Mom's in Hawaii, what should she bring me?

[Bfson]

OK, I've got the alae salt. So what should I do with it?

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When we were at Helena's on Oahu [Helena’s Hawaiian Food, 1240 North School Street ] (the James Beard winner for regional cooking) they served a small bowl of the alae salt with fresh cut sweet Maui onions. You dip a small piece of the onion into the salt and eat. Wonderful combination of flavors!

Edited January 1, 2005 by Bfson (log)

[Rachel Perlow]

I just had a sprinkle of the pink salt on a hard boiled egg. It is pretty, you can see where the salt is, and it has a nice crunch.

[wabi]

Rachel:

Aloha.

I would use the Hawaiian salt on anything that you use salt on.

I use it to sprinkle on steaks before I grill them or a chicken before I roast them.

It's salt.......but as it is from here, that makes it special.

Enjoy it.

wabi

[Gastro888]

Rachel, I apologize for the delay but the name of the fab tuberose soap is: Kopa Haiku.

The website is http://www.kopahaiku.com. It's the best. The label I have from 2 years (!) ago still have a faint scent to it.

I miss Hawaii.

[JumblyJu]

OK, I've got the alae salt. So what should I do with it?

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you could sprinkle it on poke, it gives it a nice crunch!

[Tess]

OK, I've got the alae salt. So what should I do with it?

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you could sprinkle it on poke, it gives it a nice crunch!

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Just bumping this thread to say that my boyfriend returned from Hawaii the other day with a couple of pounds of the alaea salt and some herb-spice mixtures with alaea and sea salt, from Classic Hawaiian Kitchen and Island Import Co. Got them all in supermarkets.

I don't usually bother with proprietary salt-spice mixtures but these are pretty tasty, and striking in appearance. I put some on plain broiled fish and really liked it. The pink salt is lovely and we will certainly be having it on poke and with onions, as well as cucumbers and other salad-y things. All this stuff is inexpensive and definitely worth picking up when you see it.