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                KILOHANA GRILL Newsletter

Mei, May, 2014
In This Issue
HAWAIIAN EVENTS
DAYS OF MY YOUTH
HULA

HAWAIIAN EVENTS
 
May 1 - Lei Day Festival in Hawaii
http://www.gohawaii.com/oahu/events/imported/2014/1/AB1728DF-BF53-59CB-9E28E9929BBB0281?islandId=oahu

May 3 - 11th Annual Polynesian Festival Leo Ryan Park Amphitheater Foster City 10 am to 5 pm
Free Hula & Outrigger rides
Admission is free, food and vendor booths available
For more information, call the Foster City Parks and Recreation Department at (650) 286-3380

May 10 - May 11 Sat & Sun
9am - 6pm
Presented By: Kuma Hula Association of Northern Calif.
For More Information 
Cost: Adults $10, 5 & under free, Seniors $8, Parking: $8
Contact email: kumahulaassociation@gmail.com
Contact phone: 650-355-6451

May Day Festival and Mother's Day too! Admission includes all day entertainment on two stages, vendors with opportunity to shop (for Mom) and enjoy local foods from our food booths. Jumphouses for the Kids. For further information, please visit our website.
www.kumuhulaassociation.com


May 11 - Sunday
Mother's Day

May 24-26 - Kilohana Grill
will be closed for maintenance/repair work

May 26 - Monday
Memorial Day

Got Kilohana?  

MAUI WOWI
4833 Hopyard Rd, Pleasanton, CA
Maui Wowi logo
Maui Wowi carries our Hawaiian BBQ Beef, Hawaiian BBQ Chicken, Kalua Pork, potato salad.  Check them out when you're in the Pleasanton area!

RECIPE OF THE MONTH:
    
 Here's a simple but yummy Mother's Day breakfast idea! 

Author:
Type: Breakfast
Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 1 loaf King's Hawaiian Sweet Bread
  • 4 eggs
  • ½ cup whole milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • butter for frying
  • maple syrup
  • fresh sliced strawberries
Instructions
  1. Heat a large frying pan over medium-high heat.
  2. Slice the loaf of bread into 6 thick slices, then again in half for 12 slices total.
  3. In a bowl, whisk eggs, milk, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg.
  4. Coat the bottom of the frying pan with butter.
  5. Quickly dip the bread into the egg mixture and right back out. Don't let it linger or the bread will fall apart.
  6. Fry on both sides until golden brown. Add more butter as needed to finish all of the bread.
  7. Top with warm maple syrup and sliced
    strawberries.

http://foodfamilyfinds.com/sunday-breakfast-hawaiian-sweet-french-toast-with-strawberries-recipe/

  
Happy Mother's Day!

 Wishing all the moms, moms to be, mom-in-laws, mom-out-laws and hanae (adopted) moms a blessed Mother's Day!  Enjoy this special day!   Take mom to the Hula Festival in Pleasanton.
Go to http://www.hawaiimaydayfestival.com/ for more details and to print out a Mother's Day coupon!

Happy Memorial Day - Remembering those who have served our great country.  We appreciate you!
Please note:  Kilohana Grill will be closed that weekend - Saturday 5/24 - Monday 5/26 for repairs. 
 
Malama Pono - Take care  
Hope you are all well - 
Pam and Myron Kashima and all of the staff at Kilohana Grill
DAYS OF MY YOUTH  - Growing up on Kauai
           Myron Kashima
   
  MY HAWAIIAN AUNTIES
  
Sending out a tribute to my
Hawaiian aunties for Mother's Day.    

I have only vague memories of my mom's sisters. I know my aunties were very crafty and early on, they sewed intricate leis that were sold to tourists to help support the family. Leis were often made from plumeria, puakinikini, mokihana, maunaloa, crown flower, pakalana and other exotic flowers of Hawaii. I remember them sitting around a table making maile leis for some occasion. The fragrant maile vine had to be pounded and twined into a lei. 

They made beautiful Hawaiian quilts that were carefully hand sewn, each stitch had to be perfect and even.  This form of quilt making was probably brought by the missionaries during the 1800's. Patterns were chosen from Hawaiian plants or flowers - like the ulu (breadfruit) leaf, taro or bird of paradise, ginger, etc.
(Queen Liliuokalani spent her time quilting while she was under house arrest at the end of the Hawaiian monarchy.) http://www.royaltiki.com/Articles/History-And-Culture/The-History-Behind-Hawaiian-Quilting

Aunty Edna's home was full of all the wonderful crafts she made.  She knitted, crocheted and of course, made quilts.  She blessed me with my own pillow made with a beautiful ulu leaf pattern - made in the regal purple color for the Island of Kauai.  I loved listening to her "talk story" about the old days and about our Hawaiian heritage and culture.

As a kid, I loved going to Aunty Mercy's house.  I have fond memories of running down the hill from their house to play in the surf and sand at Anahola Beach with my cousins.

All my aunties are gone now.  Next time I spend time with my mom, I will have to get "acquainted" with my aunties through my mom's memories while I still have the opportunity.

Happy Mother's Day, mom,
and to aunties everywhere!
~  Myron
       

    HAWAIIAN QUILTING
 
A Hawaiian quilt is a distinctive quilting style of the Hawaiian Islands that uses large radially symmetric applique patterns. Motifs often work stylized botanical designs in bold colors on a white background.

Hawaiian quilt applique is made from a single cut on folded fabric. not true stitches normally follow the contours of the applique design.

History

Hawaiian quilting derives from the kapa moe, an indigenous bed cover textile. Kapa was constructed from the inner bark of local trees. Traditional kapa was beaten and felted, then dyed in geometric patterns. Quilting may have begun in the Hawaiian islands with the arrival of missionaries and Western fabrics in the 1820s. The climate of Hawaii is unsuitable for cotton cultivation and kapa is unsuitable for quilting so all Hawaiian quilts are constructed from imported material. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_quilt

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PIDGIN CORNER - LEARN SOME LOCAL "SLANG"

Ova dea  - oh vah deh ah 
Over there 
  Da store stay down da street ova dea!
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE MONTH                      
       
Hau`oli La Makuahine - hah ooh oh lee  lah mah ku ah he neh
Happy Mother's Day 
I hope you enjoyed our newsletter.  I welcome your feedback and you can unsubscribe at anytime.  Until next month.....   A hui hou - until we meet again
         
Aloha,   PAM KASHIMA   KILOHANA GRILL
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