Hawaiian food?

hi i am doing a research on hawaiin foods can you guys help me list thier names and a picture of them please ....i cant find them and my internet is slow so doing research is very painful.

The first one I think of is Kalua Pig (pronounced Kahlua, like the alcohol), which is basically a version of pulled pork. The pig is killed, cleaned, salted, and put whole into an imu, which is an underground oven filled with burning hot rocks. The pig is left in for a day or two then taken out and stripped of the meat. Good stuff.

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The next is called Laulau (with the au making the ow sound) which is usually pork, sometimes beef, that is salted and mixed with lu'au (loo-ow) leaf, something like spinach and wrapped in ti leaves, then steamed.

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Then there's lomilomi salmon, which is made by taking small bits of salmon, tomatos and green and white onions and mixing them all together with a little bit of water, always served cold.

http://www.greggman.com/pages/hawaiian%2...

Another dish is called Poke (po-keh) the most common of which is Ahi poke. Ahi poke is made with bite-sized chunks of raw Ahi (tuna) mixed with slices of yellow onions, hawaiian salt (sea salt) and green onions. There are a number of variations of poke, but this is the most common.

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Lastly, is the infamous Poi, which is made by pounding taro (a type of potato) until it's soft. A common misconception about poi is that you eat it alone, to which many people say it tastes like cardboard. It is in fact tasteless, but it's because a long time ago ancient Hawaiians only had salt to preserve their food and needed something tasteless to combat the high saltiness of the rest of their food. It's supposed to be eaten WITH something much like mashed potatoes as a starch. Ancient Hawaiians aslo shared their poi, in the communal poi bowl, which the whole family would eat out of. The second pic here is of a traditional poi pounder, what they used to pound the Taro.

http://www.1stluau.com/images/Poi-L.jpg
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EDIT: Yes, there is hulihuli chicken (which is my FAVORITE, mmmm so good) but it's not a traditional Hawaiian food. I assumed that you meant traditional food. Hope that was helpful. Hawaiians mostly ate fish and pork, as those were readily available to them. Beef wasn't around until british sailors (Captain Cook) and missionaries settled in the islands.

Looks like the links aren't working. If you need the pics, just go to Yahoo! image search and type the names of the foods in the box, that's how I found all my pics.

Spam, the Hawaiians love Spam

Hawaii's own version of barbecued chicken is cooked with Huli-Huli Sauce (made with pure Hawaiian brown sugar cane along with soy sauce, fresh ginger and more).

INGREDIENTS:
4-5 lbs chicken pieces
1/3 cup ketchup
1/3 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup brown sugar
3 tablespoons sherry
1 piece ginger root, crushed
1 clove garlic, crushed

enjoy!
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here is the picture

If you want traditional Hawaiian food, go here
http://gohawaii.about.com/od/luaurecipes...

spam and some of the others foods (Japanese, etc.) are not those of the original Hawaiian people. But Spam became very important during and after WW II.

No one mentioned my very favorite - squid luau! And haupia for dessert.

Here is a whole article on the various foods of Hawaii, not just Hawaiian cuisine that may be found at a luau:

spam musubi, poke

chicken long rice and fern salad

Well here's a bunch that I've been born and raised with: poi, laulau, squid luau, lomi salmon, pipikaula, kulolo, kalua pig, poke, tako, haupia, kava tea, dried ahi, etc. yummy! I'm getting hungry already lol!