SOUP WITH NO NAME that will warm your belly, memories, and stretch your wallet

This recipe has no name that we know of, but it brings back all those memories of growing up. We lived across from the Hongwanji on Nuuanu Avenue and shopped at Chun Hoon’s. Our mother worked hard to make the money stretch. Canned goods were a source of quick and inexpensive meals. This was ideal because canned goods had a longer shelf life than produce. This is a recipe that you can make, even if you get your canned goods at a food bank. It helps to stretch the soup for a family.

I am not totally sure, but this might’ve been from Auntie Harriet. There are only three canned foods you need and cooked rice to pour it on when you are ready to eat.

1. Canned Spam, diced.
2. Campbell’s Vegetable Soup, get the one with the alphabets in it.
3. Canned Spaghetti, Campbell’s is the best.

Make the vegetable soup the same way the directions indicate, with a one to one ratio of water. Then put in the diced Spam and the Canned Spaghetti. You can leave it on a low boil. You don’t have to wait to eat, but it is best done while hot. Pour it over white, short grain cooked rice and it is heaven.