Hawaiianology

Many choices come to mind when it's food that is local Hawaii food, but people might not exactly know how it is. Hawaii Italian is a curious sort of food, since it is clearly American-Italian, but also Local Cuisine, with a sprinkle of exotic marriages of cuisines until it turned into something not all that authentic. It can be really hard to say that something is Italian without pausing for a bit, because it doesn’t really sound right, but it surely is delicious! There are al dente pastas that hit the spot, but there are also overcooked pastas that complete a plate lunch. The pizza that a person is ordering that people might think is Hawaii is one that has pineapples, but actually it is the one that makes use of delicious Kalua or other nicely toasty delicacies. While it is historically speaking part of the Haole food ladder it isn’t only that, because the people that cooked it had defined it in the middle of the Pacific.  Misunderstood Mainland, the mainland was often misundersto...