Hawaii

Aloha, y'all. Today on Paula's Party, we're having a Hawaiian o'down

You like seeing your mama dance like that? Not really. We're gonna be bringing the islands to you as we cook a classic luau dish, home-style kalua pig

Isn't that beautiful? You know, sometimes the best dishes come in small packages, like a traditional Hawaiian lau-lau

And then the party is going to erupt with some fabulous volcanic drinks

That is so cool. And coconut pie fit for a great luau

So y'all put on your grass skirts and let's party. How are y'all

How are y'all? Y'all look so colorful today. I want to take y'all today to someplace that I've never been

And can y'all guess where that is? Hawaii. Hawaii. I want to take you all to Hawaii

But I can't be the only one getting laid out here. We have got to lay the entire audience

Where are the lays, girls? Here. A lay for everybody. So who's ready to party

You ready to go to Hawaii? So what is the food that we associate with Hawaii

Pineapple? Pork. Pork. When I think of Hawaii, I can shut my eyes

and I can just see these whole pigs roasting in a dugout hole in the ground

and maybe covered with banana leaves. Well, that's what we're going to cook today

but we're going to downsize this where you can do this at home

but I'm going to need some help. Would you come be my pig helper

I would be happy to be your pig helper. Well, come up here and look. I've got something for you

Oh, you're precious

So, listen now, I'm not going to bite you. All right. Come on up here and tell me your name. Melissa

Now, normally, they will cook a whole pig. Well, we're just using a pork butt

And I'm going to just trim off. There's still a little fat on here

and we're going to rub down our meat. Do you know I like to rub my meat

I know you like to rub your meat. I do. I like to rub my meat. I like to rub all the seasonings into it

So what I'm going to get you to do is I'm going to get you to rub my meat for me

Perfect. And we've got some Hawaiian salt. Okay. Look at the pretty color of it

It doesn't look like the salt that we, it's real coarse, but from what I understand, they let their salt sun cure dry out in the sun

So what I want you to do is rub this piece of pork down with two tablespoons of liquid smoke

Okay. And we'll salt it. Sounds good. Okay? Sounds good. All right, so just rub it in

Don't be scared of it. Okay. Look, don't be scared. Now take your hands and rub, rub, rub

Okay. Turn it over and rub, rub, rub. Now, because we're going to cook this in the oven, and we won't have the benefit of charcoal or an ash

this liquid smoke will give this meat the flavor that it's actually been cooked over wood

So turn that meat over, Melissa. All right. And we're just going to cut some spots in him

and hopefully our flavors will permeate down there into the center of the meat

Now, in Hawaii, they'll use banana leaves. Well, we don't have any banana leaves, so we're going to just lay a whole banana

Just like this. And this is going to give it a sweet banana flavor

And then we're gonna take a tea leaf, and that's spelled T-I, it's not T-E-A

Okay. We're gonna wrap this up in our tea leaves. Get that banana around there

Okay, when I get this all bundled up, now, Melissa, I want you to come in here and just tie this

Okay. And we can start at this end down here that I've got a pretty good grip on. Okay

There you go. Can I knot it there? Mm-hmm. Yeah, it's real easy, but it always helps to have a buddy around

And I have one already done. Now, we're going to slip this in the oven, y'all, at 350 degrees

and we're going to let it cook for three hours and 45 minutes

We don't have that much time, though, do we? So guess what

Look at that. Look at that. Take our scissors and cut that string

Smells good, doesn't it? It does smell good. I'm really thinking that maybe even I can do this at home

Yes, you can do it. You can do it without a doubt

Here, you unwrap and let me hold the camera. Sounds good. Oh, it smells so good

Look down there at the banana. Uh-huh. All right, now what I want you to do is lift it off and put it on that red plate right there

Get in here and get you a piece. It's a little hot, so be careful

Okay. Mmm

Very good. Mmm. And tender. Mmm. Mmm. I love pigs

very good remember if you don't have tea leaves you can use 10 for

we'll be back in a minute coming up a Hawaiian specialty

lau lau and later on my boys are going nuts for coconuts

Now y'all get to going. Get to hammering. You gonna hurt yourself Maybe Definitely

Oh! Do y'all feel like you're already there in Hawaii

There's only one thing missing. We need some music. We got some music

I don't know how to dance so well. Y'all get up and do the

I don't know if it'll fit. Pull it fit. Y'all get up and roll

I want you. And I want you! Come on! Follow me! Y'all come back, come back

We ain't through yet. That hooling will take your breath away, won't it

Y'all got to help me cook. I about shook my britches off

What a surprise. And y'all are beautiful. Y'all take me back to a time when I was a little girl

