Catching, Cooking, & Consuming!

[Hilo Artist]

Howzit HT People

With the recent whirlwind of excitment going on in our lives, my wife and I decided to spend Memorial Day weekend by escaping to her parents home on the beautiful and peaceful Hamakua Coast.

Here on the Big Island, we are still so blessed with an abundance of fish in our waters and on the Hamakua Coast no real threat of ciguatera from our reef fish. Living life at my inlaws can still be simple and lived the old way.

In the morning we headed to our favorite fishing spot right in front of my inlaws house and I caught a 7 lbs omilu or blue fin trevally in record time!

So here it is , our dinner, Fresh omilu, breaded, beer battered, and wrapped in nori. So ono! No can get better than this!

Here on the Big Island, No need go store buy fish or pork butt for make lau lau or smoke meat. We catch em,Cook em, & Consume um!
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Choke meat on the boneless fillets!

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[1stwahine]

We also have a Thread on "How To Cook A Whole Fish?":D
http://www.hawaiithreads.com/showthread.php?t=2928&highlight=Preparation+fish

Also, Fish Recipes:
http://www.hawaiithreads.com/showthread.php?t=12273&highlight=fish+recipes

In my neck of the woods, if I like Fish I juss go Chinatown or TAMASHIRO wea get the Crab on da roof!
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Auntie Lynn

[Hilo Artist]

We also have a Thread on "How To Cook A Whole Fish?":D
http://www.hawaiithreads.com/showthread.php?t=2928&highlight=Preparation+fish

Also, Fish Recipes:
http://www.hawaiithreads.com/showthread.php?t=12273&highlight=fish+recipes

Auntie Lynn


Howzit Aunty

Dis tread not only for fish, but anything you can catch, cook, and consume. So i guess not anything you can buy from da store but obtain from the wild!

I plan on featuring, the steam stuff next, Fresh water opihi or Hihiwai , Tahitian Prawns, and river opae.

I even think harvesting wild water crest from the spring water from the ocean cliffs and Warabi ferns from our stream areas would be cool.

Myfather in law still gathers that stuff over where he lives on the Hamakua Coast.
Speaking of my father in law, they still catch wild pigs and make smoke meats from all the wild game they have in that area.

There this other thing they cook outdoors that is major burn eyes if you get in the way.I think they call it Kakuma?

Really cool seeing life lived the old way and even more cooler experiencing it! As my friend the actor Jason says, Simplify life and look to our resources and go back to the land. I think he is right!

Aloha
Layne

[1stwahine]

Wow! I no can wait! I'm shua plenny others can share their stories too. I remember spending many summers in Koloa, Kauai and on Maui living the simple life as you call it.

Yep! Plenny Stories to share. Killing pigs, cows, chicken, duck and goats were common. Searching foa wild paria leaves in the cane fields and liddig in the muddy pounds were treasures for my little cousins and me.

Auntie Lynn

[Kaukura]

mmm. evertime I go back down to the islands and atolls of French Polynesia, my favorite thing to do is go off with the host and a few other people to some distant motu and fish for some parrot fish (perroquet de mer). Clean em by the water (and watch the baby sharks come up to the shoreline and eat the innards), chop them up raw and add some onions, tomatoes, cukes, green peppers maybe and some limes (or is it lemons, i forget). mix it all up and find a ti leaf to scoop it onto and dig in. Some rice and a beer and it's the best meal.

[1stwahine]

Ok....ok. Lucky foa me, I got some Ahi POKE in the Ice Box! And rice with Short -Ribs Beef Stew dat I made today.

Yummy!

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Wat...Das "Old Style!":D

Auntie Lynn

[Hilo Artist]

Aunty

Those experiences you mentioned are priceless! Many people do not experience these things as the world has changed and everything has been made so convinient.

Another experince that I had a few years ago was eating real poi, not the refined stuff you buy from the store with additives. It took a Hollywood actor like Jason Scott Lee to turn me back to the land and to realize that everything we do starts from the earth. If we let the earth die we all die.

When I tasted Jason's poi, whoa! Nothing like I had ever tasted before! It was sweet and had this almost buttery flavor which was the Kalo itself in it's pure form. For those of you out there who never tried the real stuff, after tasting it you will never buy packaged poi from the store again!

Jason gave me some Keiki Huli's and I started my own Kalo patch in my yard. Braddah even came over and helped me dig the ground.
I have included a picture of my family in front of my Kalo patch which we have sinced harvested and eaten all of it in Poi and Pai' Ai form! It was ONO!!!
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[Hilo Artist]

mmm. evertime I go back down to the islands and atolls of French Polynesia, my favorite thing to do is go off with the host and a few other people to some distant motu and fish for some parrot fish (perroquet de mer). Clean em by the water (and watch the baby sharks come up to the shoreline and eat the innards), chop them up raw and add some onions, tomatoes, cukes, green peppers maybe and some limes (or is it lemons, i forget). mix it all up and find a ti leaf to scoop it onto and dig in. Some rice and a beer and it's the best meal.

Kaukura!

Your parrot fish sounds ONO!
Along with that lime juice in that mix we added coconut milk and it turned out to be called Wasancru or something like that. Really good stuff!

[1stwahine]

NebA MINE.....

oK... where was I?

Aloha and good night.

Auntie Lynn

[Kaukura]

Kaukura!

