Hawaii-Haole, Not Mainland Kine
Throughout the early modern period, missionaries, merchants, and transplants came to the Hawaiian islands from Europe and America. There were many of these new arrivals who would stay for a vacation and some for a few years, many wouldn’t make it past a couple of years due to the lifestyle change, but many people wanted to live in Hawaii and would try. As a natural progression of the mainlanders who resided in Hawaii started to take root and have children who grew up as Kama’aina (children of the land those born in Hawaii), dishes of potatoes, breads, and meat dishes were introduced into the region from a relatively early time in Hawaii’s history. Historically during the time of the Drive-in development of the American styled drive in that had American food done the Hawaii way, Local cuisine, and Hawaiian cuisine. These dishes would not be made by only by people who identified as “Haole”, but also by all sorts of ethnicities and age groups. It would become famous as a subcategory under “Hawaii local cuisine” and loved by not only foreigners who came to Hawaii, but also hip and cool locals who saw it as a treat to eat Hawaii Drive In food. These would be popular before the arrival of many popular mainland franchises that would later eclipse the older Hawaii-Haole food by being famous from the exciting foreign dishes from the mainland. The Battle of Local Haole Food versus Haole Food Misconception, this would lead people to believe the misconception that all food from the mainland was Hawaii-Haole food, which disgusted many of the local Haoles and Hapa that had been through developments of Hawaii-Haole food, but due to it not being as recognized what was in vogue from the mainland it continued to be overlooked. Local Haoles would begin calling food that was from the mainland simply “Haole Food” without the Hawaii connecting to the Haole portion of the terms. Travelers who did not study a bit about Hawaii would come with assumptions that the Mainland food provided in Hawaii would be the same as back in their own home states. But, they would find out on their visit to the islands that “Local Haoles” have their own culture separate from the mainland united states and it would be very different depending on how many generations deep the family was living in Hawaii. It can be difficult for people who are not open minded to learn about Hawaii to understand how a food culture such as Hawaii-Haole could exist through the families that spent generations on the island, even though their ancestors would be traced to certain countries or states. The type of perspective that assumes much about history through the social climate of their private circles are considered to be “Malahini” and sometimes teased about it. This is seen by locals as a type of mentality, attitude, and assumptions from a mainland perspective. Because if they experience things out of their comfort zone those who visit will be able to see that the food culture was built off of the values that are seen in Local Haole Ohana’s foods as they are made for sharing in groups, family style, or bite sized, and made with local preferred regional Hawaii-style ingredients. The saying “Haole food” is incredibly vague and the definition can differ depending on the cook and can cause many arguments at times due to not having a precise idea about its explanation. The people who live in Hawaii have built their own food culture by respecting the food culture of ethnic annual events, people sharing time and deepening family ties by sharing food, and that culture is what makes Hawaii Haole food different from Authentic Haole Food that has been specifically classified by its origin country or “Regional State food” in the United States. Hawaii Haole dishes have evolved uniquely in Hawaii and while are referred to as “Haole dishes” a person eating a dish from Haole dish in Hawaii versus where its origins came from will taste a very different flavor. What is not Hawaii-Haole dishes? Is anything made by a transplant Hawaii-Haole? is there a history to consider? Dishes with their development and taste marketed towards mainlanders and not Hawaiians nor Hawaii Locals that do not use local techniques, ingredients, and regionality as a consideration in its creation are not Hawaii-Haole and certainly not Hawaiian. Mislabeling of many canadian creations as Hawaiian has done much harm to Hawaii’s perspective of food culture in which Pineapple is more a symbol of the “Plantation” era rather than the Hawaiian culture. A Pineapple Pizza is more likely to be a Canadian Pizza if it is authentic to the area or a Tiki Pizza if its inspired from that era, or in Hawaii it might be known as a Plantation Pizza.
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