http://www.midweekkauai.com Wed, 22 May 2013 21:46:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.midweekkauai.com/lihue-triumphs-over-kalawai/ http://www.midweekkauai.com/lihue-triumphs-over-kalawai/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 21:17:04 +0000 MidWeek Kaua'i staff http://www.midweekkauai.com/?p=11068
Lihu’e defeated Kalawai 10-3 in a Pony League baseball game May 12 at Kalawai Park in Kalaheo. Photos by RON KOSEN PHOTO SPECTRUM KAUA’I]]>
Lihu'e defeated Kalawai 10-3 in a Pony League baseball game May 12 at Kalawai Park in Kalaheo. Photos by RON KOSEN PHOTO SPECTRUM KAUA'I ]]> http://www.midweekkauai.com/lihue-triumphs-over-kalawai/feed/ 0 http://www.midweekkauai.com/apples-dire-warning-has-merit/ http://www.midweekkauai.com/apples-dire-warning-has-merit/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 21:13:17 +0000 Steve Murray http://www.midweekkauai.com/?p=11066
The University of Hawaii has an identity problem. Regardless of the strides made in research and the increased enrollment of Native Hawaiians into the system, the state’s flagship university is seen as a quagmire of self-interest and financial incompetence. After decades of questionable decision-making, it’s an assessment not without merit. Let’s be honest, UH is [...]]]>
The University of Hawaii has an identity problem. Regardless of the strides made in research and the increased enrollment of Native Hawaiians into the system, the state's flagship university is seen as a quagmire of self-interest and financial incompetence. After decades of questionable decision-making, it's an assessment not without merit. Let's be honest, UH is a dump. It's underfunded, poorly maintained, getting more expensive and seemingly stricken by one scandal after another. A quick list includes the Pacific Ocean Science and Technology Center, which was years behind schedule and not usable upon completion; the Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium, built without sight lines of home plate; Herman Frazier; Evan Dobelle; Stevie Wonder ... it goes on and on. Now the athletic department faces an estimated $13 million deficit (through fiscal year 2014), disgruntled fans, an exodus of boosters (both voluntary and otherwise), disappointing on-field performance and a number of expiring coaches' contracts. This is the mess in which UH chancellor Tom Apple must operate, and find a solution. Apple, whether fair or not, has the job approval rating of Congress. He brought further negative attention on himself and UH when he revealed to Ka Leo O Hawaii editor Marc Arakaki that should the department not find a solution to its funding problem in three years, he would consider moving the state's only Division I athletic program down to D-II. It was an admission met with widespread condemnation in an outpouring of misdirected anger. Apple's call to arms is not without precedent. Months ago, Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany described a similar situation should the Ed O'Bannon lawsuit - which seeks payment for the use of a college athlete's image and likeness in video games and other revenue-generating products - be successful. The Big Ten, with its massive TV contracts, could likely withstand most financial threats, but for smaller schools in lesser conferences, like UH, a reassessment of the schools' financial future and competitive aspirations is inevitable. It came as no surprise when USA Today recently reported that just 23 of 228 public university athletic departments in 2012 generated enough income to cover expenses. Of those lucky 23, 16 received some form of subsidy, with 10 getting an increase in financial assistance from 2011 to 2012. That college sports is an economic sinkhole has been well established, even for those with seemingly endless streams of income. Penn State, No. 8 in the nation with more than $108 million in total revenue, generated a profit of only $863,023. This amounts to a return on investment of less than 1 percent. Accounting for inflation, the Pennsylvania school lost an approximate 2 percent of its buying power from the year before. UH is no Penn State, and with the added burden of mediocre conference affiliations and high travel costs, it was inevitable under the current system that UH would come up short. Unlike many of the larger schools stuck in an endless loop of bidding wars and the ever-expanding outlays for athletic accoutrements, UH's problems are for the most part repairable. A simple turnover of funds from event parking, logo wear sales, food concessions and a more favorable Aloha Stadium use arrangement would go a long way to eliminate the annual deficits. The one thing the university cannot do is forgive the debt owed by the department. According to the Wall Street Journal, undergraduate tuition at UH since 2006 has grown 108 percent - second most