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<blockquote data-quote="New Leaf" data-source="post: 670413" data-attributes="member: 19522"><p>Ohhhhh MSG. I am terribly allergic to MSG. I found that out, later on in life as I ate Chinese food-Chinese put MSG in everything. Now, the food industry has discovered it, how it enhances taste in our very tastebuds and makes us eat more. I have some research on MSG due to my allergy to it. It causes my lips to swell, then my heart races. I have arthritis and when I mistakingly eat MSG (it is literally in everything now) my joints scream at me " YOU have eaten MSG!" If you look into it Cedar, you will see that the MSG industry has used all kinds of tricks to get it into foods and disguise that fact. I read an article stating that there are over 500 acronyms for it- uckkkkk.</p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/soapbox.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":soapbox:" title="soapbox :soapbox:" data-shortname=":soapbox:" /></p><p></p><p>Oh there are too many to eliminate for one qualifier. Favorite foods have much to do with weather, or mood, or scents, or memories don't they? I shall have to think about that one. That might be an entirely different topic for the water cooler section.</p><p></p><p>Breakfast. With so many cultures here, that is another vast topic. The hubs favorite memory of breakfast is fresh apple pie, hot out of the oven. Huh.</p><p>Rice is an important staple here, not Uncle Bens with butter, but heavy, sticky rice the way Japanese and Chinese eat it. I would say, the all time breakfast on a weekend is eggs, rice and breakfast meat. Bacon, sausage or eww, spam. Believe it or not, spam is a big thing in Hawaii!</p><p></p><p></p><p>I am trying to be better about snacking. In our school office, folks come in with all sorts of yummy treats. Cookies, cakes, chocolates. The Japanese have a tradition of gift giving that has become cross cultural here called omiyage. It means when people travel, they will bring back foods unique to the area. Each island has their food, Molokai has a bakery famous for Portuguese bread, a round loaf of tender, feathery, light goodness. Now it comes with different flavors in the center-strawberry and cream cheese, cinnamon, blueberry. Yum. Maui- one must try mochi, a gooey, rice based sweet. Kauai is kulolo, made from taro and molasses. Big Island has a chocolate shop and also shortbread cookies dipped in dark chocolate. When one travels to the continent where there is Trader Joe's, a food gift from there is a must. I brought back Italian macaroons from Mikes Bakery in Boston.</p><p></p><p>The ladies in my office are trying to keep in shape, so we have requested fruits as treats! We have a challenge, our baker in the cafeteria constantly brings up yummy treats she makes from scratch.</p><p></p><p>I really like dark chocolate and now that they say it is good for us......</p><p></p><p></p><p>I am a coffee drinker, but am transitioning to tea. How about you?</p><p></p><p>I read Hawaii when I was in High School, then they came out with the movie, Julie Andrews played the wife of the missionary. I didn't know much about Hawaiian history back then. It really was not taught. The Hawaiians had an awakening of sorts in the 1970's starting with a movement to save areas designated for development.</p><p>It is a sad story for my husbands people. Indigenous people have a tremendous battle when colonized. They were branded as pagans by the missionaries, but the missionary movement actually is credited with preserving the language, because it was oral. The Hawaiians were nearly exterminated, genocide. The language, hula, surfing, religion, medicine was banned. The people were forced off of their land by all manner of injustice.</p><p>The very word for land -aina- literally means "that which feeds", not only feeding the body, but also the mind and spirit.</p><p>We are very fortunate that there were practitioners who lived in the outreaches who preserved the chants, stories, hula.</p><p>There has been a resurgence of the culture, the people and it is a beautiful thing.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, Cedar, I know exactly what you mean. Hawaiian culture, family is everything. It is very foreign to detach. This has many ramifications for me.</p><p></p><p></p><p>This is a beautiful tradition, Cedar. Thank you for sharing that with me.</p><p></p><p>I love rocks.</p><p></p><p>There is a power and energy to them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="New Leaf, post: 670413, member: 19522"] Ohhhhh MSG. I am terribly allergic to MSG. I found that out, later on in life as I ate Chinese food-Chinese put MSG in everything. Now, the food industry has discovered it, how it enhances taste in our very tastebuds and makes us eat more. I have some research on MSG due to my allergy to it. It causes my lips to swell, then my heart races. I have arthritis and when I mistakingly eat MSG (it is literally in everything now) my joints scream at me " YOU have eaten MSG!" If you look into it Cedar, you will see that the MSG industry has used all kinds of tricks to get it into foods and disguise that fact. I read an article stating that there are over 500 acronyms for it- uckkkkk. :soapbox: Oh there are too many to eliminate for one qualifier. Favorite foods have much to do with weather, or mood, or scents, or memories don't they? I shall have to think about that one. That might be an entirely different topic for the water cooler section. Breakfast. With so many cultures here, that is another vast topic. The hubs favorite memory of breakfast is fresh apple pie, hot out of the oven. Huh. Rice is an important staple here, not Uncle Bens with butter, but heavy, sticky rice the way Japanese and Chinese eat it. I would say, the all time breakfast on a weekend is eggs, rice and breakfast meat. Bacon, sausage or eww, spam. Believe it or not, spam is a big thing in Hawaii! I am trying to be better about snacking. In our school office, folks come in with all sorts of yummy treats. Cookies, cakes, chocolates. The Japanese have a tradition of gift giving that has become cross cultural here called omiyage. It means when people travel, they will bring back foods unique to the area. Each island has their food, Molokai has a bakery famous for Portuguese bread, a round loaf of tender, feathery, light goodness. Now it comes with different flavors in the center-strawberry and cream cheese, cinnamon, blueberry. Yum. Maui- one must try mochi, a gooey, rice based sweet. Kauai is kulolo, made from taro and molasses. Big Island has a chocolate shop and also shortbread cookies dipped in dark chocolate. When one travels to the continent where there is Trader Joe's, a food gift from there is a must. I brought back Italian macaroons from Mikes Bakery in Boston. The ladies in my office are trying to keep in shape, so we have requested fruits as treats! We have a challenge, our baker in the cafeteria constantly brings up yummy treats she makes from scratch. I really like dark chocolate and now that they say it is good for us...... I am a coffee drinker, but am transitioning to tea. How about you? I read Hawaii when I was in High School, then they came out with the movie, Julie Andrews played the wife of the missionary. I didn't know much about Hawaiian history back then. It really was not taught. The Hawaiians had an awakening of sorts in the 1970's starting with a movement to save areas designated for development. It is a sad story for my husbands people. Indigenous people have a tremendous battle when colonized. They were branded as pagans by the missionaries, but the missionary movement actually is credited with preserving the language, because it was oral. The Hawaiians were nearly exterminated, genocide. The language, hula, surfing, religion, medicine was banned. The people were forced off of their land by all manner of injustice. The very word for land -aina- literally means "that which feeds", not only feeding the body, but also the mind and spirit. We are very fortunate that there were practitioners who lived in the outreaches who preserved the chants, stories, hula. There has been a resurgence of the culture, the people and it is a beautiful thing. Yes, Cedar, I know exactly what you mean. Hawaiian culture, family is everything. It is very foreign to detach. This has many ramifications for me. This is a beautiful tradition, Cedar. Thank you for sharing that with me. I love rocks. There is a power and energy to them. [/QUOTE]
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