I made the Kalua Pig for dinner tonight - took Louis Cohen's suggestion
and served it with sweet potato oven fries, dusted with an Asian spice
mix, and a cucumber/red onion salad dressed simply with celery seeds, sea
salt and vinegar.

Everybody loved it and had seconds and thirds.

Homemade nectarine sorbet with macerated blackberries & raspberries for
dessert.

Definitely a winner - I'll make it again.

This will be my last mid-week dinner party for awhile. After a 3 1/2
year break, I'm returning to the realm of the employed on Monday.

Donna
A pessimist believes all women are bad. An optimist hopes they are.

On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 04:45:21 GMT, Donna Rose
> wrote:

>I made the Kalua Pig for dinner tonight - took Louis Cohen's
suggestion
>and served it with sweet potato oven fries, dusted with an Asian
spice
>mix, and a cucumber/red onion salad dressed simply with celery seeds,
sea
>salt and vinegar.
>
>Everybody loved it and had seconds and thirds.
>
>Homemade nectarine sorbet with macerated blackberries & raspberries
for
>dessert.
>
>Definitely a winner - I'll make it again.
>
>This will be my last mid-week dinner party for awhile. After a 3 1/2
>year break, I'm returning to the realm of the employed on Monday.
>
>Donna
>A pessimist believes all women are bad. An optimist hopes they are.

It sounds like you had a wonderful dinner! Yum.

I always love Kalua pig. It has a wonderful flavor and you can
understand why Hawaiians would go through all the trouble of digging
an oven in the earth, line it with rocks, put in a dressed pig wrapped
in Ti leaves, then cover with more rocks and soil and wait patiently.
6 hours or so.

When we do an Imu(ground oven) we put in turkeys and sweet potatoes.
I have even heard of boy scout groups putting in briskets as for a
fund raiser. The turkey, I can tell you, is just as yummy imho as
Kalua pig.

Good luck returning to work!
aloha,
Thunder
http://www.smithfarms.com
Farmers & Sellers of 100%
Kona Coffee & other Great Stuff

On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 04:45:21 GMT, Donna Rose
> wrote:

>I made the Kalua Pig for dinner tonight - took Louis Cohen's
suggestion
>and served it with sweet potato oven fries, dusted with an Asian
spice
>mix, and a cucumber/red onion salad dressed simply with celery seeds,
sea
>salt and vinegar.
>
>Everybody loved it and had seconds and thirds.
>
>Homemade nectarine sorbet with macerated blackberries & raspberries
for
>dessert.
>
>Definitely a winner - I'll make it again.
>
>This will be my last mid-week dinner party for awhile. After a 3 1/2
>year break, I'm returning to the realm of the employed on Monday.
>
>Donna
>A pessimist believes all women are bad. An optimist hopes they are.

It sounds like you had a wonderful dinner! Yum.

I always love Kalua pig. It has a wonderful flavor and you can
understand why Hawaiians would go through all the trouble of digging
an oven in the earth, line it with rocks, put in a dressed pig wrapped
in Ti leaves, then cover with more rocks and soil and wait patiently.
6 hours or so.

When we do an Imu(ground oven) we put in turkeys and sweet potatoes.
I have even heard of boy scout groups putting in briskets as for a
fund raiser. The turkey, I can tell you, is just as yummy imho as
Kalua pig.

Good luck returning to work!
aloha,
Thunder
http://www.smithfarms.com
Farmers & Sellers of 100%
Kona Coffee & other Great Stuff

Donna Rose said:
> I made the Kalua Pig for dinner tonight - took Louis Cohen's suggestion
> and served it with sweet potato oven fries, dusted with an Asian spice
> mix, and a cucumber/red onion salad dressed simply with celery seeds, sea
> salt and vinegar.
>

Since you didn't post any recipes or anything why should we give a dam?
Hopefully diarrhea strikes you and your guests ASAP and for quite some time.

SpamTrap wrote:
> Donna Rose said:
>> I made the Kalua Pig for dinner tonight - took Louis Cohen's suggestion
>> and served it with sweet potato oven fries, dusted with an Asian spice
>> mix, and a cucumber/red onion salad dressed simply with celery seeds, sea
>> salt and vinegar.
>>
>
> Since you didn't post any recipes or anything why should we give a dam?
> Hopefully diarrhea strikes you and your guests ASAP and for quite some time.

Google is your (well maybe not *yours*, since you probably have none, with your
attitude), but there *was* a thread with a discussion of this dinner, and links
provided, along with suggestions for side dishes.