My grandmother and grandfather owned River Bend Motel and a restaurant. And we had a swimming pool

We had a skating rink. We had a dining room and a bar, cabins for a weekly stay

And in the dining room, when I was a little girl, I felt like it was my obligation to entertain the diners

I was not asked to do this. But I felt like it was, you know, something that I can contribute

So I did the hula for the guests as they had dinner

I'd go around to all the tables in hula form, and of course they looked at me like I was a nut

But I didn't care. I was fascinated by y'all's dance. So don't go anywhere, okay

And girls, you come on up. We're going to make some lau-lau

Lao Lao, y'all, is a traditional Hawaiian dish that's always served at a luau

Have y'all ever had Lao Lao? Never. Me neither. Well, we're going to make some Lao Lao here

Now, I've got a yellowtail tuna. What smell? Smells fresh. Doesn't smell like anything

Oh, my goodness. Oh, yes. It's not real fishy smelling. What's that? Chicken. Right, it's pork. Alright, what is that? Chicken

So, I have never tasted this, but I know it's a dish that they make, and all we're

gonna do is take these three ingredients, these three meats, we're gonna toss them

and a little of that Hawaiian salt. And we're going to use our tea leaf again

You can get tea leaves, y'all, online or from your local florist

Just congratulations on becoming our grandmother. Thank you. It's all my pleasure

I'm going to be a new grandmother. Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. All right, now I'm going to cut this leaf kind of into the soft part

All right, girls, we've got a tea leaf. You've got... You're all set up over there

All you need to do is trim your tea leaf, and you've got tuna, pork, and chicken, and

Hawaiian sea salt. Go over there, season it, and get started. We've got you all set up right over there

When we come back, we're going to finish these up. We'll see you back in a minute. Shake those hips

Grab that meat. And later, my boys are gonna stir up the fun

Who can resist these two guys? With a volcano punch and party potion

Oh, it's falling over! Oh, no, it's not. No, it ain't. Welcome back, y'all

In case you've just tuned in, you know, it's really not hard to guess where we are right now

You can see everybody's wearing a lei, and we're in Hawaii, and we're cooking up some fabulous traditional Hawaiian dishes

Lau Lau. L-A-U, L-A-U. Lau Lau. This is one of those dishes that you find a lot in Hawaii

And it can be served as an entree or an appetizer. We've got these two ladies over here that are going to be making this dish

But I want to challenge y'all, okay? Are you down for it

We're here. Girls, bring in some grass skirts. Grass up, these girls

Don't you love it? All right, girls, y'all get up here

Get at your station. I want y'all to make this while doing the hula now at the same time

Wait. And I going to time you Okay You got 60 seconds to make this lau tie them up and get them in our pot And don forget you can stop hulu

Okay. We take them over there to the pot or put them on the plate

You can put them on the plate and then come get them in the pot, whatever's the fastest, but never stop hulu-ing

So y'all ready? Ready. Ready. You want to go over the recipe one more time

Yes. You've got yellowtail tuna. You've got pork. You've got chicken. You've got Hawaiian sea salt

Season each of your meats with some salt. Put it in the leaves

Tie them up. Get them in the pot. Two per person in 60 seconds

And remember, you're hooling the whole time. Help me keep an eye on them, guys, okay

Don't take your eyes off their hips. that won't be hard to do will it all right ready set go

hula and you're not hulaing baby hula hula music music hula hula

You're down to 40 seconds Hula hula Hula Hula Hula

Come on, let's go Shake those hips Grab that meat

We can go buy the bacon Bring it home and fry it up in the pan

Put it in that plate. You're wasting your precious time. Come on, wrap, wrap, wrap

You got nine seconds, eight seconds, seven seconds, four, three, two, one second

Stop. Y'all were precious

Bring them on over here, and we're going to put them in our steamer now, y'all. Let me do something with this

He's looking sad. That one looks good. They're looking a little sad. He's looking a little sad. Yeah, one of them didn't get tied, so we'll just do the..

