Aloha Friday Recipe: Punalu’u Sweetbread Lasagna

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1 24 oz. Punalu’u Traditional Sweetbread (or whatever is available where you live)
1 lb. Ground beef, pork, turkey or Italian sausage
4 c. marinara (spaghetti sauce)
12 oz. Grated mozzarella cheese
½ c. Romano cheese (or parmesan)
16 oz. Ricotta cheese (or cottage cheese)
2 tsp. Oregano
1 tsp. Fennel seed
1 c. sliced fresh mushrooms
Butter
Pepper

Butter the bottom of a 10 in. × 10 in. or 9 in. × 12 in. casserole dish. Line the bottom with 1 inch slices of Punalu’u Traditional Sweetbread. Brown meat & drain fat. Evenly spread meat over bread. Place 2 cups marinara sauce over meat. Sprinkle half of Romano cheese over meat. Cover with 1- inch slices of bread. Sprinkle fennel, oregano & pepper on bread; add ricotta & spread evenly; add sliced mushrooms. Cover with remaining marinara sauce & sprinkle remaining Romano over the top. Bake at 325 for 30 – 40 minutes until the cheese is golden brown.

Recipe courtesy of Punalu’u Bake Shop

Four Foods on Friday 120

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Name four food oddities that you have.

1.  I like A1 steaksauce on my cottage cheese.

2.  I will dip ANYTHING in TGIFriday’s Jack Daniel’s sauce.

3.  My chili tastes like spicy spaghetti sauce because I don’t like thin, runny chili.

4.  I seem to be the only person that hates strawberries.  (It’s the seeds)

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Lava claims house; another in danger

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Photo by Bruce Omori

Photo by Bruce Omori

Looks like Madame Pele is out to claim more property.  With one house lost already, more residents in the remote area of Kalapana are on watch.  If you are scheduling a trip to the Big Island and plan to see the lava on the county side, please keep a close watch on HVO’s website for updates.

To read more about the lava threat to homes, see the article in the Star Advertiser.

Hawaiian Word of the Week

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Market- Makeke (mah-keh-keh)

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”.

Four Foods on Friday #119

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This week’s FFoF meme:

1. How do you pronounce manicotti? Men-e-got, man-i-cotti or some other way?
I’m not Italian and I refuse to sound like Giada, so I will say it the “stupid American” way…Man-i-cotti.  :-)

 

2. What do you call the carbonated drink that comes in a bottle? Soda, tonic, pop, fizzy or something else?
Pop

3.  What do you call a sandwich on a long roll? Sub, grinder, hoagie, hero, poor boy or something else?
Sub

4.  Do you call it broth, boullion or stock? How do you make chicken stock?
I don’t use it so I call it whatever is on the front of the can or box I’m popping open!  LOL

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Lava flow threatens home

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A breakout in Kalapana has buried the former county lava viewing area but is also threatening a home in the area.  To read more click here. 

To keep up on Kilauea’s activity, visit the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

Hawaiian Word of the Week

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Humid- Kawau (kah-wow)

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”.

Four Foods on Friday 118

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1. Do you prefer soft serve ice cream or hard ice cream?
Hard but I’m not opposed to the occasional soft serve treat.

2. What is the strangest sandwich you’ve ever made?
Hmm, I don’t know that I’ve ever made anything “strange.”  I’ll put jalapeno mustard on a pastrami and lite muenster sandwich but I don’t think that’s strange.  LOL

3. What’s your favorite type (not flavor) of potato chip?
I’m not picky but I have to be in the mood for kettle chips which is probably less than 1% of the time.  I want something that will stand up to dip so that pretty much leaves Lay’s thin, weak chips out but doesn’t necessarily mean something like Ruffles.  We tend to buy Mike-sell’s Good and Hot Groovy Chips since we’re not really chip people.

4. What size spoon do you usually eat soup with at home?
Whatever I reach for.  :-)

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Hawaiian Word of the Week

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Storm- Ino  (Ee-no)

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”.

Restrictions extended for former popular Maui snorkel spot

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The ‘Ahihi-Kinau’u Natural Area Reserve (also known as Fishbowl or Aquarium) in South Kihei has 2 more years of protection from heavy visitor traffic.   The area that is a little more remote was overrun with people following guidebook suggestions according to Hawaii Magazine and the reef and underwater sealife were disturbed, not to mention the tumbles taken to get there over the jagged a’a lava. 

If you want to read more about this, go to the Hawaii Magazine article and/or the Maui Now update.

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