in the country over the period. To wipe out such debt while increasing tuition and pushing the maintenance backlog toward $500 million would be an insult to students not athletic enough to get a free education, while sending the wrong signal about the university's priorities. Apple would have been best served by channeling political debate and speak for 20 minutes without saying anything. That he didn't suggests either a lack of preparation or a shocking moment of honesty at a university in critical need of open dialogue. Let's hope for the latter. The future of UH athletics, in the short term, rests in Apple's hands. He's in charge of the Manoa campus, including athletics. If he can work with university leaders and state legislators to create a more equitable split of revenue, the department should be able to operate in a financially sound manner. If not, the next conversation may not be in dropping to D-II but dropping athletics altogether. No university can continually operate in the red and stay in business.]]> http://www.midweekkauai.com/apples-dire-warning-has-merit/feed/ 0 http://www.midweekkauai.com/kimos-vegas-131/ http://www.midweekkauai.com/kimos-vegas-131/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 21:12:16 +0000 MidWeek Kaua'i staff http://www.midweekkauai.com/?p=11064
WELCOME TO Kimo’s Vegas … The Player’s Edge! IN TOWN FOR the Cal’s Mei Day Celebration, Hoku Award-winning Mark Yamanaka told Hawaiian105 KINE’s Billy V it was his first trip to Sin City, so his friends took him to do all the tourist things, including checking out a magic show. He was randomly selected to [...]]]>
WELCOME TO Kimo's Vegas ... The Player's Edge! IN TOWN FOR the Cal's Mei Day Celebration, Hoku Award-winning Mark Yamanaka told Hawaiian105 KINE's Billy V it was his first trip to Sin City, so his friends took him to do all the tourist things, including checking out a magic show. He was randomly selected to be part of David Copperfield's act, where they make members of the audience disappear. Billy said, "Great, I've always wanted to know how they do that trick ..." Mark said, "Well, it was dark and it all happened so fast, I dunno ..." CONGRATS TO all the players and the big winners of the Cal's Golden Arm Tournament - Johnnie T. Dodge finished third and won $2,000, Russell Castillo took second place and $5,000 in cash, and Benjamin Dalde won the tourney and $10,000. AND CONGRATS TO Scott Singer, who has been promoted to Table Games manager. He replaces the recently retired Jeff Weiss. On May 28, 1989, Jeff was the shift manager when Stanley Fujitani had his epic three-hour-and-six-minute roll that started the Cal's exclusive Golden Arm club and the tourney of like-minded rollers. IF YOU build it, they will play ... After three days' existence, the first legal, state-sanctioned online poker site dealt 100,000 hands in Nevada. Players from all 50 states and more than 20 countries have registered with Ultimate Poker. THE MOST-WANTED men in Vegas have added a 10:30 p.m. show Thursdays, bringing their total number of hot, sweaty performances each week to 10. You ever notice an abundance of single guys hangin' out in the Rio's casino after a Chippendales show? UNTIL THE Michael Jackson show opens later this month, Zarkana is the newest resident Cirque du Soleil show. Like most shows from the Canadian troupe, it tells a tale that is highly interpretive by the audience. Zark is a magician who's lost his love for magic and eventually finds it in an abandoned theater inhabited by surreal creatures. Don't know how they do it, but by the end of the performance you feel like you understand the made-up language of "cirquelish" used exclusively throughout the show. MOST FOLKS I know complain when they get the funny-looking money, but at the Golden Gate they give our brothers, sisters and rock 'n' roll radio cousins from the Great White North a 5 percent bonus for exchanging their Canadian money at the cage. THE BIGGEST-grossing night club in the country is XS in Las Vegas. The $55 per dude and $25 per dudette cover charge and serious-as-a-heart-attack bottle service all add up to annual revenues in excess $90 million a year. FOLLOW US on Twitter, like us on Facebook and get the latest Vegas news online at KimosVegas.com and every week here in MidWeek. Send me your Vegas questions, mana'o, photos and reunions to Kimo@KimosVegas.com.]]> http://www.midweekkauai.com/kimos-vegas-131/feed/ 0 http://www.midweekkauai.com/hair-apparent/ http://www.midweekkauai.com/hair-apparent/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 21:11:20 +0000 Ron Nagasawa http://www.midweekkauai.com/?p=11063 http://www.midweekkauai.com/hair-apparent/feed/ 0 http://www.midweekkauai.com/eye-on-kauai-30/ http://www.midweekkauai.com/eye-on-kauai-30/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 21:10:43 +0000 MidWeek Kaua'i staff http://www.midweekkauai.com/?p=11053
