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Let’s Go Hawaiian—Auntie Teah’s SPAM Breakfast Burrito Recipe

 Jumpstart your weekend with this delicious SPAM breakfast burrito—straight from Auntie Teah’s Big Island kitchen.
Ingredients

1 Can of SPAM
1 Dozen Eggs
1Dozen Tortillas
Mayonnaise
Garlic Powder
Shredded Mozzarella Cheese

1 can pineapple chunks

Directions
Slice SPAM into long strips.
Fry slices in pan until crispy, set aside.
Using same skillet, scramble eggs. Spice to taste with garlic powder.
Warm tortillas in oven.
Spread mayo on tortilla.
Assemble SPAM, scrambled eggs, shredded cheese and pineapple chunks in tortilla.
Wrap and enjoy.

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Kona Coffee—Island Beverage of Choice

I n Aloha Rose, fictional hero, Kai Barnes, grows Kona coffee.

What makes Kona coffee so special? Here’s the facts—

Kona coffee (Coffea Arabica) originated in the Kona districts of the Big Island. Only coffee cultivated in the Kona district can bear the appellation of “kona”. As one of the most expensive coffees in the world, the coffee plants require sunny mornings, cloud-cover or rainy afternoons, protection from wind and temperate nights. The mineral-rich soil of the volcanic Hawaiian island also creates the flavorable, aromatic taste.

The first coffee plant was brought to the Kona region in 1828 by the Reverend Samuel Ruggles. An English merchant, Henry Nicholas Greenwell, further pioneered and established the Kona coffee brand on the Big Island. His Greenwell Store and the Kona Coffee Living History Farm are museums today.

What is Kona snow? Any guesses?

In the beginning, Kona coffee was grow on large plantations, but after the coffee market crash of 1899 (yeah, who knew?), plantation owners leased the land to their imported Japanese work force. The immigrants, brought to Hawaii for the sugarcane industry, worked the small, family coffee farms. The tradition of family Kona coffee farms continue today among their Japanese, Filipino and mainland American descendants. Over 800 Kona coffee farms are still in operation, farms of less than five acres.

What is your favorite brand of coffee?

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Let’s Go Hawaiian—What’s for Breakfast at Auntie Teah’s?

This tropical breakfast is brought to you today courtesy of Aloha Rose and Auntie Teah’s kitchen. Enjoy.

Guava

Mango

Papaya

Pineapple

Coconut Milk

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Let’s Go Hawaiian—Luau Time

Luaus are traditionally celebrated for weddings, christenings, birthdays and other important events. Food is laid out open-iar on a bed of banana leaves or bamboo mats.  A whole pig is earth-roasted in an underground imu oven all day.

Menu items include—laulau (pork, chicken or fish steamed in ti leaves), lomi (salmon with tomatoes and green onions, haupia (coconut pudding), Kulolo (steamed pudding with coconut, brown sugar and taro), steamed breadfruit, sweet potatos, taro chips, and lots of fruit.

Sometimes a 3 day event, any luau is authentic when you or friends make the food. Luaus always involve music, dancing (hula) and when host and guest “talk” story.

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Let’s Go Hawaiian—And Eat!

It’s Food Week at Aloha Rose. What are the traditional foods you would see at a Hawaiian luau?

Luau Spread

Laulau—pork wrapped in taro leaf

Lomi—diced tomatoes, salmon and Maui onions

Haupia—a coconut milk-based dessert

Bento—a boxed plate lunch—Note the SPAM

Bon appétit.

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Let’s Go Hawaiian—A 1 Minute Tour of the Waipio Valley

The Waipio Valley stretches inland five feet deep, over a mile wide and surrounded by majestic 2000 foot cliff walls.

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Let’s Go Hawaiian—Tropical Flora of Aloha Rose

Some of the lush, tropical flora featured in Aloha Rose—

African Tulip Tree

Anthuriums

Banyan Tree

Birds of Paradise

Bougainvillea

Breadfruit Tree

Ginger

Hibiscus

Monkeypod Tree

Orchid

Taro

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Let’s Go Hawaiian—The Elepaio, songbird of the Big Island

The first bird to sing “aloha” to the morning sun on the Hawaiian islands.

Teaser—Why does Laney remind Kai of this curious, little bird?

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Let’s Go Hawaiian—The Honu—Green Sea Turtles

Legend says that the honu, green sea turtles, watch over the children of Hawaii.

Enjoy this 1 minute video on the honu.

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Let’s Go Hawaiian—What in the world does a coqui frog sound like?

Make sure your volume isn’t tuned too high, ’cause this little guy could deafen you. Imagine an entire rainforest of these vocalists “singing” you to sleep each night.

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