When we arrived in Waimanalo, HI we hit up the grocery store and walked around with Mom Dalgaard (Kristin's mother) to find out what she grew up eating on the island. I love to cook so I wanted to try cooking some of the local cuisine. While I did not get to try all of the recipes I wanted to I did grab a lot of local food from the roadside stands.
Kristin was overjoyed to be able to indulge in all of the in-season fruit. Apple bananas, avacado, lychee, mango and coconut were just a few of
the exotic fruits that we took advantage of during our stay.
Kristin and I started every day before dawn, brewing some coffee from the island of Kona. After a two-minute walk to the beach to catch the sunrise we came back and made breakfast. Our morning meal consisted of Macadamia pancakes, eggs, local mushrooms and onion, and what ever fruit we had that day.
The price of milk is often used as an indicator for the cost of living and it is defiantly high on Oahu. However we just did not buy it. Even though milk was expensive the cost of fruits and vegetables were either comparable or lower. Hawaii is still an expensive place to live but we made out pretty good where eating is concerned.
For me it was a great experience to buy bananas at a roadside stand and look over the shoulder of the farmer to see the banana groves where my produce came from.
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