Note: these first two (outdated posts) are culled from their original home in another blog...]
Howdy folks - taking a minute to enjoy a stomach full of conch fritters on the Grand Cayman Isle I came up with about 40 Hawaiian food words - I can do this weekly... On to that great nut made so familiar in Subway cookies...
This native of eastern Australia, the macademia nut is named after John Macadam, who was a colleague of the botanist, Ferdinand von Mueller, who first described the genus. Besides the development of a small boutique industry in Australia during the late 19th and early 20th century, macadamia was extensively planted as a commercial crop in Hawaii from the 1900s. The Hawaiian-produced macadamia established the nut internationally. Macadamia oil is prized for containing approximately 22% of the Omega-7 palmitoleic acid, which makes it a botanical alternative to mink oil, which contains approximately 17%. This relatively high content of "cushiony" palmitoleic acid plus macadamia's high oxidative stability make it a desirable ingredient in cosmetics, especially skincare. (Note: they're quite toxic to dogs!)
In Hawaii one will find in packaged raw, salted, in cookies, tons of candies, and most decadently in ice cream. For a killer treat get a scoop of it with your strawberry or mango shave ice...
Probably the most interesting function of this column will be to expose the diverse cultural influences on Hawaiian culture... and to distract me from my dissertation...
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