The people we have met here in Hawaii have been so good and generous to us. They have helped us get settled here in so many ways, helping us find our apartment, furnish our apartment, giving us rides, and helping me find a job. One way in particular where their generosity continues to astound me is in the giving of food. It is ingrained in the culture here to feed others and then send them away with the leftovers. So, for those of you who are still worried that Nate and I are starving, here is a list I kept of all the food that was given to us in the space of one week (9-18 to 9-23):
2 dinner plates (chicken, rice, chop suey, etc.)
1 1/2 gal POG (passion orange guava juice)
1 carton ice cream
6 nectarines
5 frozen pot pies
1 manapua (a bun filled with meat)
1 faiaife'e (octopus in coconut cream)
2 more dinner plates
4 pieces pumpkin pie
4 large avocados
1 lunch bowl (curry chicken, taro, and pisupo)
1 pear
1 large cup mackerel rice soup
1 large cup coconut rice
1 tray of apple pie pastries (like mini apple pies)
1 more dinner plate
1 bunch green bananas (for boiling)
1 can pisupo (corned beef)
1 orange
1 shave ice
2 more dinner plates
1 King-size Reeses
1 box cake from Liliha bakery
1/2 of a birthday cake
2 MORE dinner plates (this brings our total to 9! I don't think I cooked at all that week!)
1 tub popcorn
1 box Red Vines
1 box Reeses Pieces
1 package rice crackers
2 large muffins
1 bag potatoes
Granted, this was a particularly abundant week, but I still can't believe it! That's a lot of food!
