- Laulau
Laulau is a
Hawaiian dish. Traditionally, it consisted ofpork wrapped in Luau, ortaro leaf.In old Hawaii, laulau was assembled by taking a few luau leaves and placing a few pieces of fish and pork in the center. The ends of the luau leaf are folded and wrapped again in ti leaf. When ready, all the laulau is placed in an underground oven, called an
imu . Hot rocks are placed on the dish and covered in banana leaves and buried again. A few hours later the laulau is ready to eat.In modern times, the dish uses taro leaves, salted
butterfish , and eitherpork ,beef , orchicken and is usually steamed on the stove. Laulau is a typicalplate lunch dish and is usually served with a side of rice andmacaroni salad .ee also
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* Cite book
last = Laudan
first = Rachel
title = The Food of Paradise: Exploring Hawaii's Culinary Heritage
publisher = University of Hawaiokinai Press
date = 1996
location = Seattle
url = http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/cart/shopcore/?db_name=uhpress&page=shop/flypage&product_id=324&category_id=b3e6237d1b1b3b8594488ed1c40d0dfb&PHPSESSID=6b6a32abcd32b2e6be35b8dcebce1d52
isbn = 0824817788External links
*cite web
url=http://starbulletin.com/96/05/27/features/story1.html
title=Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features
publisher=starbulletin.com|accessdate=2008-06-16|last=Kam|first=Nadine
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