/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.19341830]

What's your madeleine? For me, it's pork lau lau.

[Anonymous No.19341899]

>>19341830
For me, it's Hawaiian macaroni salad, the side dish that is somehow amazingly good.

[Anonymous No.19341909]

>>19341830
>>19341899
Hawaiian bros what should I order? I have never been to Hawaii so I don't know always get kalua pork

[Anonymous No.19341914]

>>19341909

[Anonymous No.19342829]

>>19341909
>>19341914
L&L isn't great, but it's one of the few places on the mainland that serves lau lau, so I almost always get that. The pic in the OP is a number 19 with a side of kimchi. In Hawaii you wouldn't typically add any extra sauces to the place other than putting shoyu on the rice.

Alternately, if you want to go with something really common in Hawaii but hard to find on the mainland, I'd try the saimin, maybe with a side of manapua, and then either banana lumpia or malasadas.

[Anonymous No.19343013]

I'm pretty sure nu-/ck/ has no idea what a madeleine is.

[Anonymous No.19343394]

>>19342829
My city has a big islander population so lots of Hawaiian places to choose from. Thanks for the recommendations

[Anonymous No.19343399]

>>19343394
Vegas or PNW?

[Anonymous No.19343400]

>>19343399
Yes

[Anonymous No.19343773]

>>19341830
>google madeleine
>what?
is this a hint?

[Anonymous No.19343879]

>>19343773
In Proust's Remembrance of Things Past the protagonist eats a madeleine cookie at one point and is briefly transported back to his childhood. A "madeleine" is basically a food that is so familiar and has so many strong associations connected with it for you that the mere taste or smell can trigger an involuntary memory of an earlier time in your life, particularly a nostalgic one from childhood. It's what the titular scene from Ratatouille is based on.

[Anonymous No.19343886]

>>19341830
Pork Lau Lau is disgusting fatty garbage I'm sorry. I'm happy with like 3-4 masubis and 2 different sauces to go with it.

[Anonymous No.19343932]

>>19343886
But you're not from Hawaii so your opinion is irrelevant.

[Anonymous No.19343957]

>>19343932
>implying I wasn't raised by hawaiians
>implying I don't have family living on maui right now
besides that that's a shit opinion to think you can only comment on food if you're from the county of origin

[Anonymous No.19343963]

>>19343957
>you can only comment on food if you're from the county of origin
In a madeleine thread? Yeah, pretty much.

[Anonymous No.19343964]

>>19341914
Where's the spam bruddah?

[Anonymous No.19343969]

>>19343964
Never mind found it at the bottom of the fucking menu what is this place?

[Anonymous No.19343976]

>>19343969
There's 5 different things right on that menu containing spam.

[Anonymous No.19343978]

>>19343969
#1 Hawaiian Barbecue

[Anonymous No.19343987]

>>19341830
>Tfw American
>Could go to Hawaii for vacation any time just as easily as Florida or California
>Allergic to pineapple, coconut, banana, avocado
>Effectively can't go to any of those states without resorting to eating McDonald's the whole time because every restaurant uses some combination of these ingredients in a way that makes avoiding cross contamination impossible

[Anonymous No.19344011]

>>19343976
I think I'm losing my sight anon

[Anonymous No.19344013]

>>19343987
>eating McDonald's the whole time because every restaurant uses some combination of these ingredients in a way that makes avoiding cross contamination impossible
That's not even remotely true, even for Hawaii. Not being able to eat at a "Hawaiian" restaurant because you're allergic to pineapple is like not being able to eat at a deli because you're allergic to pickles; for the most part it's just a side thing you can always ask to be left out. Coconut is primarily only found in desserts. Avocados are still expensive so it's not like kitchens are throwing them in everything willy-nilly unless it's an essential part of the dish. And bananas may be everywhere, but you rarely see them in restaurants aside from, again, desserts.

[Anonymous No.19344018]

>>19344011
Most likely sodium deficiency and a lack of vitamin D.

[Anonymous No.19344025]

>>19344013
It's the cross contamination factor. Last time I was there, I tried to eat the stuff I could at a recommended restaurant, and I almost died even though I was assured there was no coconut, no pineapple. Best to not even risk it at this point.

