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A relish, appetizer, canapé, or hors d'oeuvre, according to the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary published by the University of Hawai`i Press. Among its other meanings in Hawaiian are: 1. shell; 2. circular motif; 3. bunch, tuft, bundle, or bouquet; 4. to gather together, as in a net. Pupu originally refered to the fish, chicken, or banana relish served with kava (`awa, kavakava, Piper methysticum).
The word pupu, like all Hawaiian words, does not take the teminal "s" in the plural. However, American English has adopted pupu as a loan word, dropped the kahako (macron), and uses the "s" plural. "Pupu" also is found in the Pidgin English of Hawai`i.
My grandmother was of the old school, which believed you were a failure as a hostess unless your guests left your home pupu
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More on Kalo (Taro)
Background information on taro, and a mo`olelo
http://www.earthfoot.org/lit_zone/taro.htm
Good information on canoe plants
http://www.canoeplants.com/kalo.html
Nice blog with a lot of information on kalo cultivation
http://www.hawaiiankingdom.info/C980587838/index.html
Cultivating Kalo
http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/fb/taro/taro.htm
Wikipedia on Kalo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taro
How
to build an Imu
Click for Maui Community College's illustrated step-by-step guide to using
an imu for your kalua pig.
http://mauicc.hawaii.edu/unit/fser/recipes/pork/IMUPT1.HTML