Four Foods on Friday #28

Here’s this week’s Four Foods on Friday post. If you’d like to participate, head on over to Val’s place.

#1. How do you make chicken salad? I don’t. Not a fan of chicken salad despite liking all of the ingredients.

#2. Fast food chicken. What fast food restaurant makes the best chicken? Raising Cane’s uses the best quality chicken and it’s almost always juicy but their breading is bland. If they breaded that with KFC’s batter, I’d be a happy girl!

#3. What’s your favorite way to eat chicken? With fingers, fork, chopsticks, skewers…whatever gets it to my mouth! If you mean how I’d like it prepared, I’m not picky but one of my favorites is macnut crusted chicken breast. Mmmm.

#4. Share a recipe using chicken or take a picture of a chicken dish.

Chicken Cordon Bleu

INGREDIENTS
6 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
6 slices Swiss cheese
6 slices ham
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon paprika
6 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup dry white wine
1 teaspoon chicken bouillon granules
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 cup heavy whipping cream

DIRECTIONS
Pound chicken breasts if they are too thick. Place a cheese and ham slice on each breast within 1/2 inch of the edges. Fold the edges of the chicken over the filling, and secure with toothpicks. Mix the flour and paprika in a small bowl, and coat the chicken pieces. Heat the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat, and cook the chicken until browned on all sides. Add the wine and bouillon. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 30 minutes, until chicken is no longer pink and juices run clear.

Remove the toothpicks, and transfer the breasts to a warm platter. Blend the cornstarch with the cream in a small bowl, and whisk slowly into the skillet. Cook, stirring until thickened, and pour over the chicken. Serve warm.

Ocean safety a must

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As word gets out of another drowning at Hanauma Bay and with the summer vacation season approaching, now is a good time to familiarize yourself with local beaches and their hazards. The Hawaii Lifeguard Association and SOEST has a great website full of real time information such as jellyfish alerts, weather and surf conditions, safety tips and island by island breakdowns of popular beaches.

This website is a must visit whether you’re a local or visitor. Awareness is the key to knowing what to do when you may find yourself in a changing situation while in the ocean. To visit this wonderful resource, click below and add it to your favorites!

Stay safe everyone!

Visit Hawaii Beach Safety for lifeguard sponsored hazard conditions for Hawaii beaches

17th Annual Ka Hula Piko Festival on Molokai

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Time to make a side trip over to Molokai for the Ka Hula Piko Festival on May 15th-17th! Description courtesy of HVCB:

Join Molokai and the rest of Hawaii as we celebrate the 17th Annual Ka Hula Piko Festival at Papohaku Beach Park, Kaluakoi, Molokai from 9:00 am – 4:00pm. Admission is free. There will be a variety of entertainment, Hawaiian Food and hand made crafts by the people of Molokai.

A series of lectures will be presented by Halau Hula O Kukunaokala beginning Friday, May 16th from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Ku Lana O’Iwi Pavilion. Contact Louise Bush 808-553-3673 or call the Molokai Visitors Association at (808) 553-3876.

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Newest Hawaii Geocaches (5/6)

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I’m excited for this installation as there are a few new caches on neighbor islands! Woo hoo! So without further adieu…

See Me By The Sea Side (Maui)

Catchment City (Big Island)

Kona’s Airport TB Hotel (Big Island)

Whale in the Bay (Oahu)

If you would like to get started in this fun activity that you can do on your lunch hour or as a way to get the family active, click here to find out the basics!

Cruise on over to the Carnival of Aloha

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It’s time for the Carnival of Aloha! This is where many Hawaii bloggers unite and share some of their most interesting posts over at Evelyn’s place at Homespun Honolulu.

So if you’d like to read up on more bloggers with aloha, click here to go to this month’s carnival!

Hawaiian word of the week

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Kau Kau-(cow-cow)- Food, grinds

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”.

I’ve been tagged!

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I’ve been tagged by Chili Queen to do a post on 3 random things about me and food. Hmm, let me think.

1. I find it amusing how some friends think I’m adventurous food wise just because I eat stuff like poke, rambutans, bok choy, different seafoods but then my family thinks I’m picky because I don’t like things like strawberries, cherries, tomatoes, Italian dressing, coconut, etc. I don’t consider myself to be overly adventurous in the culinary world but I’m willing to try most things unless it smells completely gross then I might need to involve some money and a dare.

2. I would love to cook more elaborate dishes but I sometimes just don’t have it in me. We’ve got a small kitchen so I usually have to take everything that needs cut up in the dining room with the cutting board. But when I do feel the culinary gene kick in I like to cook comfort foods like meatloaf, beef roast and potatoes, spaghetti with meat sauce or one of our favorites…breakfast for dinner. Beverages usually consist of iced tea with 3 sweet and lows, water, pineapple/guava juice or Pepsi on the weekend.

3. When we’re missing Hawaii, I make a nice plate lunch of teri beef, kalua pork with coarse Hawaiian salt and sticky rice. Once a year we throw a luau for our mainland friends with the same dishes and maybe some macadamia nut crusted mahi mahi, we’ve had kalua pork spring rolls, Spam musubi, teriyaki meatballs, flash fried poke and whatever floats our boat. I surprised both of my friends with cookbooks signed by Sam Choy and now between Sam and I, they’re hooked on Hawaiian/island food! If you’ve never tried it, give it a shot, it’s some of the tastiest food in the world!

I’m fresh back from a trip so I’ll come back to tagging others. Thanks Chili Queen!

I’d like to solve the puzzle, yeah?

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Pat and Vanna are bringing Wheel of Fortune back to the islands when they tape at the Hilton Waikoloa Village on the Big Island at the end of summer. Shows will be taped on September 12, 13, 15 and 16th and will air in November during sweeps on KHON2.

They are looking for “enthusiastic” islanders to appear so if you’re 18 or older and would like to be considered for a slot, click here for more info. If you and your spouse are looking to play as a team, click here for more information.

For tickets and taping info stay tuned to KHON and/or visit their website and look for the Wheel of Fortune logo.

Aloha Friday Recipe: Deep Fried Tofu Balls

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Ingredients
1 block Firm tofu, well drained
2/ 3 lb. ground pork
4 pieces shiitake mushrooms, soaked in water and then finely chopped
1 medium onion, finely chopped
Oil for frying

Seasoning
1 Tbsp. shoyu
1 Tbsp. sake
1 Tbsp. sesame oil
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. juice from ginger
2 Tbsp. cornstarch

In a large mixing bowl, add all ingredients together. Knead well until all ingredients have been incorporated together. Heat oil in wok until hot. With a spoon, scoop out a portion of mixture and drop into hot oil. Fry until golden brown. Can be served hot or cold.

Recipe courtesy SureSave.com

May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii

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Happy Lei Day! If you’d like to know the origins of Lei Day, click the link below for a nice video on the origins:

Lei Day Video

(I was going to post the video but it starts automatically so you can watch it at your leisure) If you’re in Hawaii and you’d like to see if there’s a Lei Day celebration near you, click here and the first 7 events are Lei Day related.

(Want to send a Lei Day card to someone special? The image above comes from AlohaWorld.com and their Shaka Ecard section!)

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