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4 HAWAI‘I ISLAND MIDWEEK JUNE 29, 2022
AMn Artfully Cooked Bread
akanani Salā is the hula, and ʻōlelo Hawai‘i at executive director both the secondary and tertia- of the Mayor’s ry levels.
The other day I received a text notification on my phone. It was a group text initiated by a former Bootcamp friend Cheryl. The others in the group text were Heather, Kim, Rose, Christina, Lisa, Geniver and Ligaya. Cheryl wanted to have a reunion of sorts and meet up for lunch. Suddenly my screen was filled with heart and happy face emojis. I put up the only emoji I ever use — the thumbs up sign.
Cheryl then posed several possible dates: July 17, Aug. 6, Aug. 14, Aug. 19, Aug. 21 or Aug. 28. Each person indi- vidually texted back their dates of availability or dates that they couldn’t make it. I would need to make a spreadsheet in order to follow who could or couldn’t go.
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Office of Culture and the Arts. Makanani’s ʻohana comes
T Texting Purgatory
exting on my mobile phone doesn’t come naturally
She has undergraduate and graduate degrees in Hawaiian studies from University of Ha- waiʻi at Mānoa. She became a kumu hula in 2016 and is also an educator, having taught Hawaiian history, mythology,
from Nāhiku, Maui, and Ka- laoa, Hawaiʻi, but she was born and raised in Hālawa, Oʻahu.
NAAN BREAD
to me. Seems like 95% of users have mastered two-
LANAI
Makanani and her husband, Aaron, have three children, and this week she shares one of their favorite family-friend- ly recipes: Naan Bread.
thumb typing and it simply blows me away how much they rely on that as their primary means of communi- cation. Call me old fashioned, but why not just speak to the person you want to talk to? I’ve had bad experiences with texting, like people misinterpreting my texts, autocorrect faux pas, and an inability to identify the sender if they’re not on my contact list. How did things get so complicated?
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Something you may not know about me is that I seem to have more female friends than I do guy friends. That’s not by design, it just seems to be a natural ratio in my social environment. And I’m not complaining, that’s just the way it is.
Ingredients:
• 2 teaspoons instant yeast • 1 cup warm water
• 2 tablespoons white sugar • 4 tablespoons milk
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 1/5 cup bread flour
• minced garlic, to taste
• cheese, to taste
• ghee, to taste
Directions:
Mix together yeast, warm water and sugar. Let sit until foamy,
about 10 minutes. Add milk and egg, and mix.
Sift flour and salt into a bowl. Make a well and add yeast mix- ture; mix well with spatula. Cover with plastic wrap and let proof an hour.
Divide dough evenly unto 12 pieces and roll into small balls. Let rise 15 more minutes. Roll out until 3-4 millimeters thick.
Fry in a cast-iron pan on medi- um heat, until slightly charred. Brush with ghee, top with cilantro and serve immediately.
After a text thread the length of a college dissertation, we finally settled on a date when we could all make it. Then Cheryl asked everybody, “What time?” That’s about when my head exploded, although because it was lunch, only narrowed down the choices to within four hours.
We settled on 11:15 a.m. Now that the date and time were established, the next order of business was to select a restaurant. At this point, in exasperation, I texted, “Cheryl, why don’t you choose and that’s what we’ll go with?”
Luckily, we all agreed and Cheryl selected a resort restaurant in Waikīkī. She was going to call in a reserva- tion when she asked, “Do you guys want to sit indoors or outdoors?” Now nearly unconscious from mental fatigue, I merely texted, “I’ll go with whatever you girls decide.” I love these friends dearly, but no one should have to endure this experience, which rivals waterboarding.
When all was settled, they bid each other goodbye with emojis blowing heart kisses. I could finally get back to work. Just as I put my phone in my pocket, I got another text notification. It was my wife asking what we should eat for dinner!
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