Daniel Lane has an eye for the unique, the beautiful, the cute and even the quirky side of life on the Garden Isle. This is just a small sampling of his photographic work.]]>
Daniel Lane has an eye for the unique, the beautiful, the cute and even the quirky side of life on the Garden Isle. This is just a small sampling of his photographic work. ]]> http://www.midweekkauai.com/eye-on-kauai-30/feed/ 0 http://www.midweekkauai.com/whod-want-to-be-uh-president/ http://www.midweekkauai.com/whod-want-to-be-uh-president/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 20:55:56 +0000 Dan Boylan http://www.midweekkauai.com/?p=11050
M.R.C. Greenwood called it quits after four years as the University of Hawaii’s first female president. The 70-year-old Greenwood cited health concerns. A university presidency is enough to make anyone sick. The officeholder must ward off infection from viral faculty, bacterial athletic boosters and ulcerous alumni. But worse infections come from self-inflicted wounds, however minor, [...]]]>
M.R.C. Greenwood called it quits after four years as the University of Hawaii's first female president. The 70-year-old Greenwood cited health concerns. A university presidency is enough to make anyone sick. The officeholder must ward off infection from viral faculty, bacterial athletic boosters and ulcerous alumni. But worse infections come from self-inflicted wounds, however minor, when legislators are hell-bent on oversight and press ravenous for a story. Thus has it always been. Sugar fields covered the Hawaiian Islands in 1908, when the governing board of the territory's new land-grant university fittingly chose professor of agriculture John W. Gilmore as the first president of the University of Hawaii. Gilmore served five years in the job, then passed it to a succession of long-tenured presidents: Arthur Dean, 1914-1927; David Crawford, 1927-1941; and Gregg Sinclair, 1942-1955. All eventually had a building named after them. So did Paul Bachman, but he died after only two years on the job. Then came statehood, jet air service to the Islands, and explosive economic and population growth. Laurence Snyder became the first president in the university's modern era. He lasted five years before the alumni came down on him when he suggested that the university eliminate its football team. (Sound familiar?) Tom Hamilton replaced Snyder in 1963. Hamilton came from a working-class Indiana family; he knew how to charm the state legislators, many of whom had known childhoods in a plantation camp. Throughout Hamilton's presidency, they routinely gave the university more money than Hamilton requested. But the Vietnam War did Hamilton in. He denied tenure to an anti-war political science professor. The resulting furor among university faculty forced Hamilton to resign in 1968. The Board of Regents then turned to a diplomat, Harlan Cleveland. A Rhodes scholar, Cleveland was long on gravitas, short on charm. Neither faculty nor legislators warmed to him. Fujio "Fudge" Matsuda replaced him in 1974. An MIT-trained engineer and former director of the state Department of Transportation, Matsuda became the first Asian-American university president in the nation, and the first Hawaii-born president of the university. All helped him. He lasted 10 years, but not without a low murmuring from faculty ranks that somehow his local political connections made him unworthy. The man originally selected to replace Matsuda had second thoughts and withdrew his name. Then vice president Al Simone took the job and kept it for eight years, buoyed by Japanese investment in Hawaii's economy. Ken Mortimer had no such luck. He understood university governance, but Hawaii's economy tanked at the outset of his eight-year tenure; he had to say "no" too many times to too many people. Then came Evan Dobelle in 2001. Initially he impressed town and gown, Legislature and press. But he over-sold himself, and less than three years later the Board of Regents fired him. Another vice president stepped into the breach. David McClain proved a good listener. He also enjoyed a redhot state economy, presiding over a $300 million UH Foundation fundraising campaign. He resigned and went back to teaching in 2009. Enter Greenwood, smart and well-spoken, but faced with Hawaii's version of the nation's Great Recession and one of the silliest blunders in the annals of university administration. In order to raise money for a struggling athletic department, the university sent a check for $200,000 to a Florida post office box as down payment on a Stevie Wonder concert. Oops. Who's next?]]> http://www.midweekkauai.com/whod-want-to-be-uh-president/feed/ 0 http://www.midweekkauai.com/jury-duty-a-serious-job-privilege/ http://www.midweekkauai.com/jury-duty-a-serious-job-privilege/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 20:54:35 +0000 Jade Moon http://www.midweekkauai.com/?p=11049 http://www.midweekkauai.com/jury-duty-a-serious-job-privilege/feed/ 0 http://www.midweekkauai.com/storefront-school-for-at-risk-youths/ http://www.midweekkauai.com/storefront-school-for-at-risk-youths/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 20:43:02 +0000 Mufi Hannemann http://www.midweekkauai.com/?p=11047
