How to Do Luau Party Food

Serve up a feast that will make a Hawaiian homesick with these dishes.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

1. 
   Kalua pork

   Make Kalua Pig.
   This is the center of a traditional luau. It's the pig that's cooked whole buried in a fire pit. You can go all out and do the real thing, or find a recipe online that comes close on a smaller scale in the oven.

2. 

   Make Hawaiian macaroni salad.
   This is a very popular Hawaiian side dish. Mix cold boiled macaroni with mayo and possibly a little seasoning or chopped veggies. Sometimes potato is mixed in too.

3. 
   Saimin

   Make Hawaiian Saimin soup.
   Look for a recipe online. This simple noodle broth is another standard Hawaiian dish.

4. 
   Poi

   Make poi.
   You can't get much more traditional than poi made from taro root, but don't make too much of it. It's pretty bland, and those not accustomed to it tend to taste a small amount out of curiosity, then leave the rest.

5. 
   Spam Musubi

   Make spam musubi.
   This is basically a piece of spam tied onto a ball of sushi rice with a piece of seaweed. It tastes better than it sounds trust me. In Hawaii you can buy these at 7-11.

6. 
   Fresh Pineapple

   Have lots of fruit.
   Make a huge fruit salad. Try to keep it tropical with pineapple, banana, mango and papaya. Serve guava, and passion fruit juice.

7. 
   Poke

   Try your hand at poke.
   Poke is a kind of chopped salad. Most versions include fish and sea weed. It has many forms, some vegetarian. Look up some recipes until you find one you want to try.

8. 
   Shave ice

   Serve some shave ice, especially over ice cream for desert. Another option is haupia a type of coconut pudding.

[sunshineandrose]

on 7/29/2009 Nice ideas for a party