Delicious Hawaian food!

[Jaga]

Guys,

I would miss it all. All these wonderful smoothies or drinks with coconut, papaya, passion fruit or guava

do you have some nice recipes how to do it at home?

[rdywenur]

You put de lime in the coconut...oh oh but becareful ;D ;D

ARTIST: Harry Nilsson
TITLE: Coconut

Brother bought a coconut, he bought it for a dime
His sister had another one, she paid it for the lime

She put the lime in the coconut, drink 'em both together
She put the lime in the coconut, drink 'em both up
She put the lime in the coconut, drink 'em both together
Put the lime in the coconut, call the doctor, woke him up, say

Doctor! Ain't there nothin' I can take, I say
Doctor! To relieve this bellyache, I say
Doctor! Ain't there nothin' I can take, I say
Doctor! To relieve my bellyache

I put the lime in the coconut, drink 'em both together
Put the lime in the coconut, I drink 'em both down
I put the lime in the coconut, drink 'em both together
Put the lime in the coconut, call de Doctor, woke him up, say

Doctor! Ain't there nothin' I can take, I say
Doctor! To relieve my bellyache, I say
Doctor! Ain't there nothin' I can take, I say
Doctor! And he say, lemme get this straight

You put the lime in the coconut, drink 'em both together
Put the lime in the coconut, you drink 'em both up
You put the lime in the coconut, drink 'em both together
Put the lime in the coconut, call de Doctor, woke him up, say

Doctor! Ain't there nothin' I can take, you say
Doctor! To relieve your bellyache, you say
Doctor! Ain't there nothin' I can take, you say
Doctor! You such a silly woman

Put the lime in the coconut, drink 'em both together
Put the lime in the coconut, then you feel better
Put the lime in the coconut, drink 'em both down
Put the lime in the coconut, an' call me in the mo-o-o-ornin'

{Repeat once from start}

Woo, woo, ain't there nothin' I can take, I say
Woo, woo, to relieve my bellyache, I say
Doctor! Doctor! Ain't there nothin' I can take, I say
Yah, yah, to relieve my bellyache

Put the lime in the coconut, drink 'em both together

[suzanne]

Jaga,

I've made a lot of healthy smoothies and they're very good. Fresh, ripe fruit is what you need, and a blender. Put the chopped fruit in the blender, add plain yogurt, a bit of milk and a spoonful of sugar or honey.

Of course, if you really want a decadent smoothie, puree the fruit together with vanilla ice cream!

[Jaga]

Susanne,

I need to do it, but where to buy all these fruit? I am not sure I can buy a passion fruit here in grocery in Idaho but probably I can buy coconut and mango with no problem.

[piwo]

I find it difficult to buy guava juice: lots of blends, but not pure guava juice. Mango and guava juice are WONDERFUL!!

[suzanne]

admin said:

Susanne,

I need to do it, but where to buy all these fruit? I am not sure I can buy a passion fruit here in grocery in Idaho but probably I can buy coconut and mango with no problem.

Jaga,

I realized a correction I need to make to my original post: when I said "fresh" fruit, I didn't mean non-frozen fruit, I just meant fruit that is just fresh and in good, ripe condition. I've made smoothies with frozen fruit (like strawberries) and they taste great.

So if you can't find fresh papaya, perhaps you could find frozen papaya? I have seen frozen papaya and mango pieces in some groceries around here. Although, there is a large Latino/Brazilian immigrant population around here who buys tropical fruits, so the stores usually have real papaya and mangoes. Though they're rather expensive!

You can also add fruit juice (like Goya brand) but as Piwo said, many of those tropical juices are blends, not 100%.

[Jaga]

piwo said:

I find it difficult to buy guava juice: lots of blends, but not pure guava juice. Mango and guava juice are WONDERFUL!!

Piwo,

I found guava and lots of other juices just weeks before going to Hawaii. It was sold for 99 c in our local grocery store (Winco) as the export product from Mexico. But the juice is not really dense, just right to drink

[Jaga]

Susanne,

thanks a lot!!! I guess, maybe a part of Hawaian sits in me because I like this oriental fruit. What is interesting - there was a theory that we should only eat fruit or products available in our climate. I think the theory is risky. But for a long time in Poland, especially during communism and when our currency was really worthless because of hyperinflation all imported goods among them oriental fruit were very expensive!