Many have given up on school dropouts, runaways and teens battling drug addiction, whose educational progress is severely jeopardized because of poor choices and unfortunate circumstances. But the state Department of Education’s High Core Program/Storefront School teaches these youths valuable skills and gives them the tools to succeed in life. The late Ed Tonaki founded [...]]]>
Many have given up on school dropouts, runaways and teens battling drug addiction, whose educational progress is severely jeopardized because of poor choices and unfortunate circumstances. But the state Department of Education's High Core Program/Storefront School teaches these youths valuable skills and gives them the tools to succeed in life. The late Ed Tonaki founded Storefront School and Central Oahu Youth Services Association (COYSA) 46 years ago as alternative educational and housing outlets aimed at reforming at-risk students. "Our country was undergoing social unrest at the time, a lot of glue- and paint-sniffing. The kids cut class and hung out at the boat ramp in Wahiawa in abandoned cars," says Storefront High Core coordinator Colette MiyamotoKajiwara, who succeeded Tonaki and has been with the program for 33 years. Today's generation faces "spice," methamphetamine abuse and other forms of modern-day substances and challenges, but the need for reform is still in high demand. Teachers dedicate their talents to assist youngsters deficient in graduation credits because of sporadic attendance. Students fail in classes, are teen substance-abusers and/or pose threats to themselves and others. Storefront helps them to "get their act and academics in order." Miyamoto-Kajiwara perpetuates the legacy left behind by Tonaki, whose commitment was to keep students academically involved and entice them back into the classroom. Storefront's name is derived from the Mainland, where outreach counselors once taught street kids hanging out at storefronts. Instead of facing incarceration, some youths are court-ordered to enroll. All are behaviorally and/or academically challenged and come from a range of poverty-stricken to affluent backgrounds. Storefront services 300 of the most severely "alienated" students in the Central District on Oahu and throughout Hawaii. Its approach reinforces solid principles that give students the encouragement and motivation they need to combat life's struggles. It's a total team effort that makes the program the success it is, and its coordinator credits a staff of academic trainers and counselors - Derek Tengan, Shelley Miyasato, Cathy Nakamura, Shari Kunimura, Larry Dembinski, Nathan Komata, Elton GemenoHing, Jonah NakazaKoizumi and Lois Shishido - who play a key role in the students wanting to improve their academic performance, attitude and behavior. The curriculum concentrates on language arts, math, social studies, science and some electives. Miyamoto-Kajiwara and staff feel most fulfilled when students overcome the odds and make a genuine commitment to change for the better. One success story is a troubled teen whose only option was the youth correctional facility because of her recurring drug battles. Fortunately, Storefront never gave up and eventually saved her. "We became her friends, confidantes, advisers, disciplinarians and surrogate parents, and helped her rebuild her life," says Miyamoto-Kajiwara, who teaches the students that they need to be "resilient in order to move forward, because backward is not an option if they want to survive." That young woman is now in her late 30s, 20 years sober and a director in a retail corporation. Who knows what she might have become had intervention not been provided. At High Core Program/Storefront School, students learn how to make good decisions, feel that it is possible to love and be loved, and gain personal respect. They blossom into contributing members of the community and get a second chance at life. "We appreciate the DOE and the community's support in taking care of Hawaii's youths in dire need of our assistance," says Miyamoto-Kajiwara. For more information on how you can help, call 622-4363 or 621-7717. mufi@ mufihannemann.com]]> http://www.midweekkauai.com/storefront-school-for-at-risk-youths/feed/ 0 http://www.midweekkauai.com/turtles-ninja-days-are-over/ http://www.midweekkauai.com/turtles-ninja-days-are-over/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 20:38:32 +0000 Dr. John Kaya