Your parrot fish sounds ONO!
Along with that lime juice in that mix we added coconut milk and it turned out to be called Wasancru or something like that. Really good stuff!

Yes, they call it Poisson Cru There are actually two versions:

Poisson cru a la Tahitienne which is made with coconut milk, onion, limes, carots and cucumbers and tomatoes; This is incredible eaten with fei (little cooked bananas) and sweet potatoes (I think they called ipo, but not sure). Add a dash of chili oil in it and wow. incroyable!

and Poisson cru a la Chinoise made with carots, cukes, green peppers, lots of limes, ginger, oil, sugar and garlic. This version is more of a vinaigrette due to the larger amount of limes.

I forgot all about ciguatera. Many fisherman seem to be able to have a sixth sense about choosing fish unaffected by it. I've always been lucky.

Unfortunately due to French nuclear testing on the eastern tuamotu atolls of Mururoa and Fangataufa , some atolls have been severely affected by it.

[Hilo Artist]

Yes, they call it Poisson Cru There are actually two versions:

Poisson cru a la Tahitienne which is made with coconut milk, onion, limes, carots and cucumbers and tomatoes; This is incredible eaten with fei (little cooked bananas) and sweet potatoes (I think they called ipo, but not sure). Add a dash of chili oil in it and wow. incroyable!

and Poisson cru a la Chinoise made with carots, cukes, green peppers, lots of limes, ginger, oil, sugar and garlic. This version is more of a vinaigrette due to the larger amount of limes.

I forgot all about ciguatera. Many fisherman seem to be able to have a sixth sense about choosing fish unaffected by it. I've always been lucky.

Unfortunately due to French nuclear testing on the eastern tuamotu atolls of Mururoa and Fangataufa , some atolls have been severely affected by it.
Kaukura

I have had that fish recipe! My friend made a huge tub of it at a Poetry Slam he held at his theater house last year. He made it with a fresh ulua he caught the day before and it was so refreshing and tasty!

I think he told me he learned that recipe when he visited Tahiti.

As for ciguatera, I am glad there are simple test kits out there to keep us safe. Ciguatera is more prevalent here on the Big Island in the areas that seem to have run offs from agriculture and even more from the fertilizers from golf courses.

Over on the Hamakua Coast, I have never experienced any tainted fish.

[Mike_Lowery]

the extent of my hunting and gathering is buying poke for 6.99a lb (w/ Maika'i) at foodland in Kapa'a. The people who live in that area basically make my shopping experience a trip to the wilderness. :D

[Kungpao]

Bluegill.... 30-40 of these badboys... at 2 fillets each with beerbatter = FISHFRY!!

Add some venison (more hunting required) and you've got fish & chips!

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[Hilo Artist]

Bluegill.... 30-40 of these badboys... at 2 fillets each with beerbatter = FISHFRY!!

Add some venison (more hunting required) and you've got fish & chips!

http://www.underwaterfishphotos.com/images/bluegill1.jpg


Kungpao

Nice fish picture!
My good friend and World Champion Taxidermist Frank is from your neck of the woods Pennsylvania! He specializes in those fresh water species. About a few years ago, Frank and his wife showed up at my house and spent the weekend. Here is his site
http://www.frankswildlifestudio.com/fish.html

Now I have to go and completed a few fish mounts myself!
Aloha
Layne

[cezanne]

The fish that you catch always seems to taste the best...to me anyway. Nice catch. So how did you prepare the nenue? or is that a big arse hinalea?

[Hilo Artist]

The fish that you catch always seems to taste the best...to me anyway. Nice catch. So how did you prepare the nenue? or is that a big arse hinalea?
Hey Cezanne

You are correct, That is a nenue and it was made into poke!
Many people do not like it as it has a strong seaweed smell due to their diet. But no need add the limu as people usually do it is already in the meat!

[Marco]

Howzit HT People
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Very nice looking papio and nenue! Looks da ono!

I used to fish for oama, halalu, papio all da time as a little keiki. To eat and for my gramps to use as bait. I grew up fishing with him almost everyday in the summer and it was such good fun, just being around and talkin story with him. Haven't been spinning in quite a while, but this thread is making me want to dust off my gear and go casting at Hau Bush right now!

Was thinking of doing some freshwater fishing in the future, but kinda humbug to get a license and everything.

If I catch anything, I'll try remember to post it here, if anyone cares. And if I can actually figure out how to put images up.

[Hilo Artist]

Very nice looking papio and nenue! Looks da ono!

I used to fish for oama, halalu, papio all da time as a little keiki. To eat and for my gramps to use as bait. I grew up fishing with him almost everyday in the summer and it was such good fun, just being around and talkin story with him. Haven't been spinning in quite a while, but this thread is making me want to dust off my gear and go casting at Hau Bush right now!

Was thinking of doing some freshwater fishing in the future, but kinda humbug to get a license and everything.

If I catch anything, I'll try remember to post it here, if anyone cares. And if I can actually figure out how to put images up.

Howzit Marco!

It's summer and that means the Oama will be running soon and you know that the papio will be following them around! Looking forward to seeing your posts and pictures on your catches and preparing them for grine!

Back in the late 80's I was a serious Ulua hunter and caught an 80 pounder with a spear gun from land! We cut that up and it fed 7 families!

As for tonights dinner, I going hunt at Safeway for those premade ribs! LOL!