Okay, we'll just pretend like he's tied. We'll just say we tied him. Hold on

All right, we're going to put them in our steamer. And you know how long we're going to steam these for

Four hours. We're going to steam them for four hours. and I wish we had four hours together

Right. But we don't, so we've got some ready. Those look a little better than ours

Well, they weren't timed when they tied theirs up. That's right. And they certainly weren't doing the hula

So don't you feel bad. All right, so let's... All right, honey, what I want you to do

is I want you to take this camera right here, This ice cube camera, see that

It just comes off. Now I want you to focus on these so that everybody can see them

And see the monitor back there? You can see if you've got it right

Look how soft those leaves got. That looks wonderful. Winner, winner, chicken dinner

All right, here we go. Isn't that beautiful? Thanks. All right. Here, baby

Okay, let's go in for the kill. Let's. All right, that looks like tuna

It looks like pork. Do you not believe I got the pork? I got the pork, too

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Isn't that good? Perfect. Now, this is one of those fun dishes that you can do

if you've got people coming over that's going to spend the afternoon and you're playing games and you're cooking

This is a great appetizer to serve, isn't it? Mm-hmm. That's fine

Mm-hmm. Very impressive. Thank you, girls, so much for helping me. Y'all were so cute

So hula off. Hula off. You're not huluing. Y'all stay tuned because we're coming back

and we're going to be doing some fun Hawaiian games and Hawaiian drinks and more Hawaiian food

So we'll see y'all back in a minute. Coming up, my two Georgia boys go Hawaiian

Gonna put a little bit of vodka in there. How much? Just a little bit. And later, y'all, the audience bends over backwards

to help me make the perfect coconut pie. Welcome back, y'all

Welcome back. Y'all are just beautiful. Y'all are so colorful. I'm having fun just looking at all of y'all

and all your smiles and your colors. Well, guess what time it is

It's drinking time, baby. it's five o'clock somewhere. So I'm gonna need some help on this next recipe

So I've got two very, very special fellas that's gonna come out here

and make us a couple of wonderful, exotic Hawaiian drinks. And if they're sissy drinks, then I like them

So maybe they'll have, I see sure, but I might like this drink

So you ready to meet our special guest? Jamie and Bobby, come on out

Come on out! Oh, my gracious

Hey, y'all. We've all got a lay on. Mom's not a real big drinker, but Bobby and I know how to fix a cocktail

So we're here today to help you, Mama. I know it. Can I tell y'all how much I love these boys

Oh, we got a question already. Hi, I just wondered when you started, when your boys started working with you

From the very beginning, 17 years ago. I was 21. Drunk them into the..

And Bobby was 18. Bobby was 18 when we started. They started selling the bag lady meals for me

I would make these wonderful little meals, and they would go out in the morning at 9 o'clock and start knocking on doors

And they would usually come back about 1 o'clock and hopefully with empty baskets

You know, it was like a pig in a poke. We didn't know whether it was going to sell or not

So, you know, I said, who can resist these two guys? Of course they'll buy their sandwiches

There were folks that were able to resist, believe it or not. I can believe it Not many I love my children so very much And they always be children to me Even if I 90 and they 70 they will be my children

I want to tell y'all the latest thing in little Bobby's life. We had the pleasure of seeing Bobby in People magazine

He was chosen as one of the top 50 most eligible bachelors

in America. Don't put anybody in that magazine. Don't put anybody in it

What y'all say, let's get to drinking. They've heard Mama brag enough. So, take it away, boys

You're going to make something first? Yeah, well, I'm going to do a volcano punch, Mom, and you're going to love this because, like you said, it's got the sherbet in it

This reminds me about a lot of the things that you used to make, like, around the holidays. Always had a lot of ice cream and ginger ale

The sherbet punch with lime sherbet. And this is a good one. We're going to start with a bottle of champagne is the first thing that we're going to put into it

Is it going to explode? It might. Those scare me. So we're going to put this whole bottle of champagne in here

That's a good start. Yeah. Does it matter what kind of champagne? Does it have to be expensive

I wouldn't spend a lot of money because, you know, we're putting sherbet in it

So it's not necessary to spend $100. Just get something that sparkles

That's what I would think. And we're going to put this cranberry juice. This is about four cups of cranberry juice probably

I love juices and champagnes together. It's so good. That's a really good combination

Oh, it's a pretty color. So champagne, cranberry juice, orange sherbet, and orange juice

I'm going to put a couple of quarts of orange juice in here too. Uh-huh

And then we're going to add our vodka. Oh, yeah. I never even thought about the vodka

This is an adult cocktail. I thought this drink is really sounding good

That's going to be pretty potent, champagne and vodka. The bubbles in the champagne makes it feel really kind of light and refreshing

but the sherbet's just great. And now we're going to put a little bit of vodka in there

How much? Just a little bit. Okay, yeah, not much. Not much now

We're going to put about a half a bottle in there, and we're going to see how that works. Wow

I'll never be able to drink that. Oh, no. Yeah, you will. After the first cup, it'll be delicious

