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5/23/2023

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​CALIFORNIA COOKIN'

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     On Saturday, April 15, in the wee small hours of the morning we said Aloha to the beautiful Hale Koa,
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...then took a Speedi Shuttle to the Honolulu airport, from where we said Aloha to beautiful Hawai'i.
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     However, our Aloha wasn't as sad as it might have been, since five hours and fifty-five minutes later we were in Los Angeles, 
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...where we would spend the next nine days visiting relatives.
       As I offered to do the cooking during our stay, I asked our hosts what they would like. On the first day there was a request for pizza,
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...roast beef with mashed potatoes,
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...and apple pie.
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However Tom made the pies, apple pie  being his specialty.  
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       From then on I spent a portion of most days whipping up whatever the family was in the mood for (while Tom spent a portion of most days washing pots and pans),
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...and, subsequently, considerable time at Ralph's, my local supermarket of choice, in no small part because I love the all the palm trees in the parking lot.               
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       When not in the kitchen or at Ralphs, I'd write (which the family pooch Pinky invariably took as an invitation to invade my space);
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...or I'd practice on my newly-acquired ukulele (see post from 5/9/2023, ​https://www.ailantha.com/blog/i-ukulelist);
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...or I'd go out to trek up and down the hilly neighborhood (where it's a shame the utility wires aren't underground. But then, being so close to the beach as this area is, one probably can't dig very far underground without hitting sea water);
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...and snapping the local color;
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...or the palm trees and plants in the backyard.
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...or sometimes Pinky, who was always happy to have his picture taken.
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     On Sunday, the day before we left, we drove out to Malibu,
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...to have lunch at Duke's a Hawaiian-themed restaurant,
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...over-looking the ocean,
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...and named after Duke Kahanamoku, the famous Hawaiian Olympic swimmer and surfer who is well-loved among Hawaiian islanders.
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     The food was delicious,    
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...and they really piled the bacon on my bacon-and-eggs,
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...and the arugula on the avocado toast.
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​     Once in a while it's nice to let someone else do the cooking.
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