Hawaiian word of the week

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Pupu-(poo-poo)- appetizer

The alphabet contains 12 letters: 5 vowels (a, e, i, o, u) and 7 consonants (h, k, l, m, n, p, w). To simplify pronunciation, sound consonants as in English and break up words so they are easy to say (ie- Humuhumunukunukuapua’a would be pronounced humu-humu-nuku-nuku-apu-a-a)

Pronounce vowels as follows:

a - a in above; e - e in set; i - ee in see; o - o in some; u - oo in moon.

Pronounce vowels marked by a glottal stop (`) quickly ie- o`o sounds like oh-oh! in English.

Stress rising dipthongs (ae, ai, ao, au, oi, ou, eu, ei) on the first letter and end with a short e, i, o or u. ie- oi sounds like oy in soy, ending with a short “i”.

Help the Kauai Food Bank

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SPRING FOOD DRIVE
through April 30, 2008

Look for your grocer bags and remittance envelopes in the Garden Island Newspaper on February 28. Drop off of healthy, non-perishable food items are accepted at every Fire Station on Kauai and at the Food Bank warehouse in Nawiliwili. For every dollar donated, it will bring a smile to those in need.

Not on the island but still want to contribute? CLICK HERE to donate online to help out Kauai’s needy!

Aloha Friday Recipe: Orange Shoyu Caramelized Salmon

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Ingredients:
Two 6oz. Salmon Filets
1 Tbsp. Oil
1 oz. Soy Sauce
1 oz. Grande Marnier
1/4 Cup Sugar

Instructions:

Season salmon with salt and pepper. Press salmon into sugar for three seconds and then remove. Heat a sautÈ pan to medium high heat, then add oil and place salmon in pan, sugar side down. Cook until sugar becomes a dark caramel color. De-glaze the pan with soy sauce and Grande Marnier. Turn the salmon over and remove from pan. Place salmon, sugar side up on a cookie sheet and place in the oven at 350 degrees F. for 4-6 minutes.

From the Kitchen of: Ritz Carlton Kapalau
Chef: Craig Connole

Four Foods on Friday

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(Posting today for a link but I’ll bump it tomorrow. Still time for you to join in if ya like!) Time for this week’s Four Foods on Friday #25 from Val. Feel free to join in and play along!

Here are this week’s four questions.

#1. Cottage cheese. Small curd, large curd, chunk or whipped? Hmm, I can go for any size or texture except runny. (Not sure what curd that falls under) I don’t like to feel like I’m drinking milk along with my curd. ;) Anyone like to put anything on theirs? I put…ready for it? A1 steaksauce on mine. Don’t knock it til ya try it!

#2. Burgers. Made fresh, preformed fresh or preformed frozen? I prefer made fresh. Hubby likes it when I spice ‘em up a bit with Lea and Perrin’s Worchestire (sp?) sauce and/or A1. Onion soup works too for a little more gourmet taste.

#3. If you could only buy one kind of salad dressing what would it be? Kraft Catalina French. If they were out of that then Parmesan Peppercorn.

#4. Share a crockpot or slow cooker recipe.

Get a nice size pork shoulder, put it in the crock pot, cover it with water until its over the roast. Pour in half a bottle of Hickory Liquid Smoke, cover and let simmer all day. When you come home to your yummy smelling home, take the roast out and put it in a bowl. Let it rest for 10 minutes then toss with coarse Hawaiian salt and you have a delicious easy kalua pig recipe! No imu required! (Best served with 2 scoops sticky rice and some aloha shoyu!)

Ocean Ohana Week at the Maui Ocean Center

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Event: Ocean Ohana week

Seven fun days highlighting “ocean ohana” species found locally in Hawaii’s ocean and to celebrate Family and Members Month. Ocean Ohana week will involve Tide Pool presentations, Face painting, an Airbrush Tattoo station, Hawaiian music by the Kahai’ali’i ohana and a hula presentation by Nawaipunalei Hula Halau. The entire month Members will receive an additional 10% discount on all food and beverage items from the Reef Café, Seascape Ma’alaea Restaurant and all items in the Maui Ocean Center Retail Store.

Where: Maui Ocean Center
Date: April 13 - 19, 2008
Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Price: General Admission $24 Adults, $17 Children (3-12), $21 Senior (65+)
Kama’aina $15 Makua, $8 Keiki (3-12), $13 Kupuna (65+)
Call: Kepa Cabanilla-Aricayos, Outside Sales & Promotions Coordinator, 808-270-7089

Night at the Reef

On April 17 aquarium doors re-open at 6:00 pm as Maui Ocean Center celebrates International Year of the Reef with Night at the Reef. The public is invited to visit the aquarium’s Living Reef exhibits after-hours, enjoy pupu and beverages available for purchase, interact with volunteers from local eco-organizations with information on the state of Hawaii’s coral reef eco-systems and view rare footage from Maui Ocean Center’s Coral Spawning event. Admission is $18 for adults with discounts for children, members and kama’aina. Reservations are recommended, call 270-7088.

