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Thu 07 Jul 2007An Irishman's DiaryI don't remember it featuring in the news coverage back in 2002, but apparently Saipan is one of the few places in the world where McDonald's restaurants have Spam on the menu, writes Frank McNallyOthers include Hawaii, where Burger King also now serves the tinned pork delicacy (with scrambled eggs) to breakfast customers. And then of course there is Guam, the aptly named Pacific island where Spam-loving McDonald's customers contribute to the world's largest per capita consumption of what has been called a "gelatinous pork brick".