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Eating Maui

I know it has been a long time since my last recipe post. Delusions of grandeur, that's my problem. I imagine relaxing summer days or berry picking, corn blanching, jam making, and shopping at the farmers market. Summer arrives and passes in a complete chlorine scented blur. I did pick berries and make jam. I did go to some farmers markets. I did blanch corn and freeze it along with some berries; however it's already been eaten. If I were a pioneer mother who salted and smoked meats and fish, stored up root vegetables in the cellar, and canned fruit, my family would be starving by November. Back and rested from a recent trip to Maui I have gotten back on the culinary horse. I arrived home armed with some brown cane sugar, alaea sea salt, and three Maui Gold pineapples. While we were in Maui we tried to eat at some "local" places. One of our favorite places was the Paia Fish Market, a casual place with picnic tables and a walk up counter. The fish is as fresh as it