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May 27, 2010 Welcome new HFMA Members: Royal Hawaiian Seasoning from Grandfather's Salt Inc. Royal Hawaiian Seasoning was created over half a century ago by Joseph Lau while he was Master Chef of one of the oldest and most prestigious hotels on Waikiki Beach, the Royal Hawaiian. This unique mixture is great on meat, vegetables, rice and noodles. Available at Walmart, Don Quijote, KTA, and the commissaries. See more at www.grandfatherssalt.com February 2010 Tis Chocolate Season! Chocolates from Members of the Hawaii Food Manufacturers Association Head down to your favorite store for Menehune Mac, Hawaiian Host, Island Princess, Hawaiian Sun, Hawaiian King Candies, Elvira Chocolat, Original Hawaiian Chocolate Factory candies December 2009 Kauai Coffee Company Kauai Coffee grows, harvests, processes, and roasts its 100% Hawaiian Kauai Coffee all at its Kauai plantation. Kauai Coffee is committed to environmentally friendly agricultural practices including being the largest drip irrigation coffee estate in the world. This system delivers water and fertilizers directly to the roots of the trees so there is no spraying or dusting. Kauai Coffee uses no pesticides on its 3,100 acres of coffee. It is GMO free and has cut herbicide use by 75% through cultivation practices. Kauai Coffee uses 100% renewable energy for its farm and plant and additionally provides 5% of the electrical power for the Island of Kauai. Find out more about Kauai Coffee and its single estate coffee at http://www.kauaicoffee.com October 19, 2009 Kaiulani Spices New Flavor! Hawaiian Cajun. Kaiulni Spices are now organic certified and they all have Hawaiian alae salt. No gluten, fat, peanuts or MSG. Find where to purchase at Kaispices.com. October 13, 2009 Hawaiian King Candies Hawaii's oldest Macadamia Nut Chocolate company. Selling fine confections at Honolulu International Airport gift shops.   September 21, 2009 Kauai Kookie Since 1965, Kauai Kookie Kompany has been baking cookies and mixing dressings in unique blends using fabulous tropical ingredients. Kauai Kookies are THE original cookie from the island of Kauai. Produced in the small tropical town of Hanapepe, master bakers work daily to prepare these yummy treats. Hawaiian Hula Dressings likewise are a long favorite of local residents. Read more>>> Friday, September 4, 2009 NEW HFMA MEMBER Kona Gold Vanilla and Extract Kits True, natural vanilla flavor comes from a long, brown vanilla bean, which in turn grows from a delicate yellow orchid blossom. The Hawaiian Islands are the only place in this country close enough to the equatorial sun to tease forth this savory bean. Kona Gold Vanilla began decades ago through the persistence of an orchid lover in Kona. That gentleman passed cuttings of his vanilla orchids on to many local growers, and thus vanilla production came to Hawai‚Äôi. Kona Gold Vanilla has carefully tended and multiplied the cuttings that were entrusted to them and now hosts a quarter acre of vibrant green vines. To make your own vanilla extract with Kona Gold's kits: 1. Cut your 1/2 oz. of beans in half 2. Now cut the halves the long way 3. Push out the tiny seeds in their goo (called roe) put them aside (your thumbnail works great for this) 4. Pour four ounces (1/2 cup) of the alcohol (Vodka works greaet) into the 6 oz. bottle 5. Add the bean pieces and the seeds to the bottle and give it a thorough shaking. 6. You're done, just wait, shaking your bottle once a day for the first week and once in a while thereafter. In four weeks the vanilla extract is done and ready to use. You can filter it if you like but the little seeds are attractive in baked goods and tell everyone you used real vanilla. 7. The beans can stay in your mix for up to six months, be filtered out, dried and then put in some sugar to flavor it. The kits are available on the Big Island at Kailua Candy Company, Waimea General Store, and Sweet Paradise or email them. Read more>>> Tuesday, September 2, 2009 Maui Cattle Company is made up of a hui of cattle farmers on Maui. The cattle live on the open range for most of their lives contributing to a beef product that is high in vitamin E, Omega-3 and CLA. The beef is currently available for retail sale in all Maui Longs Drug Stores, as well as Maui retailers Ah Fooks, Maui Chemical, Morihara, Pukalani Superette, and Mana Foods and a couple of other small retailers. On Oahu, the beef is not yet available for retail sale but is being served by Alan Wong, Hula Grill, and Dukes, among others. Read more>>> August 31, 2009 Tropical Dreams Ice Cream All the company's cream comes from Big Island dairies. It uses as much local fruit as possible such as white pineapple, poha berry, ohelo berry, dragon fruit, mango, passion fruit, guava, apple banana and others. The company is working with Hawaii Tropical Fruit Grower‚Äôs Association in an effort to develop new flavors and expand the use of local fruit. More here>>>   Saturday, August 29, 2009 Pink Bamboo Forest tisane from Pacific Place, Ala Moana Center 2nd Floor. A tisane is a caffeine-free drink with no tea popularized in Europe in the 18th century and still more popular with Europeans than iced tea. Pink Bamboo Forest is a naturally sweet tisane made from passionfruit, beets, carrots, pineapple and bamboo leaf. Boil one tablespoon to one cup of water and steep for 5-10 minutes before adding cold water and ice. Pacific Place's unusual and delicious tisanes are currently only available at the Pacific Place outdoor cafe at Ala Moana Center.