"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> 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


I thought the pounder was NOT an attractive thing I would want sitting
around. LOL

Cheri