It will. Now they say the second glass goes down smoother. Now this is going to kind of work as our ice agent in here

This beautiful... Can I just have the bowl of sherbet? You're fixing to burn a perfectly good gallon of orange sherbet

See how pretty this is floating on top? Yeah. Oh, yeah, Bobby

Look at the monitor. You've got it on it. I like this. I might not want to put this down

I know. Oh, doesn't my hair look pretty? I've never seen it from that angle before

Check it out. Looks good. Follow Cameron. Now turn back around

That looked good. Yeah, you look great. You're messing up my drink

I'm sorry. You shouldn't have shown me this. Okay, now here is what we're going to do next

What are you doing with gloves on? I need gloves on. Why

We're not going to set this on fire, are we? No, I'm not going to set this on fire

but we're going to work with some dry ice. Oh. And if y'all have seen dry ice, right, this will burn you

Why are you only putting it on my hand that's not going to touch it

Because I'm going to clear my space off. Okay. You got some more ice cream

And if you touch this stuff, it'll burn you like a fire will

so we want to be real careful. and I'm going to take this and put it down in here

Oh! See how pretty that is? That looks great, y'all! And it doesn't take much, but see how pretty that is

It's boiling! This is our volcano punch. Oh, it's boiling over! Oh, no, it's not

No, it ain't. It looked like it was boiling over on camera

And see, now isn't this... Now, is that dry ice not going... Well, but you can't drink it

Well, you have to... You have to wait until the cool part's over with. Yeah. I mean, you can put this out, and then everybody oohs and aahs over it

and then when the dry ice breaks down, you can start dipping it up. Isn't that cool, y'all

That is so cool. Y'all don't go anywhere. We're going to take a quick break

And when we come back, Bobby's going to make his surprise drink

And I'm going to make something good and coconutty for y'all. So don't go anywhere

Stay tuned. Up next, y'all, Bobby Dean's pouring drink

Wow, that's exciting. Shut up. Thank you

Do you want to taste it? I don't... I don't get out much, you know

Sorry, Bobby. No, I've got two straws in this one. Isn't that good, Mom? Is it good

Yeah. I taste vodka. Just a little bit. That is strong. No, it's good

It wouldn't take but one. I'm going to make you something that's non-alcoholic

because I know that you don't like alcohol that much. This one is..

It's got a little bit of alcohol, but it's right at the end, and it's only for display. Okay

All right. We'll start with a couple of cups of fruit punch

Will you stir this for me while I pour it? I sure will. Exactly. Like that

I love this camera. All right. A little bit of pineapple juice

About two cups as well. Equal amounts. My drink's not as pretty as Jamie's yet

But it will be. This camera is so fun. Isn't it cool

All right. About three quarters of a cup cream of coconut. Oh, I love it

So you can see where this drink is going. Oh, cream of coconut

Yes, let's get every drop of it. Yeah. Love it. Okay. All right

Then some ginger ale. Okay. About a liter? About that. Yep. All right, you're almost to the top, Bobby

All right. Okay. All right. What we're going to do is, Sounds like those drums over there, doesn't it

Kind of like, yeah, it does. All right, pour that in there

You like seeing your mama dance like that? Not so much. Okay

Now, how full do you want me to fill this? Leave the volcano visible

Just the top of the volcano? Yep. So you just tell me when

Right about there looks good. Okay. And I'm going to add... Can you see where I'm going with this

A little bit of rum into the volcano. See? See what's happening here

Jamie, you might want to grab your camera. Yeah, grab the camera

I'll grab the camera. Grab the camera. Wait, let me make sure I'm on it

Okay. You ready? Wow, that's exciting. Shut up. That is really good, son

It's lit. Is it? Yes. It is lit. Somebody turn the lights off so you can see how great my drink is

Guys, can y'all cut the lights for a second? You don't want to suck up that fire, do you

I wouldn't. Wow, that looks great. Trust me, it'll look better without all these lights

And it'll look better after you have a couple of them. After you have one or two of them. All right

So now tell me. Mm. Tell me. It's good, too. After that burns out, do you kind of get some rum

Mm-hmm. In fact, if you wanted to, I made it this way for you

but if you wanted to, you could just add rum right to it. Now, see, that's my kind of drink

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. That is good. It's delicious just like that. Or you can put some rum in it

Mm-hmm. No. Needs vodka. No, I love the taste of the cream of coconut in it

because I love coconut. And speaking of coconuts, y'all come over here and help me

