Hawaiianology

The carton of pog juice that is by the plantation iced tea (pineapple) and island grown coffee (kona) and Hawaii variation of tea are at many breakfast tables. When people see it they see the tropical feel of a sweet drink that sometimes has an unknown amount of actual juice is something of a treat to locals or a reminder of Hawaii to visitors who drink it elsewhere in a glass. It is not really something people give too much thought into, because it is recalled as the drink that welcomes you with a mixture of passion fruit, orange, and guava. With many people taking pog on the go with them the Pog Juice that was most commercially available was a processed drink available in small cartons or cans that were easy to drink on the go in a cooler or served as a single serving. While it serves as a daily drink the less processed no colorings, preservatives, and little sugar added is late to the party. When people went to restaurants or stayed at a hotel they would taste the really sugary proc...

Description:  Hawaii Hekka is a Hot Pot dish that is eaten all over Hawaii with different variations being: Kauai Hekka, Oahu Hekka, Maui Hekka, Lanai Hekka, Molokai Hekka, and Big Island Hekka. Each islands Hekka group has its subregions of Hekka dishes as well, because the character of the dish is based on the families that made them as much as the food.   Kama'aina  (Hawaii Residents) will be reminded of the saltiness in the dish with a strong flavor that lasts in a hekka. The must haves is the shoyu sauce mixture that flavors the broth with its meat flavoring. This is combined with a variety of ingredients, but the classic is: chicken breast, light shoyu, sugar cane sugar, sesame seed oil, ginger, carrots, sweet onions, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, watercress, and long rice noodles. Many people who cooked the dish in Hawaii never measured the ingredients and always tasted the dish till it was perfect for their family. If anyone looks for Hekka in Japan they will not...