Hawaii

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

You like seeing your mama dance like that? We're going to be bringing the islands to you as we cook a classic luau dish

home-style Kahlua pigs. 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 gonna erupt

with some fabulous volcanic drinks. That is so cool! And coconut pie is fit for a great luau

So y'all put on your grass skirts and let's party! 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 with me? So what is the food that we associate with Hawaii

Pineapple? Pork. 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? Well, come

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. Come on. 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. Okay. 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 going to take a tea leaf, and that's spelled T-I, it's not T-E-A

Okay. We're going to wrap this up in our tea leaves. Get that banana around here

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. Kind of 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 3 hours and 45 minutes

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

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. Because I want everything

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 10-4

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. We're... I don't know how to dance

Y'all get up here the hood I don't know if it'll fit

Will it fit? Y'all get up here the hood

I want you! And I want you! Come on

Follow me! Come on

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

Y'all got to help me cook. 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 could contribute. So I did the hula for the guests

as they had dinner. I'd go around to all the tables in hula for them

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. Lau lau, y'all, is a traditional Hawaiian dish

that's always served at a luau. Have y'all ever had lau lau

Never. I mean, neither. Well, we're going to make some la-la here

Now, I've got a yellowtail tuna. What's that? 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. Oh! All right. What is that? Oh, please

Chicken? That's chicken. Chicken. Chicken. So, I have never tasted this, but I know it's a dish that they make

and all we're going to do is take these three ingredients, these three meats

we're going to toss them in 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 just found out I'm going to be a new grandmother. 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're all set up over there

All you need to do is trim your tea leaves, 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. We're doing it

The Lions Day today. Up next, y'all, a lau-lau hula race

Come on, let's go. 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

potion. Oh, it's rolling 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? 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-in 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't forget, you can't stop hulu-ing. 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. Hoola-ing, you're not hoola-ing, baby. Hoola-hoola, music

Music. Hoola-hoola. 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 up 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. Oh, they're looking a little sad. He's looking 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. Look at this. 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. You know, I believe I got the pork

I got the pork, too. Mmm. Mmm. Mmm. 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

That's fine. Mm-hmm. Very impressive. Thank you, girls, so much for helping me

Y'all were so cute. So who lost? Who lost? You're not Hulu-ing

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 cone. 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 5 o'clock somewhere. So I'm going to need some help on this next recipe

So I've got two very, very special fellas that's going to 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! Hey, y'all

We've all got to 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, Mom. 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, you were... I 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 There were 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 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

Yeah, and this is a good one. We're going to start with a bottle of champagne. It's 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 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've 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 and with the sherbet, it'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. Oh, I'll never be able to drink this. Oh, no, yeah, you will

After the first cup, it'll be delicious. It will. And now we're begging for another glass

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. Yeah. Ah. Oh, yeah, Bobby

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

I know. Oh, my hair looked pretty. I've never seen it from that angle before

Check it out. Looks good. Paula came on it. Now turn back around

That look 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, here's what we're going to do next

What are you doing with gloves on? You got to have, I need gloves on. Why

Are we 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? Don't that look 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... 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, my boy, 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 Drinks. Wow, that's exciting. Shut up

Thank you

Welcome back. Jamie has made this fabulous volcano drink. I'm so impressed

Do you want to taste it? 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

I'm going to start with a couple of cups of fruit punch. Will you stir this for me while I'm for it? Okay, 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. Ooh, cream of coconut

Yes, let's get every drop of it. 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

Alright. What we're going to do is pour... That sounds like those drums over there, doesn't it

Kind of like... Yeah, it does. Alright, pour that in there. You like seeing your mama dance like that

Not really. 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. Okay

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

is it yeah 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'd look better. It'd 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 is 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. 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 cake 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 that meat is soft? No, it's not soft. It's hard in my arteries

I thought that that would... We're going to have a problem here in just a minute

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

Heard him cry. Don't go anywhere. We're going to put together a fresh coconut pie

We'll see y'all back in a minute. Hoola, guys. Hoola. Hoola. Coming up next, y'all, a Hawaiian dessert

What Do it again What Do it fast What What 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 a time

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

and 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 alecks. 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 a time

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

Perfect, perfect! Now I need one tablespoon of almond flour. Lower, guys, lower

One tablespoon of flour. All right, now I need three-fourths of a cup 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 grated coconut

Are you over the task? Come on. Come on, baby

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

Oh. How cute was he? He tricked you all. He's pretty good

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 sweetened 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, Began. Grab what, Mom? I've got one in the oven

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

Put that in that beautiful... It smells great. It does smell great

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

Bring out the prize! That's it. Yeah, goodbye. Dad, that's it

What here, Barbie? Yeah. Fresh homemade whipped cream? Look at that. Of course

Is there any other kind? Here's the coconut on top of there. Yes, look at that. All right, now somebody shoot that

Shoot that with a camera. Oh. Oh. Look, Jamie

Jamie, shoot it. Isn't that beautiful? Isn't that beautiful? Mm-hmm. It's great, too

Is it? Mm-hmm. Let me try it. I absolutely adore coconut. I just adore it

Ooh. Ooh. Oh, pretty good. It's so delicious

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

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 Thank you