Aloha Friday Recipe: Kim Chee Soup

February 26th, 2010

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2 pounds pork butt OR 2 1/2 pounds skinless boneless chicken thighs, chopped
1 tablespoon Hawaiian salt
6 to 8 cloves garlic, crushed
1 bottle (12 ounces) won bok hot kim chee, cut into bite size pieces
Salt, pepper, and/or shoyu
1 bunch watercress, chopped into 2-inch pieces

Place meat into a large pot; add water to cover. Stir in Hawaiian salt and garlic; cover and bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer until meat is tender. Remove meat from broth then strain broth and return the broth and the meat to the pot. Add additional broth or water if necessary. Bring to a boil. Add the kim chee (including kim chee liquid) to the soup; stir; season to taste with salt, pepper and/or shoyu. Add watercress to the soup and remove from heat; serve immediately. Very ono & will certainly warm you up.

Recipe courtesy of KPOA.com’s Honey I’m Hungry, What’s for Dinner?

Four Foods on Friday 107

February 25th, 2010

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1. Name two items on your kitchen counter.
Toaster, Utensil caddy.

2. What’s in your sink now?
Scrubby thing. LOL

3. What’s on your stove now?
Teapot

4. What’s in your oven now?
The racks on which to cook and I’m sure some burnt on stuff that I should be tending to with Easy Off!

Want to play along on your blog? There’s still time for tomorrow’s deadline! Swing by Val’s.

Where’s Skeet?

February 24th, 2010

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skeet When I first started this site, I frequented a few blogs by fellow Hawaii themed bloggers. We all enjoyed interacting together and I admit, I began slacking a bit but we all seemed to. One blog I particularly liked was Skeet’s Stuff. What a sweet lady. She lived in Hawaii and had to move back to the mainland. She had a sweet beagle named Lance and it’s funny how you get attached to other people you don’t even know. Skeet was always ready with a kind word and I just loved her style. We had the Four Foods on Friday meme in common and that’s how I came to talk with her. I miss her Tuesday Teasers contests she used to do. I rarely got them right but was always intrigued to see what she would take a pic of next.

She hasn’t updated her blog since May 2009. The most recent thing I could find was by clicking her Flickr feed tonight where I saw that sweet little Lance has passed in December. My heart broke for her even though it wasn’t necessarily unexpected. He seemed like a wonderful companion for her. I miss Skeeter Bess. I miss her presence on the web and as I type I find myself tearing up. I enjoyed her updates of living in Hawaii from her job as an inspector to what yummy thing she picked up on the way home and was looking forward to reading about adjusting back to mainland life.

If anyone happens to know how she’s doing, please let me know in the comments or direct her to this post. I’d just like to know that she’s okay and to let her know she’s missed.

Maui’s first Whole Foods opens tomorrow

February 23rd, 2010

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Here are some of the local Maui vendors featured at Whole Foods:

Healing Dragons (vog tea), Pala`au (body care). Bee Kine (surf wax), Rainbow Ridge Farm (goat milk soap), Kula Herbs (soap), Noni Biotech (noni juice), Top Maui Restaurants (restaurant guidebook), Aftersea Aesthetics (glass water bottles), Ali`i Kula Lavender (lavender culinary creations), Surfing Goat Dairy (goat cheese),
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Hawaiian Word of the Week

February 22nd, 2010

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Kiss- Honi (ho-nee)

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”.

Aloha Friday Recipe: Banana Guava Pie

February 19th, 2010

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1 1/2 cups sliced bananas
1 1/4 cups guava nectar
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons cornstarch
3 tablespoons cold water
1 baked pie shell

Combine guava nectar, lemon juice, sugar and salt. Bring to boil over low heat. Mix cornstarch and water to a smooth paste and stir into mixture. Stir until thickened and clear. Cool. Combine with bananas and pour into baked pie shell. Serve with whipped cream.

Four Foods on Friday 106

February 18th, 2010

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1. What are four spices you must have in the house?

Black pepper, garlic powder, red pepper flakes, italian seasoning.

Want to participate in this fun meme? Stop by Val’s and post on your blog by tomorrow!

Hawaiian Word of the Week

February 15th, 2010

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Hug- Puliki (poo-lee-kee)

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: Wok-Fried Garlic Noodles with Macadamia Nuts

February 12th, 2010

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1 pound thin spaghetti
3 tablespoons olive oil
6 tablespoons butter or margarine
3 tablespoons garlic, minced
3 tablespoons Maggi seasoning
½ cup oyster sauce
1½ teaspoon chili oil
Cracked black pepper to taste
2/3 cup cilantro, finely minced for garnish
2/3 cup scallion, finely minced for garnish
2/3 cup macadamia nuts, toasted and coarsely chopped for garnish

Fill a pasta pot or stockpot with salted water and bring to a rolling boil; add pasta. While pasta cooks, heat a large wok over medium heat and add butter and garlic; sauté until golden brown. When the pasta is al dente, drain in a colander and add pasta to the wok with the garlic and butter, tossing carefully to combine. Then add Maggi, oyster sauce, black pepper and chili oil. Toss together so strands are well coated. Add more butter if pasta seems dry. Garnish with minced cilantro, scallions and macadamia nuts, stirring well to combine. Add chicken, beef or tofu if desired.

Note: To toast macadamia nuts, heat a nonstick skillet over a medium flame, add nuts and cook carefully until golden brown, then chop. Toasted nuts can be frozen and used as needed.

Recipe courtesy of Edible Hawaiian Islands. Excellent magazine!