Red Salt – Hawaii

Red Salt – Hawaii

 

“Alaea salt has a special place at the “luau” table, great feasts where Hawaiians and their guests enjoy traditional dishes like “kalua pork” — a whole pig roasted over hot stones for hours underground, and “poi” — the purple mashed tuber of the taro plant. A popular appetizer is “poke”, made with small cubes of raw fish mixed with various seasonings like edible seaweed, green onion, and ground nuts of the kukui tree. A bit of ‘alaea salt is used to season all these dishes at the table, and Hawaiians are particularly fond of eating slices of sweet, raw onion dipped in the reddish salt”

Dana Kokubun – Hawaii

 

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