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Momi
Lokahi
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 Posted - 07/20/2008 : 1:57:45 PM
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Originally posted by wcerto
Where do you get the fishcake stuff they float on the soup? Is it store bought or do you make it yourself?
The fishcake is probably either kamaboko (if it's pink edged and half-moon shaped) or chikuwa (if it's brown edged and has a hole in the middle of it). I've heard it's possible to make 'em at home, but my family's only ever bought 'em. I've also heard it's made from the same stuff as surimi or imitation "krab."
Braddah Al get mo' hea dan Guavasunrise's slurpy guy. An I tink Braddah Al's girigiri mus' be hidin', cuz I no can see 'em, but I know he get 'em.
An, on one noddah note, I finally got my shave ice. Twice. Tursday night at da Espaniola/Peterson concert, and yestahday at da Aloha Na Kupuna festival. Brok' da mout' an' hit da spot. |
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Bd1
Lokahi
USA
114 Posts |
Posted - 07/20/2008 : 2:15:01 PM
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| Braddah Jay,you remind me of when I was a laborer back in the late 60's. The Japanee forman was on vacation when I started and when he came back He let everyone know he didn't like Haoles 'specially one form New York. One day in front of the Super and some udda guys he told me " Hey Haole get me water stick" I would not let him know I didn't have any idea what it was so I walked to the tool shed. I came back to him and said "Eh Masa what size you like ?As I showed him three different size Levels" All the guys laughed and Masa and I became Primo drinking buddies. |
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braddah jay
Lokahi
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Posted - 07/20/2008 : 3:16:46 PM
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Originally posted by Bd1
Braddah Jay,you remind me of when I was a laborer back in the late 60's. The Japanee forman was on vacation when I started and when he came back He let everyone know he didn't like Haoles 'specially one form New York. One day in front of the Super and some udda guys he told me " Hey Haole get me water stick" I would not let him know I didn't have any idea what it was so I walked to the tool shed. I came back to him and said "Eh Masa what size you like ?As I showed him three different size Levels" All the guys laughed and Masa and I became Primo drinking buddies.
Howzit braddah doug,yeah it seems the norm as far as makin a little fun at da new guys,sort of like a gauge to see what you goin say,or how you goin react.If you just go with da flow,moa times dan not you goin be in,personally I tink they like know if you goin be good kine guy foa drink wit,or you goin act crazy.Makes sense,so what doug,you was local 368? das my ol union.Now I'm wit local 625 ironworkers union,same ting dey put youy chru all da test.K-den aloha braddah jay |
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Baritone
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 07/20/2008 : 7:38:43 PM
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Right on, Ed! I nevah take you for one forms-&-concrete guy, den. Me? I was hogwire fence builder in Waimea-Mud Lane and ditch-digger/jackhamma/compaction man on highways. Also, dynamite helper; I drill the hole and bring the diesel and ammonia fo put insy.
Check us out today: we pluck strings and talk hauna!
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braddah jay
Lokahi
235 Posts |
Posted - 07/20/2008 : 9:48:26 PM
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Eh former professionals now slack key playahs,ho back den da dollah went fah,nowadays 5 dollahs for one exotic coffee...yikes.I miss da nickle days,one dollah you set.Now 20 dollahs sometimes no-nuff,especially if you like treat.Me and braddah duke hit da dollah movies,den diners fo da cheese burgah saimin combo.Can if you know how.Braddah ed was by accident,using quotations class of 2008,main ting I wen grad Now wen I drop my wife off downtown by bank of hawaii,on my way home I can see braddah eds handiwork,and sweat. |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 07/20/2008 : 11:16:04 PM
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Yeah. I remebah when could buy penny candy at da stoah. Now days I don't even know why dey have da pennies. Not good fo nottin but give change back from dollah naineenain if no tax.
I had whatchu call nostaljah foah da penny candy from hanabatta days. We get one stoah stay sell dakine. http://www.sweetiescandy.com/ Dis was at fort of July wen da `ohana come foah cook out. So I hele da stoah an buy turtee dollah woof candy. I get Ice Cubes, Bun candy bars, Zero candy bar, Sky Bar, B.B. Bats, Slo-Poke, Suggah Daddy, Good n Planny, Chuckles, dem caramel tings, round wit white stuff inna middle I tink called bulls eye; an dem nodda kine what be coconut kine tree cullahs, pink, white an brown each wrap up in da cellopane. An dem nodda white nougat kine wit tiny blobs of chewy jelly kine candy, ahdunno what da name. I tot would be good fun have da family gathering foah talk about small kid time. Was good foah talk story, but da candy, not as good as I remembah. Or maybe trouble is I no remembah so ackyurut. I used to love dem ice cubes, but now eat one wanna make me sick. None of it tasted as good. "And I blew the blood sugar out of this world, sky high. Well, good for a nostaljah trip, yeah? Sometimes, you jus cannot go back.
