Let's share our favorite recipes.  
Here's mine:
 
Opakapaka (Hawaiian for Red Snapper) Sashimi
 
However much Opakapaka you want
The sauce 
 
Half or a full Lime.
Shoyu (preferably Kikoman)
Garlic (chopped) amount up to you (I like 2 cloves)
Pinch of Salt (Alai salt if you have it)
Black Pepper
Hawaiian, or Thai chili pepper(s) (or Tobasco or most other hot sauces)
 
Eat Sashimi with Hot rice
 
This dish is easy to make (cook rice, cut fish, make sauce, serve raw...) and
the Red Snapper does not have a strong fish taste, so it is one of the best
types to get started on.

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What is Alai salt?  (Warren, ignore my question in Most Difficult.... as you
have just answered it here.)  Do limes grow in Hawaii?

Limes are not native to Hawai'i, but they do grow here.  Limes were brought
in about a century and a half or so ago, off hand I don't remember who, but
they grow well here.  My friend's grandmother had a really nice tree in their
back yard.  Too bad they sold the place.
 
Alai salt is a red salt with a lot of healing properties found only in
Hawai'i.  I can send some to anybody who wants some for six dollars.  It's
a mellow kind of salt.  It seems to give me more energy oddly enough.

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Intriguing.  Where does alai salt come from?

(I mean, I realize it comes from Hawaii, but I'm curious about whether they
mine it out of the ground or sift it out of the ocean, or what-have-you.)

Alai salt is baked clay from the shores of Kauai.

Do you happen to know the chemical composition?  Usually clay is not salty.
Maybe it has something to do with the ocean mixing with the clay.
What sorts of fruits and vegetables are actually native in Hawai'i?

Alai salt found in the stores is weak with just a little clay and a lot of
sea salt.  My friend's parent's go to Kauai to "bring back clay"  form time
to time.  They bake it and mix the clay with sea salt from Hawaii and I've
been trying to get some from them.

Sounds very rich in minerals, maybe that is what makes you feel healthy. 
Ordinary salt is just sodium and chloride, and the body also needs potassium,
magnesium, manganese and other things from sea water.  I wonder what the clay
has in it that helps, though.  Is Alai salt something one particular ethnic
group or all Hawai'ians like?

I don't know.  It seems common with all of the people I know that cooks well.

What's everybody else's favorite recipies?

Chocolate chip pumpkin bread.  Mmmmm!
It's in the Grex recipe archives; type "recipe" to browse the archives.

And it is the best chocolate chip (anything) bread I've
every tasted.  Very moist and flavorful.

New Born Golden Retriever Bourguignon
Yield: 4 servings 

5 medium onions sliced
2 ts shortening
1 Ts salt
1/2 Ts crushed thyme
1 1/2 tb flour
1 1/2 c red burgundy
1/2 lb fresh mushrooms
1 new born golden retriever (ready to eat)
1/2 Ts crushed marjoram
1/8 Ts pepper
3/4 c beef stock 

Cook and stir onions and mushrooms in hot shortening until onions
are tender, drain on paper towels. 

Brown meat in same skillet, add more shortening as necessary.
Remove from heat. Sprinkle seasonings over the retriever. Mix flour
and retriever stock, pour into skillet. Heat to boiling, stirring
constantly. Boil 1 minute. Stir in burgundy. Cover, simmer until
retriever is tender, 1 1/2 to 2 hours. 

The liquid should always just cover the meat. (If necessary, add a
little more bouillon and burgundy - 1 part bouillon to 2 parts
burgundy.) Gently stir in onions and mushrooms, cook uncovered 15
minutes, or until heated through. 

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