Gone Fishin'

Lately I have been on this fishin' and crabbin' kick and feeling the urge to learn how to fish. So I have been boning up by watchin videos and readin up on the web. Well it turns out my 'ol friend Tony, who I went to High School with, is on island for a visit. He is one of the few friends I know who enjoys fishin and has been doing it for quite a while.
We hooked up after I got done with work then took a trip over to the store where we bought a rod and reel, a knife, a bucket, some hooks and bait. After we equipped ourselves we set out to the end of the jetty where we cast our line. We did alright, although we didn't catch anything really worth keeping. But it was still fun to actually get out there and do some fishin and get fish smell on your hands.m Here is what we caught:

A small kine eel with a ferocious set of chompers.


A little male Samoan crab


And a beautiful sunset!

Tonight we are going to Hanapepe Bridge with a crab ring and gonna try to pull in some big kine crabs for a weekend crab feast!

Organic White Pineapple Yummerz!

A nice lady stopped by the shop to order some shirts. She goes by the name of Liz and owns a small organic farm called Kalamania Farms and Woods which is located on the east side of Kauai in a town called Anahola. We got to talkin' and she was mentioned that she would also like to get a logo created for her farm as well as order a banner for her booth at the Farmer's Market. We chatted for a bit about what she had in mind and I am going to start working on her logo next week. We agreed on a fair price and a partial payment of some of her organic produce. She then went out to the truck to get her deposit; a white pineapple which she called a "Kona Sugarloaf." Let me tell you this...IT WAS SOME GOOD EATIN! I ate half of it raw that afternoon, used part for my morning fruit smoothie and wrapped the rest up in some bacon along with a few teri shrimps and then cooked it on the BBQ. Well my BBQ technique needs help and some of the wraps got a little scorched but for the most part the end result broke da mouth. My tastebuddies can't wait for my next payment of fresh organic tropical delights.

Spam Musubi

You either love Spam Musubi or you hate it. I for one enjoy the taste of one of Hawaii's favorite foods. Although I must admit I don't particularly like the smell of nori. I have been told you can make musubi with just about anything teriyaki chicken or beef, Portuguese and Vienna sausage and even hotdogs. I did a bit of googling and found out about the history of Spam and a Spam musubi Recipe at Whats Cooking America. So I went out and bought me a Musubi Maker and the rest of the ingredients needed to whup up my own Spam Musubi. It was easy to make and came out ONO! (Delicious)

Lychee Pickin'

A few weeks ago my friend Carol, who works with me at Island Art & Screenprinting and also runs The Tea Treasury, asked me if I was interested in coming over to her house to help her husband Frank pick Lychee. If you never had fresh lychee you don't know what you are missing! They are nothing like the canned in syrup one you find in the markets on the mainland. A fresh lychee is one of my favorite things to snack on over here. I jumped at the chance to get a free bag of these tasty little tropical fruits. The lychee have a spiky skin that is easily peeled away to reveal what looks and feels like a squishy eyeball. You pop that puppy in your mouth chew around the seed and let your taste buds rejoice. What made it even better is that Carol had also made some of the Coconut Pouchong Green Tea that she sells on her site. My mouth never had it so good!