http://www.midweekkauai.com/?p=11046 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. In fact, they watch this educational program every week - with their daddy, of course. You see, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was on television during my younger days and nostalgia sets in every time I see them "save the day." In fact, when a turtle patient crawls in, I sometimes feel like I'm helping out one of my childhood heroes. Is that dorky? Oh well, such is the life of an exotic veterinarian. Franklin came into our hospital with his owner Mr. Hamada and his daughter Sarah. I had a feeling that it was going to be a rough appointment when I saw the tears in Sarah's eyes. "Doc, please help my little Franklin," pleaded Sarah. "It was an accident. I didn't mean to hurt him." I looked at Mr. Hamada and he nodded in acknowledgement. As I peered into the carrier, I noticed that Franklin had some difficulty moving about, and the reason was very apparent. "What happened?" I asked. Mr. Hamada explained that he insisted that Sarah clean Franklin's aquarium. He wanted her to understand the meaning of chores and responsibilities. In the aquarium, Franklin had a large, flat rock that he used to bask in the sun. Most people don't realize it, but aquatic turtles need a place to rest and dry themselves periodically. As Mr. Hamada continued, Sarah suddenly interrupted him and said with a sad expression: "I dropped the rock on Franklin." That explained the crack on the back half of Franklin's shell. A turtle shell is not just a hard covering, but it is a very vascular structure similar to our nailbed. In fact, running down the middle and incorporated in the shell is the turtle's spine. The rock that cracked Franklin's shell also fractured his spine, and so his rear legs were not working properly. "Don't worry, Sarah," I whispered. "We'll fix Franklin up, and he'll be just fine." The procedure needed to repair Franklin's shell involved a fiberglass mesh and epoxy resin. As I described the procedure, Mr. Hamada had a quizzical look on his face. "Doc, it sounds like something I would do for my surfboard," he said. "Exactly, we're going to treat Franklin's shell like a damaged surfboard. When we're done, the repaired shell will be good as new. The only thing I'm not certain about is whether Franklin will regain full use of his rear legs. The spinal trauma might be too severe for normal function, but he should still be able to live a happy life." Sarah smiled and the tears stopped. Franklin's shell healed, but he continued to walk in an awkward manner. His crime-fighting days were clearly over, but he provided love and companionship for a little girl. As the Teenage Mutant Ninjas would say, "Kowabunga!" Dr. John Kaya is the director of the Windward Community College veterinary technician program and associate veterinarian for VCA University Animal Hospital.]]> http://www.midweekkauai.com/turtles-ninja-days-are-over/feed/ 0 http://www.midweekkauai.com/foraging-for-edible-shoots/ http://www.midweekkauai.com/foraging-for-edible-shoots/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 20:37:25 +0000 Marta Lane http://www.midweekkauai.com/?p=11040
Thirty-five years ago, Lelan Nishek started Kaua’i Nursery & Landscaping (KN&L). Since then, the one-man operation has grown into a 150-acre property with close to 80 employees, including three of Lelan’s brothers, their families and his daughter Sandy. From anthuriums and orchids to plumerias and palms, KN&L sells hundreds of tropical plants and trees. Vegetable [...]]]>
Thirty-five years ago, Lelan Nishek started Kaua'i Nursery & Landscaping (KN&L). Since then, the one-man operation has grown into a 150-acre property with close to 80 employees, including three of Lelan's brothers, their families and his daughter Sandy. From anthuriums and orchids to plumerias and palms, KN&L sells hundreds of tropical plants and trees. Vegetable starts are grown from University of Hawaii seeds, which are hybrids that are disease-resistant and acclimated to Hawaii. On May 25 at 9:05 a.m., KN&L will host a free bamboo workshop. Enter the drawing and you may win a bamboo that's planted in a 5-gallon bucket. You will learn how to space, plant, water and feed bamboo, and how to prepare bamboo shoots. Afterward, sample Sandy's Bamboo Curry and Liz Ito's Bamboo Kinpira, a Japanese salad traditionally made with gobo (burdock root). Every one of the 23 varieties of bamboo that KN&L sells is a noninvasive, clumping species. There are five varieties that produce excellent edible shoots: Bali Black, Velvet Leaf, Oldhamii, Sweet Shoot and Monastery. KN&L bamboo varieties: Bali Black, Bush, Costa Rican Weeping, Giantochola Sp., Graceful Weaver, Hedge, Java Black, Lumpy Noodle, Malay Dwarf, Mayan Silver, Mexican Weeping, Monastery, Ohe Kahiko/Hula Bamboo, Ohe Nui/Giant Chinese, Oldhamii, Sacred