Big Island Buyer\’s Brokers

For those living in the northern reaches of our blessed land the seasons present loud signals to announce the beginning of one season or another. For instance, there is a whole bunch of mud in the Spring, along with budding flowers and sweet-scented air. In Hawaii we can find mud and flowers all year around.

When Summer rolls into town on the North American continent, there are fields of corn, wheat and alfalfa to go with the water melons and gathering thunder clouds. Nothing much like that meets the eye in Hawaii, where summer is more closely associated with glittering schools of ahi tuna far off shore under gathering clouds of sea birds.

In Hawaii’s high country, Fall means that nights will soon be cold and stars will glitter so brightly that they will seem ready to fall from the sky. It is time to gather fire wood, and Kiawe wood is a favorite choice. Most people don’t have a clue where the ubiquitous Kiawe tree came from. It seems for all the world like a very close relative of the South Western Mesquite tree, but it didn’t really come from the USA at all!

The Hawaiian Kiawe tree is actually native to Peru and is an import from the gardens of Versailles in France! Yep, the first kiawe was planted in 1828 by the first Catholic priest in Hawaii, Father Bachelot, right next to his church on Bishop Street in Honolulu. It was grown from a simple seed, sent from the gardens of Versailles in France. Kiawe and the natve wood, ohia, are my favorites for sweet-smelling and long-lasting firewood.

As October turns to November, the bird hunters will load their excited dogs into their trucks and head out to the highlands, up the slopes of towering Mauna Kea, to search for the profusion of game birds in the high country scrub and pasture lands. The Hawaiian Ring-neck pheasant is a treasured prize, along with Chukar Partridge, and African Francolins. A long day in the field often leads to head-scratching in the kitchen, as the cook pokes through arcane and often inappropriate camp recipes! Here is a good one for all your suffering hunters’ wives out there:

Take the best of the skinless meat and soak it in a mixture of buttermilk, salt, minced garlic and a couple of minced up canned chipotle peppers … use your own proportions. When you are ready to cook everything up, drain off the buttermilk but strain out the garlic and chipotle. Rub the meat with olive oil and the salvaged seasonings and throw the whole lot on the grill for five minutes per side. Don’t forget to warn everyone about the shotgun pellets!

There is just so much most folks don’t know about living in Hawaii … it is not all palm trees and hula skirts, afterall. One of the best ways to find out what you are in for is to talk to an Exclusive Buyers Agency, where your private information will remain private! The best one for the the high country of the Big Island is Big island Buyers Brokers, of course!

Imua,

Bill Jardine

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