[Anonymous No.19344028]

>>19344011
Probably from hypernatremia

[Anonymous No.19344060]

>>19343879
Oh! Okay! My madeleine is tuna noodle casserole and hamburger helper!

[Anonymous No.19344092]

>search madeleine
>ending up going down a 16 year old murder mystery rabbit hole with recent updates that happened in the last 24 hours
Well, gee thanks /ck/ I just wanted to know what cut of pork and greens were in OP

[Anonymous No.19344131]

>>19344092
How did so many people wind up with bad stuff? I saw immediately that it was a decadent sounding cookie. I didn't know the tidbit about nostalgia until anon said it so I figured the op question was about decadent foods, what's all this crazy stuff about?

[Anonymous No.19344134]

>>19344131
Yeah I got cookies, cake, a bunch of nearby cafes on Google maps, have to scroll past all that to get to the trending news stories. Then it is right back to recipes

[Anonymous No.19344137]

for me, it's katsu curry

[Anonymous No.19344138]

>>19344092
>just wanted to know what cut of pork and greens were in OP
It's typically butt/shoulder, just like you'd use for pulled pork, but I guess some people use belly. You typically add an extra chunk of pork fat, along with some butterfish and salt. Then it's wrapped in luau, which are taro leaves. They're a kind of leafy green like collards or chard, but probably closest to spinach in flavor - though luau has a distinct flavor and you can't really substitute anything else and get the same result. It's then all wrapped in ti leaves (what she's wearing here >>19344018) and steamed.

You can't eat the ti leaves, but they impart some flavor, kind of like corn husks in tamales, and it's usually served still in the ti leaves so that you unwrap it at the table and all the flavors come out (the ti leaves are already removed in the OP). It's basically a moist, tender pork and greens dish, that's a little salty and a little fishy, in a good way. It pairs really well with kalua pork, which is smokey. For me it's the luau and ti leaves that really make the dish unique, and if you can't get both those ingredients you shouldn't even bother trying.

[Anonymous No.19344148]

>>19344138
>it's the luau and ti leaves that really make the dish unique, and if you can't get both those ingredients you shouldn't even bother
I bet L&L just uses aluminum foil, which is why it isn't served with the ti leaves. It's okay, but there's definitely something missing.

[Anonymous No.19344262]

>>19344060
Those are legit answers. A madeleine is typically something really mundane. Even in the movie they call ratatouille "peasant food" and think the rat is crazy for serving it to the pretentious food critic. I never ate tuna noodle casserole growing up, but the girl I dated for most of my 20s was from Minnesota and would make it occasionally. I still don't really ever eat it, but if I happen to be somewhere and have a taste it always reminds me of her. It has to be made from mostly all panty/freezer shit like canned tuna, cream of mushroom, dry pasta, frozen peas, bread crumbs, and then maybe some pre-shredded cheddar. I kind of want to make it now. It's not very good, but it reminds me of that cunt and how horrible my life got after she broke up with me just because I wasn't ready to get married and start popping out kids.

[Anonymous No.19344550]

>tfw the hawaiian place near me is a complete joke

[Anonymous No.19344633]

>>19341830
ricotta stuffed shells. it was the only decent thing my mom ever made.

[Anonymous No.19344718]

>>19344137
Damn, this image makes me want to get a jug of beer and a big bowl of katsu curry and be racist with my friends

[Anonymous No.19344918]

>>19342829
And spam musubi. I always have to get an order, and the flanken ribs!

[Anonymous No.19344948]

>>19344025
And that's what you get for being a mahu

[Anonymous No.19345929]

>>19344948
>mahu
Jesus fucking christ. I lived in Hawaii for 18 years and am only now hearing that word for the first time on /ck/.

[Anonymous No.19346133]

>>19344918
I don't think I've ever ordered musubi from a restaurant. Maybe if L&L was on my way to work, or I could just buy them from the hot food section at 7-11 or Foodland like in Hawaii I'd be doing it a couple times a week. But I'm not going into a restaurant and paying $4 a pop for some pre-made convenience food I can make at home.

[Anonymous No.19347700]

>>19344137
I have no problem mixing crispy food with something wet, but katsu curry just never did it for me. I'd rather get a tempura shrimp saimin before that.