Bali, South American Timber, Southeast Asian Timber, Sweet Shoot, Timor Black, Velvet Leaf, Weavers and White. BAMBOO SHOOTS Bamboo was first found and used in China more than 2,500 years ago, and is an early foraging food. For this reason, there may be as many ways to harvest and prepare bamboo shoots as there are Chinese mothers! Homemade preparation varies greatly, but today, bamboo shoots are an essential ingredient in the dishes of China, Japan, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Vietnam, Philippines and Uganda. Bamboo shoots are young canes (called culms) that are harvested for food before they are two weeks old, or 1 foot tall. Watch carefully, because shoots can grow 3 feet in one day. This is why American botanist David Fairchild said, "The best way to control bamboo is to eat it." Most species of bamboo reach maturity in five years, and spring shoots are larger and tougher than winter shoots. All bamboo shoots are edible but must be cooked to remove the bitter flavor. Season: On Kaua'i, bamboo shoots may be harvested from April through September, beginning in their third year. What to look for: The best stage to harvest is one to two weeks after they appear. Shoots larger than 12 inches can be woody. Storage: Cover cooked bamboo shoots with water in an airtight container and store in the refrigerator for up to two weeks. They also can be frozen or canned. Store whole, unpeeled shoots in the crisper drawer of the refrigerator for up to a week. Preparation: All bamboo shoots, except Sweet Shoot, need to be peeled and cooked before consuming. Raw bamboo shoots are bitter and hard to digest because they are toxic. Sweet Shoot needs to be peeled, but can be eaten raw. Once cooked, slice and add soy sauce or salt, butter and pepper and serve as a side dish, or add to salads, curries, soups and fried rice. Stir-fry and serve with soy sauce and rice, or marinate in soy sauce, rice vinegar and sesame oil for several hours before using. Ito peels bamboo shoots and soaks them for up to five days, changing water daily when it turns yellow and smells bad because of a compound called taxi-phyllin. After they have soaked, she slices them into strips and cooks until tender, changing water when it turns yellow or smells bad. Strips are done in about 20 minutes, when water is clear and has no odor. Alternatively, place whole, unpeeled bamboo shoots in a pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook uncovered for one hour. Cooling in the cooking water makes them easier to peel. They are done when shoots are tender enough to pierce with a toothpick. Tip: Bamboo shoots contain cyanogenic glycosides (taxiphyllin), which is produced by more than 1,000 plant species including sorghum and cassava. Chronic cyanide poisoning has been observed in individuals whose diet includes significant amounts of cyanogenic plants. Health benefits: One hundred grams, or just under one cup, of cooked bamboo shoots contains 11 calories, 1 gram of fiber and 2 grams of protein. Bamboo shoots are a very good source of vitamin B6, potassium, copper and manganese. Phytochemicals in bamboo shoots include lignans and phenolic acid which have anticancer, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties. Bamboo can be found at: Kauai Nursery & Landscaping, 3-1550 Kaumualii Hwy., Lihu''e. For more information, call 245-7747 or visit kauainursery.com. On the website, you can download a free bamboo booklet that explains the varieties and uses in detail. Just click on the Sandy's Bamboo Curry Tips that are sliced lengthwise into narrow strips have ribbing that holds extra sauce "Nursery" tab then "Nursery Stock." SANDY'S BAMBOO CURRY Sandy uses fresh bamboo shoots in this spicy curry, which you can sample at the May 25 workshop. Once the shoots are prepared, the recipe comes together quickly. Slice the shoots lengthwise, and the ribbing helps to hold more sauce! Makes four servings. * 1 cooked bamboo shoot, sliced * 1 onion, sliced * 1 red bell pepper, sliced * 5 garlic cloves, minced * 1/2 cup Mae Ploy Yellow Curry Paste (available at Kojima's) * 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg * 2 cans coconut milk * 3 tablespoons oil, divided Add 1 tablespoon oil to a hot pan. Add bamboo, bell peppers and onion. Sauté until crisp-tender, about two minutes; add garlic. Cook until fragrant, remove vegetables from pan and reserve. Add 2 tablespoons oil to pan and stir in nutmeg and curry paste. Cook for one minute, stirring frequently. Return vegetables to the pan with one can of water (from coconut milk can). Simmer for 20 minutes. Add coconut milk to curry and simmer for no more than 15 minutes to avoid curdling. Serve over steamed rice. Marta Lane is a Kaua'i-based food writer. For more information, visit TastingKauai.com.]]> http://www.midweekkauai.com/foraging-for-edible-shoots/feed/ 0