Showing posts with label Hawaii. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hawaii. Show all posts
Kalua Pig - Traditional Hawaiian Meal
Ron talks about Lau Lau, a Hawaiian dish made with meat that is cooked underground with hot rocks and other vegetables. Listen to the interview and watch the slide show here.
The following video is a similar dish called Kalua pig which they are making for Father's Day.
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"Massaged" Salmon
Matthew Gray explains another interesting Hawaiian dish:
Lomi Salmon (pronounced low-me), also known as lomi-lomi salmon is a seafood dish that originated in Hawaii. It is typically prepared by mixing salted, diced salmon with tomatoes, crushed ice, and green onions. Usually this mixing is done by hand with a "massaging" action, which gives the dish its name (lomi is Hawaiian for "to massage"). Lomi salmon is typically found at modern Hawaiian luaus, and it is said to complement poi, the Polynesian staple made from taro. Although lomi salmon is not, strictly speaking, a traditional Hawaiian dish, it is still considered an integral part of a luau. The color red in the Hawaiian religion has ritual significance, and the ancient Hawaiians offered kumu, a red-colored fish, to the gods.
It sounds and looks like the Mexican and South American seafood dish called ceviche.
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Poke
Matthew Gray Explains Modern Hawaiian Food:
Most people on the islands pronounce it Pokey, but it's pronounced Poke (rhymes with Okay). Otherwise it would be spelled Poki in Hawaiian. Anyway, it's usually made with ahi (the Hawaiian word for yellowfin tuna), basically it's a raw fish salad, usually flavored with soy sauce, sesame oil, kukui nut, and seaweed. Now, before you go "Yuck!" lots of cultures eat raw fish, especially Asian cultures. The Japanese love sushi and sashimi, and of course many people eat lox (which technically isn't raw, it's smoked), and the Scandinavians eat something called gravlax (which is salt-cured salmon). Ceviche is Peruvian in origin and is basically a raw fish dish; Hoe is Korean sashimi; I'm sure there are many others. Point is; you should give poke a try while visiting Hawaii. There are well over 100 kinds of poke throughout Hawaii.
Is this what "Poke Me" on Facebook means?
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Loco Moco
Learn what the locals in Hawaii really like to eat in this week's featured interview here. And below, check out another Hawaiian creation that surfers really love, the Loco Moco.
Dig into a classic Hawaiian plate lunch, Sugoi has some of the best in Waikiki.
My family's restaurant on the big island of Hawaii actually invented the Loco Moco and it was created as a cure-all for surfers' hunger. Surfers don't have a lot of money and what Loco Moco basically is, is two scoops of rice, a hamburger patty, brown gravy, and an egg cracked right on top. So it's a big meal for like four dollars.
The Loco Moco is truly the kitchen sink of meals.
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