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Hawaiian Cuisine

Patricia Chen

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Early History•Virtually no edible plants, but lots of fish,

shellfish, limu•Polynesians 300-500 A.D.

▫~30 crop species: taro, sweet potato, breadfruit, coconut, yams, plaintains

▫Meat: pigs, dogs, chickens•Poi: sacred, spiritual

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Plantations and Immigrations•Mid-1800s – Early 1900s: Sugarcane,

pineapple plantations•Immigrants

▫1850s Chinese▫1880s Japanese▫1880s Portuguese▫1900s Puerto Ricans▫1900s Koreans▫1910s Filipinos

•Plantation villages Cultural mixing

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Plate Lunch• Eaten by immigrant workers• Formula:

▫2 scoops white rice▫1 scoop macaroni salad ▫Main meat entrée (chicken katsu, hamburger steak,

Korean short ribs, Portuguese sausage, kalua pork, etc.)

• Truly mixed dish▫Asian ingredients▫Haole structure (plate, meat and gravy > vegetables)▫Mixed cutlery

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Lu’au• Party/feast• Religious taboos:

▫Men and women separate▫Women and lower class could not eat special food

• 1819 King Kamehameha II symbolically lifted religious laws modern lu’au parties

• Food▫Centerpiece: Kalua pig/pork – imu▫Poi▫Chicken teriyaki▫Fresh fruit

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SPAM•“Hawaiian steak”•Important source of protein for locals –

WWII fishing prohibition•Spam Jam, Waikiki•Most per capita consumption•Creative recipes

▫Ex. Spam musubi

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Poke

Chunks of raw fish seasoned with Hawaiian salt,

chopped seaweed, and roasted, ground kukui nut

meat

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Hawaii's version of an Asian noodle soupNoodles in a fish or chicken broth, usually topped with shreds of egg, green onions, fishcake slices and strips of char siu (Chinese roast pork) or canned luncheon meat

Saimin

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Lomi-lomi Salmon

Salad/side dish comprising of salted, diced salmon with tomatoes, crushed ice, and green onions

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Lau Lau

Steamed boneless pork, chicken or beef salted and wrapped in taro or ti leaves

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Loco Moco

White rice, a hamburger patty, a fried egg, and brown gravy

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