We all have a list of things we need to see, do, or eat while in Hawaii. One thing on my list was to eat breadfruit. There's nothing quite like breadfruit baked with coconut milk and onions.
While walking behind the temple (the garden with the gazebo and cemetary) I noticed little breadfruit on the ground. I asked nearby gardeners if I could take them.
"What you gonna do with those?"
"eat them."
"O, Eat them! No, you can't eat those, you need some good breadfruit" He then gestured to some large ripe ones high in the tree. These two tongan gardeners found a long stick and with care poked down the best, ripest breadfruit.
The very next day, two went mushy. I baked one of the overripe ones with butter, brown sugar, and spices. It was pretty good. Then, that evening Alli and I baked the firm one with coconut milk, onions, and shrimp. I don't know what happened, but that breadfruit was overripe as well! We tried to down the slightly sweet and gooey starch, but succumbed to the garbage can. I think I have had my breadfruit fix (:
