On 26-Oct-2008, Steve Calvin > wrote:

> Zz Yzx wrote:
> >> He says we're going to do a "real" luau, not one of "those
> >> tourist
> >> ones". Now, what's the diff? Hell, I don't know but I'm really
> >> looking
> >> forward to it!
> >
> > The "real" (pre-european) Hawaiian fair is raw fish, taro root,
> > and
> > other vegetables. The Europeans brought pigs, cows, Norfolk
> > pines, a
> > musical instrument that was adapted to become the ukelele (the
> > Porteguese, I think), disease and othe rpestilence, &tc.
> >
> > -zZ
>
> ok, if that's it, then I'm freekin' OUT. Ain't NFW I'm eating raw
> fish.
> Sorry but it's just not happening. I know the two other people
> going
> won't either. <BLECH>
>
> I want PIG!

Don't panic Steve. Nobody left alive does the original Hawaiian
luau anymore. What your host most likely means is that they will
really bury a pig and cook it in the not so very old way. They've
been burying real pigs for nigh on to a hundred years and maybe
more.

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