BOB

In article >, says...
> SpamTrap wrote:
> > Donna Rose said:
> >> I made the Kalua Pig for dinner tonight - took Louis Cohen's suggestion
> >> and served it with sweet potato oven fries, dusted with an Asian spice
> >> mix, and a cucumber/red onion salad dressed simply with celery seeds, sea
> >> salt and vinegar.
> >>
> >
> > Since you didn't post any recipes or anything why should we give a dam?
> > Hopefully diarrhea strikes you and your guests ASAP and for quite some time.
>
> Google is your (well maybe not *yours*, since you probably have none, with your
> attitude), but there *was* a thread with a discussion of this dinner, and links
> provided, along with suggestions for side dishes.
>
> BOB
>
>
>
Thanks, Bob. I thought about responding to this cretin, then decided he
wasn't worth my energy. A quick google search turned up nothing else of
value he's ever added here; he now has the distinction of being the first
and only addition to my bozo bin (an appropriate name if I ever did hear
one!)
--
Donna
A pessimist believes all women are bad. An optimist hopes they are.

In article >, says...
> SpamTrap wrote:
> > Donna Rose said:
> >> I made the Kalua Pig for dinner tonight - took Louis Cohen's suggestion
> >> and served it with sweet potato oven fries, dusted with an Asian spice
> >> mix, and a cucumber/red onion salad dressed simply with celery seeds, sea
> >> salt and vinegar.
> >>
> >
> > Since you didn't post any recipes or anything why should we give a dam?
> > Hopefully diarrhea strikes you and your guests ASAP and for quite some time.
>
> Google is your (well maybe not *yours*, since you probably have none, with your
> attitude), but there *was* a thread with a discussion of this dinner, and links
> provided, along with suggestions for side dishes.
>
> BOB
>
>
>
Thanks, Bob. I thought about responding to this cretin, then decided he
wasn't worth my energy. A quick google search turned up nothing else of
value he's ever added here; he now has the distinction of being the first
and only addition to my bozo bin (an appropriate name if I ever did hear
one!)
--
Donna
A pessimist believes all women are bad. An optimist hopes they are.

In article > ,
says...
> " BOB" > wrote in message >...
> >
> > Google is your (well maybe not *yours*, since you probably have none, with your
> > attitude), but there *was* a thread with a discussion of this dinner, and links
> > provided, along with suggestions for side dishes.
> >
> > BOB
>
> I just googled it when Donna posted her results. I had it saved on the
> computer but in the recent crash I lost the recipes.
>
> We're serving it buffet style with fresh fuit salad (papaya, mango,
> pineapple, banana, and coconut), cucumber,onion, and tomato salad,
> camotes (a Central American sweet potato), rice, an assortment of
> breads. I haven't decided on a dessert. I suppose I could drag out the
> hand crank ice cream maker and make some limon sorbet. Sorbets are one
> of those things here in Honduras that I have to make from scratch.
> It's unavailable in the markets.
>
> Sandi
>
Ohhh! That sounds delicious! Good luck with your dinner.

I agree a limon sorbet would have been more in keeping with the theme of
the meal. However, I had an excess of nectarines that I needed to use
up, and so nectarine sorbet was my choice. I added some lime zest and
juice to the sorbet, and used honey instead of sugar, having recently
discovered what a wonderful flavor combination it is with peaches and
nectarines.

Let us know how your dinner turns out!
--
Donna
A pessimist believes all women are bad. An optimist hopes they are.

(SNIP)


> I agree a limon sorbet would have been more in keeping with the theme of
> the meal. However, I had an excess of nectarines that I needed to use
> up, and so nectarine sorbet was my choice. I added some lime zest and
> juice to the sorbet, and used honey instead of sugar, having recently
> discovered what a wonderful flavor combination it is with peaches and
> nectarines.


I disagree. Since Kalua pig is a hawaiian tradition, a coconut flavored
pudding called Haupia would have been the perfect dessert.

http://www.ochef.com/112.htm

For a recipe.

kili
http://www.ochef.com/112.htm

(SNIP)


> I agree a limon sorbet would have been more in keeping with the theme of
> the meal. However, I had an excess of nectarines that I needed to use
> up, and so nectarine sorbet was my choice. I added some lime zest and
> juice to the sorbet, and used honey instead of sugar, having recently
> discovered what a wonderful flavor combination it is with peaches and
> nectarines.


I disagree. Since Kalua pig is a hawaiian tradition, a coconut flavored
pudding called Haupia would have been the perfect dessert.

http://www.ochef.com/112.htm

For a recipe.

kili
http://www.ochef.com/112.htm

In article >,
says...
> (SNIP)
>
>
> > I agree a limon sorbet would have been more in keeping with the theme of
> > the meal. However, I had an excess of nectarines that I needed to use
> > up, and so nectarine sorbet was my choice. I added some lime zest and
> > juice to the sorbet, and used honey instead of sugar, having recently
> > discovered what a wonderful flavor combination it is with peaches and
> > nectarines.
>
>
> I disagree. Since Kalua pig is a hawaiian tradition, a coconut flavored
> pudding called Haupia would have been the perfect dessert.
>
I thought about a coconut dessert for a nanosecond. Unfortunately one of
my dinner guests that night absolutely *hates* coconut so that wasn't an
option for me. I might do that in the future, assuming I'm not up to my
elbows in nectarines again!
--
Donna
A pessimist believes all women are bad. An optimist hopes they are.