But this stoah have all da old kine, dem wax lips and dem wax soda bottles full of sickeningly sweet liquid and dem pixie stix full of kool aid kina stuff. Do you remembah fizzies? Dey had da pop rocks, no Mikie did not splode his po`o from eating dem.
But, toosie rolls, nomo fat, nomo salt.
What was you favrite candy when small kid time?
And do you remembah da co-cola in da small bahdohs, dat soda pop most ono of all, cold outah dem machines at da gas station takin route 21 down to W. Va.
Now I oni get glucola foah da blood sugah tolerance test. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
Edited by - wcerto on 07/20/2008 11:18:47 PM |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 07/20/2008 : 11:38:16 PM
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One impohtant ting fo dis tread ova heah -- is da kine "dakine" o "da kine"? I wish to be propah an ackyurut.
Tanks, eh. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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braddah jay
Lokahi
235 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2008 : 02:24:32 AM
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Originally posted by wcerto
One impohtant ting fo dis tread ova heah -- is da kine "dakine" o "da kine"? I wish to be propah an ackyurut.
Tanks, eh.
Das how ma go fo broke,no scead,chance em,give em,and go like hell.You sound moa "local" dan me;dat one I gotta spell out bombye you tink I callin you crazy.Remembah da salt watah taffy belt,all kine collahs,and da malt tablets.Jolly joes,hot tamales,I tink dey even had all green kine,maybe mint or someting.No forget cracker jack wit someting inside.I wen check out dat website,too good all kine old stuff,wondah if same flavah? Still das cool. |
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Retro
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 07/21/2008 : 06:25:34 AM
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Was anybody else talking about shave ice? 
This thread, July 8. Go back an' see. |
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Hula Rider
Lokahi
USA
215 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2008 : 07:00:39 AM
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Don't peaches grow well in Hawai'i? I would think they would flourish, since they grow well in the south here on the mainland, you know, Georgia peaches. But they also grow well here in Ohio. Mmmmmm, good.
But I have one question -- what kind of waste water disposal do you have? Sewers or septic tanks or what? Where does all the icky water go? On outer islands in remote spots are there still out houses used or does everyone have a flush toilet? What about cooking heat? Do you use gas or electric? Are there any natural gas wells in Hawai`i? Do any of the homes need to have furnaces?
Tanks, eh.
Aloha kaua!
Peaches will grow in Hawai`i in some of the cooler areas at higher elevations. But where the temperature is good, it seems to be too wet, so there is a lot of blossom drop, and the young fruits get fungus and mold easily. Cherries and plums will grow in the higher elevations, and Waimea even has a Cherry Blossom Festival.
Hawai`i has a wide variety of black-water solutions. In Honolulu, Hilo, and (I expect) Lahaina, there are municipal sewer systems.
I grew up with cesspools and lua (pits) being the norm. Many people just had a pipe feeding into a lava tube. But now the law requires septic tanks or composting toilets. As the technology has improved, composting toilets are gaining in popularity.
Some people do still have outhouses.
Cooking heat: Some homes use natural gas, some use propane, a few use kerosene or alcohol stoves, a very few have wood-burning stoves. Most in town use electric or natural gas. Many homes use electric for lighting, refrigeration, etc and natural gas or propane for cooking. We used to have gas refrigerators so we did not have to run the generator all the time or else do without chilled foods.
Some people buy their power from the electric company. Some generate their own with diesel or gas generators, some use solar or wind systems to power their homes.
Hawai`i, being a chain of young volcanic islands, has no natural gas. We do have some limited use of geothermal energy. People and businesses with solar or wind powered structures are able to sell excess power to the power company. IMO, it would be excellent to strive for 100% of homes being set up to do this.
Some homes, especially at higher elevations have furnaces or fireplaces. I have seen frost on the ground in the morning in Mt. View. One of our neighbors here in Hilo has a fireplace. Here on Hala`i Hill, in the winter we catch all that heavy cold air off the summits of both Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa when it sinks down the mountain slopes at night. It hits our hill and "pools" around our homes.
As my home is an older one beautifully designed to utilize natural air flow to stay about 10 degrees cooler than the ambient temperature (GREAT most of the year!), it can be bloody freezing during a cold winter when the weather outside drops into the 50s! One year I just shut down every room but the kitchen, nailed blankets over the kitchen windows, and turned on the electric stove. My daughter and I slept on futons in the breakfast nook.
