Hawaii Life and Mayonnaise Being brought up in Hawaii in anywhere that serves local food and local sides will likely have some sort of food that contains mayonnaise. Quest for the ultimate macaroni salad, classic furikake salmon with mayonnaise, or the legacy of spicy poke, the presents of mayonnaise in Hawaii dishes can simply not be ignored. When people mention Hawaii they might go and start talking about the food, but they will ask why there is so much mayonnaise and why a macaroni salad? In response may say things like its a taste of home or it's always been there which brings up the next question of why was it always there? The question of why will even bother those who try to gather the strength to cook Hawaii local recipes. Those who cook Hawaii cuisine for the first time and see mayonnaise start to look at the recipe and think what kind of nut needs all that mayonnaise, well locals who live in Hawaii called Kamaaina do. People know it's unhealthy, but it is burrowed in comfort food goodness of foods that were eaten all the time. Some might even say that it feels like it's always been on the island, which it hasn’t, since it came with all the other prepacked goods that came with the supermarkets that made things like mayonnaise widely available with canned goods and spices. Mayonnaise can’t be avoided on the islands, go to a franchise burger joint or a Hawaii style Drive Inn there are burgers with mayonnaise, figure what to eat in the morning in a sandwich people may opt for a B.L.T sandwich with the addition of mayonnaise in it, or a ethnically the cream finds itself in dishes imported to the islands like an okonomiyaki, the stuff is literally all over hidden in recipes where people don’t even realize they are eating a lot of mayonnaise. A local person might see a macaroni salad or some spicy poke and start having some cravings and be thinking that they would like to be in the person's shoes who is getting to eat that creamy and ono treat. Meanwhile if people aren’t use to seeing mayonnaise Most famously the dishes that would contain mayonnaise might be at the market at the poke bar or a plate lunch shop that would have macaroni salad. It wouldn’t matter what sort of plate lunch shop, since the loco moco is famous for having the creamy macaroni salad get an even deeper flavor with the pairing of gravy and burger patty, or the korean plate lunch would feature mayonnaise in its potato salad that had cuts of potato in the form of wedges. But where mayonnaise is easily identified from the heavy cream look is going to have to be the spicy sauce on poke. Spicy Sauce is the king of mayonnaise sauces in Hawaii. It maybe from the Poke trend, it maybe from poke bars at markets, or it might be from people making their own poke sauces, but people always get all excited from the heat and creaminess of spicy sauces in Hawaii. These can range from homemade to restaurants, but the most popular blends that go with pokes are:: Tabasco Mayo, Red Pepper Ginger Mayo, Sriracha Mayo, Sesame Ichimi Mayo, Wasabi Mayo, and Hot Mustard Mayo. The spicy is such an attraction that some sushi restaurants that feature a spicy bowl will have many customers only coming for that particular menu item. Mayonnaise has really been apart of Hawaii cuisine. When people in Hawaii think up the idea of a thick creamy and savory the first thought that comes to mind would most likely be a mayonnaise over something like sour cream as the first thought. When people use mayonnaise they think of it as a necessary pantry item that is always on the list to always have and because it's always a must have it tends to be taken for granted, until there isn’t any left in the kitchen pantry. When people make their outdoor barbeque parties they usually have ketchup, mustard, and of course they gotta have the mayonnaise to go with their teriyaki burgers, teriyaki chicken, or their teriyaki beef. Mayonnaise is so necessary in the cuisine that if a Hawaii restaurant in the mainland lacked any mayonnaise in their Spicy sauce for the Poke it would be deemed not authentic Hawaii fair and highly frowned upon from those in the know. At home people will see mayonnaise for its versatility in local recipes and from the same companies usually, unless they make their own mayonnaise. The usual mayonnaise bases are american branded goods that dominate most pantries of Hellmann's Mayonnaise & Best Foods Mayonnaise, while in the back a few Japanese pantries contain Kewpie Mayonnaise. The love for mayonnaise has made the refrigerator a home base of many creamy sauces, like: teriyaki mayo, sriracha mayo, mustard mayo, ketchup mayo, and relish mayo. Even many creamy based salad dressings pretty essential inside the Hawaii residents refrigerator, like: Thousand Island Dressing, Ranch Dressing, Sesame Dressing, Caesar Dressing, and Blue Cheese Dressings are mainstays. Popularity in Mayonnaise might be the majority, but it doesn’t mean there aren’t a decent amount of people who really dislike the idea of mayonnaise in their food at all. These anti mayonnaise haters don’t enjoy living with the idea that mayonnaise is a heavily used addition to many dishes, even though they live with it all the time, it's a deal breaker for some people. It’s okay though, because mayonnaise doesn’t like them either, since some people will get upset stomach if they are sensitive to it.
Those who enjoy Mayonnaise really enjoy it! While some cases of complaints involve too much spread on their dishes, particularly sandwiches and macaroni salad, it never stopped those who are passionate of mayonnaise with almost everything. Those who love mayonnaise mix shoyu with mayonnaise and use it as dip for cooked vegetables, use the mixture of miso and mayonnaise to make coatings for baked meats, and use mayonnaise with their hot sauces for just a little kick with a little cream. They even teach their kids that the more mayonnaise the more better, the more butter the more better, and the more gravy the more better. Saying yes to the fat is their motto.
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