| Jun 23 @ 2:14 PM |
When you think of Hawaiian food, what comes to mind?
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luvmycats
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I am trying to plan the menu for our wedding, and since we have decided to go with a Hawaiian theme, I want to keep the menu as close as I can.
Do you have any ideas for dishes that don't have pineapple? I have plenty of those, but some people don't like it.
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| Jun 23 @ 2:17 PM |
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signme
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My first thought was pineapple! LOL
Roast pig? Personally I think that's gross but some people enjoy it. Lots of fresh fruit.
Edited to add:
Under King Kamehameha III, there was an 1847 event that was unforgettable, a luau with 10,000 in attendance, although in true Hawaiian style, food was prepared for 12,000. The guests were served: "271 hogs, 482 large calabashes of poi, 602 chickens, three whole oxen, two barrels of salt port, two barrels of biscuits, 12 barrels of laulau and cabbages, four barrels of onions, 80 bunches of bananas, 55 pineapples, 2,245 coconuts, 4,000 heads of taro, 180 squid, oranges, limes, grapes and various fruit." Source: Manu Boyd, Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Now that was a luau!
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| Jun 23 @ 2:28 PM |
When you think of Hawaiian food, what comes to mind?
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luvmycats
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Sadly, we can't do a Hog Roast.  There isn't a place we can dig a pit.
three whole oxen, two barrels of salt port There ya go! Theres our MEAT! 
Can I puke now?
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| Jun 23 @ 2:37 PM |
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signme
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Hey! They used to eat dog too! Glad that was over 100 years ago! But just thought that little blip would give you something to think about!
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| Jun 23 @ 2:50 PM |
When you think of Hawaiian food, what comes to mind?
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luvmycats
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I don't think we will have that either. Casey just might take exception to it! 
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| Jun 23 @ 2:52 PM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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Actually, I think Spam's the big hit there, along with pineapple...
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| Jun 23 @ 2:58 PM |
When you think of Hawaiian food, what comes to mind?
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Always_Striving
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Meatballs with sliced pineapple. Heck, that's all I know but I'm sure that there is a plethora of Hawaiian chefs here on MD that can help you answer that. If not, there is always GOOGLE.
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| Jun 23 @ 3:16 PM |
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Loreli
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Their main sources of protein were fish, squid, limpet, crab and other seafood, chicken, and birds. The main leafy vegetables were taro tops (luau), and edible plants such as tree fern and fan palm. They ate bananas, coconuts, raspberries, strawberries, mountain apples and sugar cane. Seasonings came from kukui nut, seaweed, hoio fern and salt. They preserved food with salt and most foods were eaten fresh. They ate dogs and the alii (royalty) ate pig.
Poi, a glutinous purple paste made from pounded taro root (one of the most nutritious carbohydrates known) is the staple starch food of the Hawaiians. Poi had great significance in the Hawaiian culture, as it represents Haloa, the ancestor of chiefs and kanaka maoli (Native Hawaiians). There was a great reverence for the presence of poi at the table. It was unforgivable to have a quarrel, argue or haggle when poi was on the table. Pleasant conversation and heartiness was promoted.
If it was determined that the makaainana (commoners) were becoming stout and clumsy, an advisor would urge the king to have the men enter into foot races and other vigorous activities to burn off the accumulating body fat. We are told that to attract chiefs and commoners for his armies, Kamehameha the Great furnished their calabashes with vegetable food and fish to make the men sturdy and ready for instruction in the martial arts. Source: Dr. Claire K. Hughes, PH, RD, Dept. of Health.
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| Jun 23 @ 3:31 PM |
When you think of Hawaiian food, what comes to mind?
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doncasto
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Kalua Pig - traditionally cooked in an earth oven called an "imu" - not to be confused with the large bird of the same name. It can successfully be prepared without the whole hole in the ground thing.
Lomi-Lomi salmon
Chicken long rice
Lau-Lau
Char su
Haupia
Spam musube
Saimin
Manapua
Malasadas
. . and the list goes on and on, but I am now too hungry to continue. Luckily there is a Hawaiian plate lunch restaurant nearby . . .8 Island Hawaiian BBQ, and I will be having a late lunch early dinner there.
YMMV . . .and apologies for what I believe are many gross spelling errors brought on by "a bad case of the 'onos" and a sudden compelling need to eat with chopstick
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| Jun 23 @ 3:42 PM |
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LipGlossQueen9
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I thought of a pig with an apple in its mouth. I'm so uneducated. 
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| Jun 23 @ 3:48 PM |
When you think of Hawaiian food, what comes to mind?
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pamdemonium
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Can't think of the proper name...but there's a recipe I've made with rice, coconut milk, spicy hot peppers, and it's pretty yum.
Go to recipezaar.com and search Hawaiian. The only drawback being they don't have a panel that tests, sorts, filters and your search may return a boatload of recipes. Worth a try.
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| Jun 23 @ 3:55 PM |
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capobeachguy
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I thought of a pig with an apple in its mouth. I'm so uneducated.
Don't be so tough on yourself: you got the apple in the correct end of the pig. 
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| Jun 23 @ 3:57 PM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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I'm so uneducated.
Hey, that's reversible!
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| Jun 23 @ 4:12 PM |
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capobeachguy
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Seafood, pig parts, fruits (don't for get papayas and mangoes), and plenty of macadamia nuts--what more could one need other than a plentiful supply of drinks with umbrellas in them?
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| Jun 23 @ 4:22 PM |
When you think of Hawaiian food, what comes to mind?
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SallyF
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Dip some of those Macadamia nuts in chocolate, and we'll all be trying harder to make it to Indiana next summer 
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| Jun 23 @ 4:38 PM |
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SunBabe
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When you think of Hawaiian food, what comes to mind?
DonCasto. 
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| Jun 23 @ 4:45 PM |
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Loreli
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So....how is that prepared?
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| Jun 23 @ 4:49 PM |
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pamdemonium
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what more could one need other than a plentiful supply of drinks with umbrellas in them?
heh heh.... 
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| Jun 23 @ 4:52 PM |
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SunBabe
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So....how is that prepared?
Any which way except smoking (~sigh~  )
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| Jun 23 @ 5:15 PM |
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Gallows_Humor
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 like in....smoking hot...?? 
( so I was told...( that he was) ...by a really cute woman such a long long time ago,,,)
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