need Hawaiian translation

Would appreciate it if someone could provide a translation for the
following phrases, if possible:

Take Off Pounds Sensibly

Keep Off Pounds Sensibly


Mahalo

Eat More Poi!

Kawika

<wv26554@m> wrote in message news:1172808902-
sch@news.lava.net...
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> Would appreciate it if someone could provide a translation for the
> following phrases, if possible:
>
> Take Off Pounds Sensibly
>
> Keep Off Pounds Sensibly
>
>
> Mahalo
>
>

On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Kawika S wrote:

>
> Eat More Poi!
>
> Kawika

Saw that in the Shintani diet. Taro is a good starch to
eat. Modern Hawaiians eat too much rice. That's just
makes em fat.

"Alvin E. Toda" <aet@lava.net> wrote in message
news:1174071000-sch@news.lava.net...
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> On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Kawika S wrote:
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>>
>> Eat More Poi!
>>
>> Kawika
>
> Saw that in the Shintani diet. Taro is a good starch to
> eat. Modern Hawaiians eat too much rice. That's just
> makes em fat.
>

Rice is cheap, taro is expensive, poi sometimes scarce or disappears
from the grocery shelf soon after it is put out, prompting the creation
of one of my favorite t-shirt/bumper sticker phrases, "Get Poi?"

On Mon, 26 Mar 2007, RI Kanaka wrote:

> "Alvin E. Toda" <aet@lava.net> wrote in message
> news:1174071000-sch@news.lava.net...
>>
>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Kawika S wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Eat More Poi!
>>>
>>> Kawika
>>
>> Saw that in the Shintani diet. Taro is a good starch
>> to eat. Modern Hawaiians eat too much rice. That's
>> just makes em fat.
>>
>
> Rice is cheap, taro is expensive, poi sometimes
> scarce or disappears from the grocery shelf soon
> after it is put out, prompting the creation of one of
> my favorite t-shirt/bumper sticker phrases, "Get
> Poi?"

I tried for a short while to just eat poi with very
little white rice or bread, and mostly steamed foods.
No fried stuff. But it seems that every thing you buy
is not prepared that way. And couldn't stay on that
type of diet. We just have to learn to diet with modern
foods. Did see a book at Border's about two years ago
on the Okinawan diet. It had quite a few good ideas on
modern foods and a diet/exercise strategy.

On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:30:04 -0000, "RI Kanaka"
<rhodeislandkanakaDELETETHISm> wrote:

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>
> "Alvin E. Toda" <aet@lava.net> wrote in message
> news:1174071000-sch@news.lava.net...
>>

>
> taro is expensive, poi sometimes scarce or disappears
> from the grocery shelf soon after it is put out, prompting the
> creation
> of one of my favorite t-shirt/bumper sticker phrases, "Get Poi?"
Here in San Jose we must have 50 Asian stores, Japanese, Korean,
Vietnamese, Chinese, and other Pacific Islanders stores. I think they
*all* sell taro, either the small or large type. And the Fijian which
is preferred. I simply buy the small kind, peel 'em, boil 'em, put
them in a blender, little water, and zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, till the
texture is just right. The result may not be like true Hawaiian
pounded poi, but when you go stuff your mouth with peeg, da poi good
enough, for me anywayz. And da family too!
What's this all about no more poi?
Eddie

On Thu, 29 Mar 2007, Eddie wrote:

> On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:30:04 -0000, "RI Kanaka"
> <rhodeislandkanakaDELETETHISm> wrote:
>
>> taro is expensive, poi sometimes scarce or
>> disappears from the grocery shelf soon after it is
>> put out, prompting the creation of one of my
>> favorite t-shirt/bumper sticker phrases, "Get Poi?"

> Here in San Jose we must have 50 Asian stores,
> Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese, and other
> Pacific Islanders stores. I think they *all* sell
> taro, either the small or large type. And the Fijian
> which is preferred. I simply buy the small kind,
> peel 'em, boil 'em, put them in a blender, little
> water, and zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, till the texture is
> just right. The result may not be like true Hawaiian
> pounded poi, but when you go stuff your mouth with
> peeg, da poi good enough, for me anywayz. And da
> family too! What's this all about no more poi? Eddie

So that's what you have to do to get poi is San Jose.
When I lived nearby, I could never find the stuff. But
we had friends in Pacifica who said that you could
find it in San Francisco.

Anyway, here in Hawaii there is a new invasive species
that is decimating the taro. The UH has stopped
research on GM taro to combat the snail. They haven't
been using Hawaiian taro but local activists claim that
all taro is sacrosanct and protected by the Hawaiian
gods. They don't want the UH to genetically modify the
commercial Asian varieties against the snail and then
patent the invention. And also, they want ownership of
the existing taro patents that the UH has.

I love the chinese taro cake that is made from the
chinese taro (well it could be made from any taro), but
I just haven't seen it in the stores lately. Don't know
what the issue is here. But I guess no one is
interested in this. At least, I haven't noticed much
except a demonstration now and then.