Aloha everyone! Who would think that we would come to Pennsylvania and attend an authentic Luau? Well it happened this past Saturday! Our friends in the Branch, the Jensens, had a son who graduated from Lock Haven University recently and the tradition in their family is to put on a big Hawaiian party. The graduate, Ben, grew up in Hawaii because Brother Jensen taught at the church college for several years. So we were invited to the celebration. A huge tent was put up on their massive front lawn and the tables were set with simple, but exotic Hawaiian flowers. The whole pig had been roasting in a pit in the backyard since 4:00 am, and a friend from Hawaii had come from Washington D.C. to help cook the many courses. First Ben was given two beautiful leis from his parents which is traditional for a Hawaiian graduation. They smelled fabulous!! Almost as good as the food!
The menu was completely authentic: roasted pig, two kinds of chicken, a hash soup, sticky white rice, silky rice noodles, raw salmon salad, creamy sweet macaroni salad, lots of fresh fruit, and Hawaiian rolls. There were only four desserts(!): guava cake (delicious, cool, light and creamy), coconut milk jigglers, hawaiian sweet rolls covered in coconut milk and sweetened condensed milk, and authentic Hawaiian shave ice with every flavor you could imagine!!! A feast!! We stayed four hours and ate and chatted which is usual for such events. It was such a nice occasion – the only disconnect was when an Amish buggy came by! I could only imagine what that Amish man was thinking as he saw all the hoopla!! Only in Pennsylvania could those two worlds intersect! Aloha to you all.
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