What is the Problem with Ahi?

8 12 2010

Okay, the problem with Ahi (Yellowfin Tuna) is….once you have eaten it fresh from the sea, and cooked to savor, you are hooked.  Of course, then the problem becomes your budget, and just how much Ahi is available.  If you are fortunate enough to live in Hawaii, and even more fortunate to live on the Big Island, you can become pretty spoiled very quickly,  because, it doesn’t get it any fresher, and most every restaurant and home knows how to prepare it well.

Although we don’t readily admit it, we are depleting the natural supply pretty quickly.  So you can imagine how my interest was peaked when my Google Alerts produced this little item about the future of my favorite fish….  http://www.staradvertiser.com/business/businessnews/20101113_ahi_farms_ocean_lease_okd.html

My first thought…..great news, I can  remove that from my list of what will be missing in my future. I don’t have to eat more than my fair share in fear that it will run out before I do…..Wok-charred ahi is here to stay…. and of course, kudos to Peter Merriman, who has it down to a science.

http://merrimanshawaii.com/recipes.php for the absolute best recipe, sauces etc…. enjoy!

Aloha

Dodie MacArthur

MacArthur and Company/Sotheby’s International Realty

BigIslandRealE.com

LetsGoHawaii.com

 


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Hawaii Counts Beans from “the Great Manini”

1 09 2010

Do you have any idea how many varieties of coffee exist in the world? Do you care?  Well, as I enjoyed my first cup of guess what, Kona Coffee this morning, I found this article from the Maui News, fun and informative.

Of course, I knew that Hawaii is most likely the only state in the union, to produce coffee commercially, and we all know, that you can’t call it Kona Coffee unless it’s grown in a specific region.  I have tasted coffee from other regions of the Big Island,  Kau, Paauilo,  but I never guessed there are actually 80 varieties of coffee beans around the world.  http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/539755/The-cup-runneth-over-with-coffee-culture-trivia.html?nav=12

Now, I didn’t know how coffee arrived in Hawaii, and when I read that Don Francisco de Paula y Marin, (the Great Manini”), planted the first seedlings on Oahu in 1813, it added a whole new dimension to the Hawaii coffee connection.  I can’t imagine why no one has named a coffee brand after this amazing man.  I can very clearly imagine the label …….Don Francisco de Paula y Marin, 1813.  Wow! an instant success.

So now we have a name, a label, a theme song, as I learned this morning, Bach, very kindly composed in 1734, “Coffee Cantata”.  Imagine lyrics that included “coffee is more delicious than a thousand kisses and sweeter than muscatel wine” …hmmm….

Okay, you didn’t think I would leave you with just  the concept, did you? To quote, the Maui News article, “500 billion cups of coffee are sipped every year”.  So, if you could live on the Big Island, have a coffee plantation, give it a great label, a theme song and be fairly confident that if Bach loved it in 1734, that coffee is not leaving us any time soon, what would you do next?

Well, I put my cup down, called all my Kona Coffee experts and discovered this amazing opportunity! Now,imagine sitting on this lanai, watching your 2000 already mature coffee trees flourish……of course, while enjoying your own brew………

Dodie MacArthur

MacArthur and Company/Sotheby’s International Realty

http://www.bigislandreale.com/Kaupulehu_Real_Estate/Spectacular3acre!_230763.aspx

http:www.bigislandreale.com

http:www.letsgohawaii.com


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Is it Big Island Real Estate or Hawaii Real Estate that you want?

13 08 2010

For those of you who are shaking your heads and wondering what is this all about, the Big Island, the largest island in the chain, has a real name, Hawaii.  If you don’t think this is confusing for even the 175,784 inhabitants of this 4028 square mile island, guess again.

Personally I relate quite well to this confusion as  I have lived my entire life with a nickname and even the other day my neighbor returned an email from me that contained my legal name.

But this may or may not be an issue for you, wherever you are, wondering if “Hawaii”, which can be any of at least six islands in the chain, is the place for you or is it  the “Big Island”.  Keep in mind, this “Big Island” of ours is really big….there are  seven districts, multiple towns and subdivisions, plus eleven out of the thirteen climate zones on earth, more than forty public schools and more and more.  Now if you want to compare it to the island of Maui with 727.3 square miles or the Island of Oahu with 597 square miles or the island of Kauai with 69 square miles, you will just begin to understand the magnitude of this island we call home.

Next blog let’s talk about how many miles of coastline, elevations and more, so you can really start to know the difference between “Hawaii” and the “Big Island”, so your search for Hawaii Real Estate and Big Island Real Estate will be easier.  If you want to learn more about the multitude of towns on the Big Island go to http://www.bigislandreale.com/ home page and start typing letters in the search box…from A to Z, get to know what we are all about…..


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Hawaiian “Christmas” Vacation

11 08 2010

Why not spend this Christmas in Hawaii? Sunshine, water, golf and guess what… a different culture can add a new dimension to the typical Christmas Holidays…..”Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say on a bright Hawaiian Christmas Day”, can be your song this year.

Timing is everything and now is the time to book that place to spend your “Hawaiian Christmas Days”…. For guaranteed sunshine, great beaches, places for last minute shopping and great restaurants, you will want to think Kohala Coast.

There are always the “world class resorts” but if you like the intimacy of home but want to take it elsewhere this year, take a look at all the options at http://www.letsgohawaii.com.  Let Moani be your connection for all your Hawaiian Holidays.


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