salad. My lord! Honey and I began to frequent the place, and on one of these trips my roommate Sailor Moon (don't ask me, she chose the nickname) and I convinced him to try the spam musubi.
Generally, Honey is a very sensible person, the kind of guy who likes his warm, comfy, ugly sweaters and finally admits that they are ugly when he sees his partner (ie: me) wearing them. Those sweaters have now been donated. Honey likes things his way, but is willing to see reason.
When I proposed sharing an order of spam musubi I knew the greatest obstacle would be getting him to try it. Once he consented I knew he would enjoy it. Sailor Moon encouraged him and modeled the correct response by ordering a portion for herself. Honey gave me a skeptical side eye, but put in the order.
A few days later he called me.
“I went to Costco and I did a terrible thing.”
“Oh dear. What did you do?”
“Guess.” Honey is also the kind of guy who ages rib eye primals in his home refrigerator. What in the world could he have gotten himself into at Costco?
“Uhm...” then I started to get excited, “You bought a whole frozen lamb!”
“No, I bought spam.”
“What? You got spam at Costco!? How big is Costco spam?”
“8 cans.”
“You got an 8 pack of spam?” I started cackling in that way which indicates I have absolutely no sympathy for his plight.
“Yes,” he sounded ashamed.
“Don't worry,” I said, “I'll help you eat it. Sailor Moon will too.”