In all supermarkets, I've seen it even in the smallest ones, you will find: SPAM.
It's hard to believe that Koreans would eat this if you don't know the story of why they eat it. It comes from the US military. My Korean friend told me that during the Korean War US soldiers would sometimes throw out spam. He didn't say if they threw out cans they didn't want or if they threw out pieces of leftover spam. Koreans who mostly poor at that time took it. There were a lot of refugees then who likely ate anything they could.
Before a holiday in Korea you will see in the shops gift sets which people can buy and give to others. Some sets have food products such as cooking oil. Some have spam and other products, and some have only spam. It's called a "Spam Set."
They make a stew which I was told is called military stew. It's just kimchi stew with pieces of spam. Kimchi stew is just as I can see kimchi and water with a few pieces of meat which are just plain pork. Actually these stews are very good but very spicy.
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