Hey, everyone! As many of you know, my newest Harmless book released this week, woo hoo! If you haven’t read them, the last two books, A Little Harmless Pleasure and A Little Harmless Obsession, have been set in Hawaii. I have had many local Hawaiians say that I write Hawaii as a local would see it and that is because I lived there for three years when my husband was assigned to Hickam AFB. I will be honest, it wasn’t my favorite assignment. There are bugs and if you know me, I HATE bugs. Hate them. Really. Also, there are no seasons and I love the changing of seasons. But there were things I loved about it. I loved taking the ride into Honolulu from Hickam on H1. I LOVED the views from H-3 once you got through the tunnels. Once a month we tried to make it to the Swapmeet at Aloha Stadium early in the morning(the only time to go) and I lost count of the times we went to the Arizona. I loved that my oldest had a class on Hawaiiana so she could learn about the culture. I have often said that I would love to do a reader trip to take people around to the places I mention in the Harmless books.
And of course I loved Luaus, lol. What is not to love about them? Great food, great drinks (LAVA FLOWS) and half nekkid men dancing. I mean, PLEASE. My favorite was at Paradise Cove. The show was fabulous, the drinks plentiful, and the food was YUMMMY. One of my favorite things to eat there was Kalua Pig. Hawaiians LOVE pork (I will not go into their fascination with SPAM right now, but it was interesting lol. Ehey serve this on a lot of things, sandwiches, pizza, rice…the list goes on and on. This is the pig that is dropped in the ground, covered with banana leaves and cooked overnight. Of course, I think the people we rent out house from might get upset if we did that, lol, but I played with a few different recipes to come up with something close. My favorite way to eat it is over sushi rice with a nice salad on the side:)
Kalua Pig
1 5-6 pound pork shoulder roast
1-2 T of Liquid smoke
1 1/2 T sea salt
Rinse off the pork roast and stab it all over with a fork. Place it in a slow cooker. Rub it with salt then pour liquid smoke on it. Cook on low for 12-18 hours. You can cook it on high for 6-9 hours, but it is better to let it cook longer.
When the pork is done, shred it and serve it with the liquid from cooking. This will keep it moist.
As I said, I LOVE it over rice, but my husband and oldest daughter love to put BBQ sauce on it too.
Enjoy!
Sounds delicious Mel. Definitely going to have to try it at home.
It really is an easy recipe and OMG, makes the house smell fantastic.
Mel, this is one of our favorite recipes, too! I love how easy it is, and we serve it with cabbage that we cook in a little of the meat juice
I was out of the country last week and didn’t realize the new booked released! I just downloaded it from Amazon and can’t wait to read it.
how DARE you go out of the country during the week of MY release???
LOL, I hope you had a good trip and I hope you enjoy May and Evan.
OMG Melissa, I started it last night (big mistake) as I read until 2 a.m. I fell asleep reading and didn’t even know it until the Kindle fell out of my hand. Got up this morning and am frantically trying to finish it before I go to work at noon. I so rarely start a book in the evening because I have a hard time putting it down before it’s finished. It is good, I mean really, really good. I have loved this series.