Show soda pop Is the last course at native feast that Is enjoyed by the hawaiians Hawaii ans from poi to soda pop looks like along a long gastronomic leap but it can be made at a hawaiian luau in about two hours with luck writes a honolulu united press correspondent spon dent A luau is a native feast done in the alleged manner of king kamehameha with ai little atle in the way of the modern touch except the 3 or so a plate and the pop strictly translated luau means 1 spinach according to authority on old hawaii and luaus luaui the real name according to an authority is and some white man of early times is responsible for getting it confused with spinach however it may have happened the name clung and only the most meticulous scholars call it anything else now luau is pronounced loo ow such items as chairs knives and forks are dispensed wit with h at luaus luaui and the feast is started sitting down the food spread on mats of leaves it is not considered quite proper to lie down for the first half hour or so but after that no one minds everything is eaten with the fingers and an american must be fast with his digits to keep up with the natives in going through a bowl of poi being a paste like substance in both appearance and taste it is is adapted readily to finger se serving r ving but after the poi the raw fish the pork the seaweed the lomi lomi and numerous other items comes the finale the climax which was the pride of the first chief eh ibe f to t 0 trade a bunch of bananas for a c case as e of pink pop the soda pop is served it is said that early chiefs had as much fun shaking up the pop and squirting it as they did drinking it but at any rate its popularity was wa immediate and permanent |