I want to show you how to crack a coconut. I'm making a coconut pinex

Now, we've baked these in a 400-degree oven for about 20 minutes

and a coconut has eyes. See those eyes? So all we want to do is take an ice pick and poke through them

Now, they've already poked them for us. But you just drain that milk off

Ooh, that's going to take a long time. No, there's not that much milk in them

And you can always take your ice pick, you know, and make your holes a little wider

But that's all you do. And you want to do it into a strainer so it catch the pieces of grass because you want to save that for a coconut yeah or a coconut drink In fact I don know if y have ever heard me talk about this

But I had decided, and y'all were babies. You might have been three months old, Bobby

and Jamie, you were two and a half or something. And I decided I was going to make a fresh coconut cake

Well, I could not find Grandma Paul anywhere. So I go out underneath our carport

I get the hammer. I literally chase that coconut everywhere. I would hit him and he would shoot off into that way

And I'd bring him back and then he'd shoot off in that way. And so finally I got Grandma on the phone

And Grandma said, Paula Ann, you have to bake them. You have to get them hot so you can crack them

So that's the story, Moaning Glory, on Grandma Paul teaching me about coconuts

But it doesn't bake the meat inside, does it? Well, it just gets it hot so that the meat will come away from that shell

Does it make the shell soft so you can break it, though? No, no. The shell's not soft

So y'all just, you can wrap it up. All right, come on, boys. Now y'all get to going

Get to hammering. You're going to hurt yourself. Maybe. Definitely. Look at that

Oh, look at that. So the meat, that meat is soft? No, it's not soft

It's hard in my arteries. I thought that that would have... We're going to have a problem here in just a minute

Look at Jamie's almost... Come on, Bobby. Move. There we go

Hurt him try. Don't go anywhere. When we come back, we're going to put together a fresh coconut pie

We'll see y'all back in a minute. Pull it, guys. Pull it. Here we go

Coming up next, y'all, a Hawaiian dessert. What

We're going to do it again. What Do it fast I can believe our trip almost over

So the last dish of our trip today is going to be a fresh coconut pie

Because remember we just cracked the coconuts. But I'm going to need some help

We're going to make this interesting. I want for you in the audience to help me put this pie together by limboing the ingredients up to me one at the time

Are y'all up for it? All right. All right. Jamie and Bobby is holding the limbo stick

I'll have to tell y'all these boys are full of tricks. They're kind of almost like smart alecks

what us moms would call smart aleck. The coconut doesn't fall far away from the tree

Now, I've got a frozen pie shell here. I've got our oven preheated to 400 degrees

I've got a half of a stick of melted butter. But from the audience, yay, butter

So I'm going to need some audience members to bring up these ingredients one at the time

So band, hit it! Limbo, limbo, limbo, two beaten eggs. Limbo, limbo

Perfect, perfect. Now I need one tablespoon of all that requirement. Lower, guys, lower

One tablespoon of flour. All right, now I need three-four percent of sugar

Lower, guys, lower. Come on, lower. Way to go. Now I need one

I need a cup of coconut milk and one small can of sweet

Brady Coconut. Are you over the task? Come on. Come on, Brady

Come on, you can do it. Brady, I love you too

Oh! How cute was he? He tricked y'all. He's pretty cute. He tricked you at your own game

All right so this small can of coconut that I adding is you can find it in your grocery store and it been sweetened so it like almost a candied coconut So don confuse that with like a shredded sweet and dry coconut

We're going to take that camera away from y'all. All right, so we're going to put this in the oven

Come on, guys, grab it. Grab it, Megan. Grab what, Mom? I've got one in the oven

Let's take one out and put one in. How does that look

All right, put that. in that beautiful... It smells great. It does smell great

Nothing like fresh coconut. It's my favorite. And guess what? What? Everybody's gonna get a piece

Thank you! Bring out the prize

Bring out the prize! That's it! Right here, Bobby

Fresh homemade whipped cream? Look at that. Of course. Is there any other kind

Yes, look at that. Alright, now somebody shoot that. Shoot that with the camera

Look, Jamie. Jamie, shoot it. shoot it. Isn't that beautiful? Isn't that beautiful

Mm-hmm. It's great, too. Is it? Let me try it. I absolutely adore coconut. I just adore

I adore it. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Pretty good. It's so delicious

It's kind of set up like a custard, too. It's so good. Yeah. It's a coconut custard rather than a coconut cream

and it's out of this world. Wow. That's great. I've had a great time going to Hawaii with y'all today

Thank you. I'm going to trip any day of the week with y'all

I love you, and I'll see y'all next week. Until then, come on

Thank you. Thank you