Where to find fresh lamb and hala leaves in Hilo

[clueless001]

Hotzcatz,

Thanks again for the contact

[HankDfrmSD]

Originally Posted by clueless001

Been frantically reading up stuff about computers. Not my cup of tea. My notebook just went nuts. Sigh!

There is a very good City-Data forum on Computers:

https://www.city-data.com/forum/computers/

[hotzcatz]

Since your recipe uses pandan leaves as a flavoring agent, you could also try using banana leaves for a slightly different flavor. Kaffer lime and possibly ti leaves, too, depending on the flavor you wanted. Just because the recipe calls for pandan leaves doesn't mean you have to listen to it. Shootz, perhaps the revised recipe will be better than the original?

[clueless001]

Hi HankDfmSD, thank you for your recommendation. Might look for some tips from there Cheers.

Originally Posted by HankDfrmSD

There is a very good City-Data forum on Computers:

https://www.city-data.com/forum/computers/

Hi Catz, good idea! Never thought about putting lime leaves in. The sweet potatoes in Hilo Farmers' Market look so nice. Thinking of cooking some dessert using them. Mung beans, sweet potatoes, pandan leaves and SUGAR! Pandan leaves are something I am used to since young. Might try lime leaves. Have to look for some in the market too. Maybe after the computer drama is over first

Originally Posted by hotzcatz

Since your recipe uses pandan leaves as a flavoring agent, you could also try using banana leaves for a slightly different flavor. Kaffer lime and possibly ti leaves, too, depending on the flavor you wanted. Just because the recipe calls for pandan leaves doesn't mean you have to listen to it. Shootz, perhaps the revised recipe will be better than the original?

[cynmkolohe]

Have you looked into purchasing lamb from Kahua Ranch? They sell at one of the Waimea farmers markets too.

[clueless001]

Thank you for the tip

Originally Posted by cynmkolohe

Have you looked into purchasing lamb from Kahua Ranch? They sell at one of the Waimea farmers markets too.

[hotzcatz]

The person who sells yarn at the Parker School (Waimea) Farmer's Market on Saturday mornings sells lamb as well as hand spun yarns. Here's a link to their farm website: Welcome to Maluhia Farm and the Hawaiian Homegrown Wool Company

[TwoFish]

What you're looking for is this: Pandanus amaryllifolius. It is a member of the screw pine family (Pandanaceae). This plant family includes hala (P. tectorius) which is a familiar plant to those living in Hawaii. Saying "Hala" will get you the leaves that people weave mats, bags, and hats with. That is not what you want.

Pandanus amaryllifolius is mainly grown by farmers of southeast Asian ancestry in Hawaii. Common names include screw pine, bai toey (Thai), and daun pandan (Indonesian). The leaves are used for flavoring rice and sweets. Lyon Arboretum has some growing there. You smell it before you come upon it. Like the hala, there are some thorns on the spine, but the leaf doesn't have what the typical hala leaves have, with the edge thorns.

Originally Posted by clueless001

Hi everyone,

It has been almost 6 months since I last posted. Thanks for everyone's contributions to my earlier questions. Things are going well in Hilo for us.

Another thing, I can't find screwpines aka pandan leaves in Hilo Farmers Market. I gather it is called Hala leaves here. I tried asking some of the Hawaiians here but in vain. Probably I pronounced it wrongly

Thanks a million