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NOT A CELL PHONE PROVIDER: Fast on the heels of Maximus Minimus, Marination Mobile makes its debut today in Fremont. The Hawaiian-Korean taco truck serves a menu of "tacos and sliders, featuring ingredients such as kalbi beef, spicy pork, miso-ginger chicken, kalua pork, and tofu...marinated in signature sauces. There is also a kimchi fried rice bowl, kimchi quesadilla, and SPAM musubi. Items run from $2-$5." Marination plans to eventually operate seven days a week, open for lunch and dinner till 2 a.m. The weekly schedule is currently as follows, but be sure to watch for updates at their website and on teh Twitter: Monday: SODO, Seattle Design Guild (1701 First Ave); Wednesday: Fremont, Soundspeed Scooters (132 N. Canal St); Thursday: Capitol Hill, Broadway Shell (1500 Broadway @ Pike); Friday: Capitol Hill, Broadway Shell; Saturday: Capitol Hill, Broadway Shell; Sunday: Ballard, Cheka-Looka Surf Shop (6300 Seaview Ave. NW). 12 p.m.-2 p.m. // Soundspeed Scooters // 132 N. Canal St // $2-5

Is it time to start trading Spam and Velveeta recipes on Seattlest? We can do that, you know. According to the Times, after all, demand for food stamps in Washington state is up by 42 percent--and processed foods are still cheap foods, however unappealing and unhealthy that may be. Here's a beautiful recipe for Spam Musubi from Serious Eats. Spam And Gravy On Biscuits could be a delicious protein-heavy spin on an old classic. (Hint: make your own biscuits, it's not that difficult.) As for Velveeta, it's hard to go wrong with a "goulash" or, if you're feeling creative, a few of what seem to be called Velveeta "nosebags." Please let us know how the cooking festivities go. We're right there with you on the penny-pinching.

So Danny Westneat is musing on the future of email, on the occasion of the announcement that spam volume has doubled this year, to 120 billion emails per day. Remember the Spam King, he asks? Remember the drop in spam we were promised? Well, it's been more of spike.