[rdywenur]

Piwo...do they have any Spanish sections in your grocery stores or a Spanish Grocery store itself. We have a section in ours and it sells mostly Goya products. Sometimes I even check out the section because their products are cheaper than the ones in the store similar. Like olives or chic peas. I believe they have guava juice in the can also.

Chris

[rdywenur]

Jaga using frozen fruits works just as well as fresh. Also for recipes just Google bar drinks and you will find many I'm sure. (or if you remember their names or just enter Hawaiian drinks).

[piwo]

rdywenur said:

Piwo...do they have any Spanish sections in your grocery stores or a Spanish Grocery store itself. We have a section in ours and it sells mostly Goya products. Sometimes I even check out the section because their products are cheaper than the ones in the store similar. Like olives or chic peas. I believe they have guava juice in the can also.

Chris

(I'm not being dense here, I just need the clarification, promise) Chris,
do you mean Spanish, or Mexican? We have no Spanish sections in any stores I know of, but we have Mexican markets galore. I'm guessing Mexican, but want to be sure.

[rdywenur]

Piwo....maybe the better description would have been Hispanic. We have no Mexicans in NY (NONE THAT i AM AWARE OF) but plenty of Puerto Ricans. I also know we have other Hispanics such as from Panama, Cuba, Jamaican but they are only minimal compared to the PR's. (Mexicans in the midwest...wow!!!)

Also I know there are some stores but I would not venture into that neighborhood at least not unescorted.

[justjohn]

When I lived in Hawaii - - - -

A long time ago, 1960 through 1963, we had much of the local ciusine. It was substantially different then it is today. Some of the snacks we ate were:

Limu - seaweed, pickled and canned

Opihi - Small shell fish, Canned

Poi - Tara root, flavored or unflavored

Many main courses were garnered from the miracle food product called SPAM. It was doctored with various sauces and spices that you didn't recognize it anymore. But, it was delicious.

There were several ways of having a luau pig. You had to have a big crowd for this. Usually a family gathering of sorts. The pork is so tender and flavorful you couldn't believe it. The Philipino way was to use the blood as a base for a sauce and it was very good.

Fruits and juices were everywhere. Guava and Passion fruit were the most common.

I lived a short way from Waikiki. About a block back on the AlaWai canal. I assume it is still there.

[piwo]

rdywenur said:

Piwo....maybe the better description would have been Hispanic. We have no Mexicans in NY (NONE THAT i AM AWARE OF) but plenty of Puerto Ricans. I also know we have other Hispanics such as from Panama, Cuba, Jamaican but they are only minimal compared to the PR's. (Mexicans in the midwest...wow!!!)

Also I know there are some stores but I would not venture into that neighborhood at least not unescorted.

We have so many Mexicans, illegal and otherwise, you couldn't sling a dead cat without hitting one. They busted 28 illegal Mexicans here just yesterday working in an orchard: go figure! Well thank goodness they are here, without them our malls would be filthy, our roofs would leak becasue we couldn't figure out to shingle our own roofs, and starve because we can't pick our own apples, tomoato's and peppers! Our schools now spend money trying to teach the children of illegal aliens, and ambulances can’t go out unless someone speaks Spanish. Total BS. But I digress………

I'll do without the juice: I won't put one nickel in their pockets.

Jaga,
This thread started out as tasty food, but most discussion was the booze! Just John hit's the nail on the head: opaka paka, two scoop rice, lau lau, poi, SPAM with everything!.. Hawaiian Plate lunches "broke da mout"..... Just picture 2 scoop (never scoops) fried rice, big hamburger patty on top, one egg over easy on top the hamburger, brown gravy smothering it all, with two pieces of SPAM on the side... WOW... one of my favorite plate lunches!!!! Hawaiian’s are big on Plate Lunches, and if you never had one, you missed out on real Hawaiian culture. Most have fish, poi rice…..

In Waikiki, Sam Choy’s restaurant: ono grind bruda!

For those who have been and want a taste of the islands, click this link to listen to KINE Hawaiian 105 radio. hawaiian105.com/listen/ They only play “Hawaiian” music, both contemporary and traditional. I listened all the time, till I started trying to learn Polish, then switched to Polski Radia: but I still go back and listen from time to time.

[Jaga]

Piwo,

thanks for sharing a link to Hawaian music. We bought some CDs with their music. It is unique and very much listened.

John,

I remember you talking about your hawaian times before. You are right, Hawaians eat lots of these unique foods. They also keep Hawaian words to describe it so they did not americanise that badly yet!