On 1/27/2017 6:38 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> The ONLY memorable thing dsi1 does here is to
> constantly remind us that he's Oriental...

I snipped a bunch but I kind of have to agree here. Does it really
matter he lives in Hawaii or that he might be of Polynesian, Hawaiian,
Chinese, or Japanese descent? Not to me.

Heck, my parents lived on Kīlauea for two years. This was before I was
born. My two older brothers (still pretty much babies at the time) were
there with them. I remember my mother telling me about a Japanese woman
who lived next door who would go outside and stomp on huge snails on her
patio with her bare feet. Common sense would tell me to put down salt,
it deters snails and slugs. Apparently just stomping on snails was a
native tradition. Sounds pretty disgusting to me.

The Hawaiian islands are certainly not the cut off from the rest of the
world. It's all well and good to want to preserve culture. It is not
as if the islands of Hawaii are a mystery.

Guess what I saw on the 'Antiques Roadshow' last night? A "poi
pounder". Poi being a traditional Hawaiian food. Sorry, not something
I want to eat. But gee, the show was taped in Indiana, stateside.
They'd sure heard of Hawaii (and poi) even if dsi1 has never heard of
Indiana. LOL

Jill