The incredible shrinking chef

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I met Sam Choy in 2006 when my husband surprised me with him cooking us dinner at our rental home for our 10 year anniversary. (That’s what he’s doing in this pic, making a wonderful dinner for us!) We loved Sam for the same reason everyone in Hawaii seems to…he’s real. He’s as sweet and honest as he is on TV. We became fast friends bonding over the extra pounds we carried in the middle. Seeing him was a shock because it was obvious he’d lost a good amount of weight. I believe at the time we met him he’d lost about 80 lbs. He gave us the backstory on how he came to lose that much weight. When we got together with him last year to hang out, he’d lost even more…125 lbs total. I told him he had chicken legs now! hee hee

I came across a great article in Hana Hou Magazine that features him and his trainer, whom he just raves about. If you’re curious about how Sam has dropped the pounds, click here to read the article.

Hawaiian word of the week

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Paniolo-(pah-nee-oh-low)- Hawaiian cowboy

Pronounce vowels as follows:

a - a in above; e - e in set; i - ee in see; o - o in some; u - oo in moon.

Pronounce vowels marked by a glottal stop (`) quickly ie- o`o sounds like oh-oh! in English.

Stress rising dipthongs (ae, ai, ao, au, oi, ou, eu, ei) on the first letter and end with a short e, i, o or u. ie- oi sounds like oy in soy, ending with a short “i”.

Aloha Friday Recipe: Mirin Chicken

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5 lbs. chicken drummettes
1 c. flour, seasoned with 1 tsp. garlic salt & 1/2 tsp. black pepper

Flour chicken in seasoned flour. Fry in heated oil in skillet until done, turning as needed.

Mirin Sauce
1/3 c. cooking mirin
1/2 c. sugar
2/3 c. shoyu (soy sauce)

Heat mirin, sugar and shoyu in saucepan until sugar is dissolved. Keep sauce on low heat while chicken is frying. Remove chicken from skillet when done and dip pieces immediately into mirin sauce before setting aside to cool.

From the Kitchen of: The Kamehameha Schools Children’s Chorus Ohana Cookbook

Four Foods on Friday

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Okay, this is my first Four Foods on Friday post that I picked up by reading Skeet’s blog but she got it from the Fun Crafts and Recipes blog. Here are the questions for this week.

#1. What’s your favorite food smell? The smell of brownies baking. Mmmm. My favorite? Ghiradelli Double Chocolate brownies. Heaven in a pan!

#2. What’s your favorite kind of apple? Pink Lady apples have this almost bubble gum taste to them, really good when they’re in season. Golden Delicious for all year or baking.

#3. What veggies do you like in your salad? Radishes, red cabbage, celery, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower and red onions.

#4. Share a recipe that uses beef.

THE Best Meatloaf

Salad oil
1 carrot, small to medium dice
2 stalks celery, small to medium dice
1 medium onion, small to medium dice
2 pounds ground beef
2 eggs
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Dash hot sauce (recommended: Tabasco)
Dash Worcestershire sauce
3 slices bread
1/2 cup seasoned Italian bread crumbs
Ketchup

Preheat oven at 375 degrees F. In a medium-sized saute pan, put 2 dribbles of salad oil and heat over medium-high heat.
Add the carrots, celery, and onions and saute, about 5 minutes. Put aside and let cool.In large bowl put the carrot mixture, ground beef and remaining ingredients, except for the bread, the bread crumbs and ketchup. Soak the bread in cold water, then squeeze water out (like a sponge) and drain it. Add to the ground beef and mix. (A stand mixer is may help make it easier). Add the bread crumbs and mix. Roll into firm loaf, spread ketchup over the top, and place into preheated oven for approximately 45 to 55 minutes, or until cooked through. Take out and serve hot.

Maui’s homeless pups need you

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Who can resist those faces? Hopefully not you! If you live on Maui or are visiting soon, these lil pups make the perfect companion or souvenir that long returns on it’s investment! There are more dogs and puppies just like this who need your love and a furever home. Owning an animal is a big responsibility so please take it seriously. All it takes are meeting their basic needs and add love and you have a sweet little nugget that’ll give you unconditional love it’s whole life. To find out more about the animals here or at the shelter, go to the Maui Humane Society website.

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