A little "toiletrivia": I was taught that "lua" is properly used for an out house, while "lumi pau pilikia" is used for the WC. "lua" literally means "pit." On a somewhat related note: "puka," I was taught, is a hole that goes all the way through something. So, the holes in my ears in which I hang my earrings are "puka," while the pits in which my eyeballs sit are "lua."
Malama pono,
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2008 : 07:19:21 AM
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| Mahalo Leilehua for telling me all the stuff that I have wondered about. I was certain there would be no natural gas there, since it is the result of decay of vegetation. Where there is coal, there is natural gas, there is oil and where there is oil, there is coal. In W. Va., lots of folks have gas wells on their property and get free gas, plus royalties for selling it to the gas company. And where my mom used to live, there was natural gas in the well water. Made really bad tasting coffee. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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PoiDog
Lokahi
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Posted - 07/21/2008 : 07:33:43 AM
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Hoooo...Outhouse Story. My TuTu's house had one outhouse. Had one big puka and one small puka...Da small puka was even on one mo lowa height den da big puka. On da side of da big puka, between da big puka an da small puka was one pile old Maui Newses.
So one day, me an my cuzzin ste by da plum trees. But we can hea, "Heeeelp.....Heeeelp!" Da plum trees ste about 200' from da outhouse, and dat's whea da soun ste coming from...da outhouse. I tell my cuzzin, "Eh...soun like Bucky! (Bucky is da olda brudda of da cuzzin ste wit me pickin plums.) So we staht walkin to da soun of da, "Heeeeelp!" An shua enuff...Bucky ste yelling fo help from da outhouse.
We yank open da door....Bucky ste inside da big puka, but not all da way. His azz wen drop down, and his knees an elbows was keepin him from falling all da way down into da puka. But he was stuck...Was funny. |
Aloha,
da Poi Dog |
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Peter Medeiros
`Olu`olu
546 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2008 : 07:47:09 AM
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| So waz da old daze yeah. Waz upcountry or what? Anden da Maui News waz fo double duty? |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2008 : 10:18:57 AM
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We did not have da Maui News in W. Va. We had da Sears & Roebuck weesh book. Also get da Farmers Almanac stay hanging by a string tied to a nail. Chrai look - Farmers Almanac get puka chru da top leff kornah for hang in da lua. Trouble wit Sears cadalog, da color pages stay too slick to do da rite job. Got rub da page face to face togeddah foah get da slick off da buggah. Oh, I happy foah quilted northern or charmin now. Dem freezin cold snowy wintah mornings, yikes. Dats mebbe when to use da 5 lb. lard bucket. We had 2 pukas, also too, but bot same hite same dye ama tah. Me & my girl cuzzins, we went togeddah. Lord knows why because nowadays, I would die before doing that I think. I cannot even make any noise in a public bathroom if anyone else around, get mortified.
Hey but at leess back den, we resaiko da cadalog.
An dis place is here in Ohio down in Amish country. One of da coolest stoahs I evah see. Huge da buggah. Plenny stuffs da Amish use, no mo electricity. Composting toilets, gas refrigeradors and all kiine odda stuffs way cool. Just fun go deah an browse. Funny ting dey get da dot com and sell dakine tings lidat. When was da y2k skea ho da place sell out all da kine jenareidahs and stuff, peepo go crazy buyin from dem guyz. Chrai look. http://www.lehmans.com/jump.jsp?itemID=0&itemType=HOME_PAGE Can use plenny dis stuffs up country Maui or up dea by da volcano on Moku o Keawe. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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PoiDog
Lokahi
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Posted - 07/21/2008 : 11:58:01 AM
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I cannot even make any noise in a public bathroom if anyone else around, get mortified.
I used to be li-dat. I oni could use one familiah seat...But not aftah all da radiation...Now ste kinda week down deah. SO wen da time come...it is now...not latah.
Expecially at da airport. Expecially aftah a nite wit da boyz. I kno no can smoke at one airport, but, sometimes you feel sorry fo da guy nex dooah! My frien Kamaka wen roll up da pepa and lite um...he no smoke but he know he gotta kill da smell. Somebody wen call Security cuz dey wen smell sometin burning. Dey wen accuze him fo smokin' in da batroom. But he nevah. When I wen back inside, I wen vouch fo da smell and he was oni liting da pepa fo kill da smell. I says to a security guy, whea is da sign you no can burn noting? It oni says NO SMOKING. Dey wen give him da obligatory "pat down" and nevah fine noting...No cig, no cig pack, noting. Oni da match he wen bum from Ernesto...he smoke, but not Kamaka. I says to da security officah, "You guys should be giving him one award fo liting up da pepa. An possibly saving da life of one tourist daddy...You no like all da tourist chirrins be witout one faddah and dey gotta go home to Nebraska cuz daddy wen succomb to Kamaka's nuclear blast."
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