"Steve Calvin" > wrote in message
...
> well, my better half has convinced me.... we're going to Hawaii.
>
> Our nephew is a surgeon in the Army and came back from a 2 year stint in
> Iraq to be stationed on Oahu because his wife is also in the Army and
> doing her residency there. They have a 3000sq foot house overlooking
> Pearl, so we have a free joint to stay in and tour guides who promise us
> things that "normal tourists" won't see/do, including access to running
> the dunes on the military lands in a Jeep.
>
> 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!
>
> Going the 15th of Jan and returning the 30th, so I'll report back after
> that but I'm lookin' forward to some GOOD PIG!
>
The real kalua pig is really steamed pork. The process is interesting - the
Hawaiians didn't have any metals...no iron, no copper, no zinc, etc etc etc.
All they had was wood and a whole lot of lava rock. First point - the
native Polynesians coming to Hawaii brought with them chickens, pigs, and
dogs.

http://www.hawaiihistory.com/index.c...age&PageID=529