Archives World's Longest Spam Musubi Built at Vidinha Stadium Field By PAMELA V. BROWN - Special to TGI Posted: Tuesday, September 2, 2003 LIHUE – History was made, and then eaten, Sunday at the Kauai County Farm Bureau Fair when the Rotary Club of Poipu Beach created what members claimed was the world’s longest Spam musubi on the football field at Vidinha Stadium.  There is no way to verify the claim that the 100-yard long creation was really a new world’s record, because as soon as it was made, it was eaten.

Accompanied by the exuberant announcing of Chad Dellatan, the club and its adroit assembly line of eight teams constructed a Spam musubi snake made up of 300 regular-sized musubi, laid end to end.

The task was accomplished in 59 minutes. Rotary club officials said the previous world record was a mere 130 bricks long.

When the cellophane-wrapped snake of musubi was completed, Dellatan declared, “We came, we saw, we musubiiiiiiied!”

The innovative project was a fund-raiser for the Diabetes Association of Kauai, said Jim Case, president of the Rotary Club of Poipu Beach.

Case estimated that the 49-member club had sold nearly 800 tickets to the event, each of which could be redeemed for 4-inch bricks of the local staple. Musubi munchers were also eligible for one of about 35 door prizes and also the grand prize drawing for a trip for two to Las Vegas.

Musubi is technically defined as rice and Spam rolled into nori, Case said, noting that there are many different recipes used. Some people add egg, others add ginger or wasabi. “We’re using an oriental barbecue sauce today,” he said.

When the club held a practice assembly session several weeks ago to build a 10-foot model, members learned that they had a few bugs to work out.

Initially the nori wouldn’t stick to the rest of the musubi, Case said, so they reversed the order in which the ingredients were layered and all was fine.

Koa Trading donated 100 cans of Spam to the effort and Gaylord’s Restaurant sliced and fried all of it. Other participating restaurants were Poipu Beach Broiler, Joe’s on the Green, Brennecke’s Beach Broiler, Grinds Café & Espresso and Coconuts.

Assembly work was done by past beneficiaries of club donations, including Kauai Food Bank, Malama Pono and St. Michael’s and All Angels Episcopal Church.

The Rotary Club of Poipu Beach is one of six Rotary clubs on Kauai. The service organization includes 1.2 million members worldwide, all of whom subscribe to the motto, ”Service Above Self.”