Monday, July 6, 2009

Full Circle Crackers

Aloha Friends!
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W A I K I K I
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Flights & Ranks of Cherubs Flying Above


"How can we argue with resilience and good humour , criticise without condemning, stick up for ourselves without betraying the inner vulnerability that perceived the slight in the first place?"
Susie Boyt




All Together at End of Day

"Without Haste, Without Fear. We Will Conquer The World."

Signboard outside of China's National Space Launch Center








Black & Blue
"Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you."
Hafiz




New England's whalers and missionaries were among the first foreigners to influence Hawaii.


There has always been a special relationship between Hawaii and New England that is way beyond the scope of this brief post.
Well Miss Hawaii USA, Aureana Tseu is dancing Hula and sharing lei
in grocery stores throughout the region
to introduce Diamond Bakery's
Saloon Pilot Crackers
to 165 Hannaford supermarkets.
Get out and see her, won't you?
(Carol, Sandy ;-)
The dry crackers
(based, they say, on recipes that sailors relied on back in the days of sail)
will be a perfect complement to
traditional New England Chowders!
Old Trenton Crackers (OTC)
LOOK OUT!
;-)


A L O H A! Cloudia

32 comments:

  1. Very cool: New England hula!
    nony

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  2. Hmmm, I wonder if they'll catch on in the Great Lakes...?

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  3. Aloha, Cloudia.

    I believe the correct spelling in New England is chowdah. ;0)

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  4. Love the Hafiz quote. Beautiful, beautiful photos. Aloha friend.

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  5. I love the Hafiz quote, too. Are those like pilot crackers? If so you'd better have some kind of soup to soak them in or you'll break your teeth!! Thanks for the tidbit of Hawaiian history.

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  6. then try to whistle!
    bb

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  7. What a strange connection.

    Hey, your clouds do look like cherubim.

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  8. That Chinese sign is kind of scary.

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  9. Who knew? My father was a sailor and he loved those little crackers. (I'm smiling now)

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  10. It is so cold in My Muskoka , Cloudia. I would love to visit warmer climes... I feel better looking at your photos!

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  11. Well, isn't that something! The connection between New England and Hawaii that is, do you know what the basis was?

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  12. Always learning here, what a fascinating connection and those photos are heavenly.

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  13. Aloha Cloudia -- I haven't had any trouble checking out your blog...it's always been there...I have no clue what a "dashboard" is except the one in my car. DrumMajor

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  14. Portuguese Bean Soup

    The Hawaiian food of today is a mix of foods introduced by the many different ethnic groups who settled in Hawaii at different times. Portuguese food is very common in Hawaii, including this ham, kidney bean, and vegetable soup.

    # Ingredients: 2 pound Portuguese sausage, cut into 1/4-ince pieces
    # 1 pound ham hock
    # 1 onion, sliced
    # 2 quarts water
    # 2 carrots, diced
    # 2 potatoes, diced
    # 1 small cabbage, chopped
    # 3 stalks celery, chopped
    # 1 can (8oz) tomato sauce
    # 2 can (15 oz size) red kidney beans, including liquid

    Instructions:
    Put sausage, ham hock, and onion into a large sauce pot, add water. Cover and cook on low heat for 1 hour. Remove meat from ham hock. Put meat back into soup and add carrots, potatoes, cabbage,celery, and tomato sauce. Cover and continue cooking for 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally. Stir in beans, including liquid, and cook a few more minutes, adding more water if necessary. Serves 12

    Add a few nuts (up to 12) and crackers and enjoy.

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  15. http://www.hawaiiforvisitors.com/recipes/portuguese-bean-soup.htm

    oops forgot the citation for the above recipe

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  16. Thanks to the walking man for the Portuguese Bean Soup.

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  17. The Hafiz quote is wonderful! Of course the photos are superb as always. :)

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  18. Love how you always tie the quote and photo together .. and I know I have said this before but its true! Aloha, sistah!

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  19. I've just popped over to you for a quick holiday (that's what I love about your blog). I love the fact that I can rest my eyes on beautiful photos and learn a few things at the same time...:-D

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  20. Yum...chowdah and crackers. Aloha, Cloudia!

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  21. So delightful to see you all!

    Thanks for da recipe for a local staple W.M.
    Chowdah ;-) LOL

    New England people came here bringing their culture, voila!

    Pilot crackers! More of the story.

    Man Aunt Bernard sighting!!!
    (check her out ;-)

    Love you guys ;-)
    Aloha

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  22. Those are some really cool cloudias!

    Wil Harrison.com

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  23. arent harbours beautiful? i feel like i am at home in yours, having always lived near a harbour and boat marina close to me (both in wellington, nz and crete, greece)

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  24. I love the sky blanck and blue !

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  25. loved hafiz's quote!
    and the pics as usual are magnificent!

    namaste /\
    aloha!

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  26. Chowdah sounds familiar to me too.

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  27. I love these quotes, Cloudia.

    (By the way, when I reloaded your address on my blogroll, it updated fine!)

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  28. Great quotes again, Cloudia! Thanks! Aloha!

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  29. SO Glad to see you folks too!!!!
    ALOHA!

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