Page 25 - MidWeek - March 17, 2021

by Nicole Monton
IFood For Thought
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t seems I’m not the only one who likes to eat weird food combinations.
Thank you to everyone who called and wrote in with their suggestions. My taste buds went on a culinary journey, and my iron stomach is even more fortified than before.
My favorite recommenda- tions are peanut butter on fried Spam, courtesy of Stephen Lock. Then, Mike Hines told me to try a dollop of sour cream on any kind of curry. I thought this would make sense because I like sour cream on top of my chili. I can say that sour cream works with Japanese curry, but I have yet to try it with other varieties, like Thai or Indian.
I’ve tried in the past and love. Believe it or not, I’ve never had bagoong with green man- go, though our graphic design- er Mark Galacgac assures me that it’s absolutely delicious. That’s next on my list, as is Wendy Galasso’s suggestion
D. Miller of Honolulu pro- posed sliced ripe banana with organic mustard, and told me about her friend from col- lege, William Travis Robison, who put grapes in his burri- tos. I tried the mustard with bananas, and it was quite a powerful combination. Debra Mun suggested avocado with shoyu and sugar, as well as cottage cheese with Italian dressing — both of which
of mayonnaise on Jell-O.
The weird food combo sug- gestions continued from our MidWeek office. Creative su- pervisor Mallory Adams-Na- kamura told me about her hus- band’s affinity for chocolate chip cookies with ... ketchup! Then, our boss Ron Nagasa- wa had his own suggestion of a banana and mayonnaise sandwich (pictured above), which he made for our whole staff. Dutifully, we ate all of it, because, like I said, Ron is our boss. Just kidding, it wasn’t
half bad!
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Book Pick Of The Week
I’ve been trying to read more books by local authors this year, and I’ve been able to go through a handful that I’d like to share here.
Jane Goodsill’s Voices of Hawai‘i; Life Stories from the Generation that Shaped the Aloha State (pictured at left) was published this past December, and gives readers an in-depth look at the people who laid the foundation for the Hawai‘i we know today.
Then, I was able to go through Mathew Sgan’s Torah and Taro: Jewish Contributions to Hawai‘i, in which he details how individuals of Jewish heritage impacted
the state. Also, check out his Honey and Poi book!
Kalapana resident Norm Clemens, meanwhile, shared his book of philosophical
riddles Pots Did Stop, as well as his compilation of poetry in various languages, titled ‘A’ Wonk Did Know ‘A,’ of which there are three volumes.