How An Ancient Hawaiian Food Still Makes It To The Plate Dining on a Dime
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Date: 2020-05-20
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ANIMALFRIES
The way Lucas describes the food is absolutely perfect. As a professional cook, those are the exact type of descriptor words that we would all love our servers to use because they can truly make one salivate and satiate for something of that nature. The only way to be able to do what Lucas does is to 1) eat lots and try everything and 2) do some actual research on cuisine/cultures and not just base your food knowledge off of which hype restaurants you've eaten at (which Lucas clearly does as he hosts. Dining on a Dime heh.
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The way Lucas describes the food is absolutely perfect. As a professional cook, those are the exact type of descriptor words that we would all love our servers to use because they can truly make one salivate and satiate for something of that nature. The only way to be able to do what Lucas does is to 1) eat lots and try everything and 2) do some actual research on cuisine/cultures and not just base your food knowledge off of which hype restaurants you've eaten at (which Lucas clearly does as he hosts. Dining on a Dime heh.
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Ji
Oh great, now you tell everyone about our local little secret hole in da wall spot, and all the tourist will flood this little place, long lines will form, and they will run out of poi in no time. Auwe! FYI squid is a colloquial term for octopus or He'e in Hawaiian, tako in Japanese. Squid lu'au has no real squid (relatively difficult to find in the wild here) in it, it has octopus (easy to find with a trained eye. Also, poi always better at least two days old five even better, nice and sour not bland like fresh poi.
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Oh great, now you tell everyone about our local little secret hole in da wall spot, and all the tourist will flood this little place, long lines will form, and they will run out of poi in no time. Auwe! FYI squid is a colloquial term for octopus or He'e in Hawaiian, tako in Japanese. Squid lu'au has no real squid (relatively difficult to find in the wild here) in it, it has octopus (easy to find with a trained eye. Also, poi always better at least two days old five even better, nice and sour not bland like fresh poi.
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Richmond
Alright, I understand that you're going to all of these places for the food but please at least get the locations correct. Kaneohe is not on the North side of Oahu, it is considered the East side. Also in other videos such as Shirokiya Market, a poor visual representation of Oahu is shown with a star saying it's Kahuku when really Ala Moana is in Honolulu.
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Alright, I understand that you're going to all of these places for the food but please at least get the locations correct. Kaneohe is not on the North side of Oahu, it is considered the East side. Also in other videos such as Shirokiya Market, a poor visual representation of Oahu is shown with a star saying it's Kahuku when really Ala Moana is in Honolulu.
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J.
Chicken Long rice is actually a Chinese influenced dish that dates to the 19th century. Native Hawaiians didnt have rice or noodles. Also Lomi Salmon is most likely a 19th-20th century dish. There are no salmon in the waters of Hawaii (too warm, Tomato is a New World plant, didnt grow in Hawaii until Western contact. Everything else looks legit.
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Chicken Long rice is actually a Chinese influenced dish that dates to the 19th century. Native Hawaiians didnt have rice or noodles. Also Lomi Salmon is most likely a 19th-20th century dish. There are no salmon in the waters of Hawaii (too warm, Tomato is a New World plant, didnt grow in Hawaii until Western contact. Everything else looks legit.
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Doodah
The food just didn't look very appetizing to me on this episode. especially that poi. My cousin who went to Hawaii said the scenery is great, but the food wasn't all that great. BTW, Lucas, I think all the food is starting to catch up with you. Time to hit the gym, buddy. No worries, I need to go on a diet AND hit the gym, too. :)
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The food just didn't look very appetizing to me on this episode. especially that poi. My cousin who went to Hawaii said the scenery is great, but the food wasn't all that great. BTW, Lucas, I think all the food is starting to catch up with you. Time to hit the gym, buddy. No worries, I need to go on a diet AND hit the gym, too. :)
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ShoMeSho
I love Lucas. Honestly one of my favorite food hosts. He's so respectful, educated, and well spoken in the Eater videos I've seen, especially when they are about an unfamiliar cuisine, his decency is on display in how he navigates it and the culture its from. Also, his moment with the kid. my ovaries may never recover.
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I love Lucas. Honestly one of my favorite food hosts. He's so respectful, educated, and well spoken in the Eater videos I've seen, especially when they are about an unfamiliar cuisine, his decency is on display in how he navigates it and the culture its from. Also, his moment with the kid. my ovaries may never recover.
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Mark
Lucas, your specific comment about not treating poi as a fetish while at the same time acknowledging its prominence, was quite insightful. I just started watching more of your videos and instances like this have shown me that food is more than just food. It's about the people and community behind it. Thank you for this.
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Lucas, your specific comment about not treating poi as a fetish while at the same time acknowledging its prominence, was quite insightful. I just started watching more of your videos and instances like this have shown me that food is more than just food. It's about the people and community behind it. Thank you for this.
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Tyler
I love how respectful and educated on the culture he is. This is a platform to reach out to so many people who want to learn more about Hawaii and its cuisine; unfortunately, a lot of the times it is misrepresented by people who butcher the language and/or traditions or rudely critique the food and think it's funny.
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I love how respectful and educated on the culture he is. This is a platform to reach out to so many people who want to learn more about Hawaii and its cuisine; unfortunately, a lot of the times it is misrepresented by people who butcher the language and/or traditions or rudely critique the food and think it's funny.
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ಠ.ಠ
As much as I enjoy watching this series because of Lucas' character and personality. What really gets me is his knowledge in food and how he's able to reference to other cultures of food so well. I'm curious to know how much of this is scripted and if isn't at all, what his culinary background is.
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As much as I enjoy watching this series because of Lucas' character and personality. What really gets me is his knowledge in food and how he's able to reference to other cultures of food so well. I'm curious to know how much of this is scripted and if isn't at all, what his culinary background is.
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Dr.
Most people dont know how to eat Polynesian food - Its a dip. In SAMOA, there are very rich oil coconut foods that are over tasty, and you eat it with Taro, something bland to balance it all out. And Poi. is great to mix. Back then in the 16th-18th century a 5 food group meal was RARE.
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Most people dont know how to eat Polynesian food - Its a dip. In SAMOA, there are very rich oil coconut foods that are over tasty, and you eat it with Taro, something bland to balance it all out. And Poi. is great to mix. Back then in the 16th-18th century a 5 food group meal was RARE.
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