Here's another unorthodox post but it's a subject very dear to me, local Hawaiian food.

I dislike email forwards since it's usually some lame inspirational message or joke but this one was a gem.  Attached to the email was an interesting cookbook with an awesome title, "Aunty Marialani's Go Cook 'em!". 

Download the cookbook

File removed. See update below.

Most readers from Hawaii will recognize the name but for those of you who don't, here's the video clip from where the title comes.

Here's an excerpt from the book:

Aunty Marialani was probably the best comedy skit from the late “Rap” Reiplinger.  James Kawika Piimauna Reiplinger (July 16, 1950 - January 19, 1984) attended Punahou School. In 1974 he helped create the comedy ensemble Booga Booga with James Grant Benton and Ed Ka'ahea.  He discovered comedy via such influential artists as Red Skelton, Sid Caesar and Ernie Kovacs, among others. His imaginative TV specials, commercials, and comedy recordings of the late '70s (1978's “Poi Dog”, plus the 1979 pair “Do I Dare Disturb the Universe” and “Crab Dreams”) have resulted in several catch phrases still used in Hawaii to this day, among them "Russell, you get pen?," "How come I come, I stay you go?," and perhaps his best-known one, "Not too sweet, not too rancid, but just right!" His humor is an integral part of Hawaii today.

In 1982 he received an Emmy Award and bronze medal from the International Film and Television Festival of New York for "Most Outstanding Television Production" for his TV special "Rap's Hawaii", which he wrote and starred in.  He is sorely missed.  

This collection is dedicated to Aunty Marialani and her Cooking Show…

This recipe collection is from various sources over the years…  I have tossed the ones I did not really need.  You will also notice that this version is bigger to make it easier to read. 

The Winnah recipes:

• Aunt May’s Salad Dressing
• Tropics Salad Dressing
• Furikake Tostitos
• Firecracker Unroll
• Chicken Alice Chicken Wings
• Anchor Bay “Original” Buffalo Wings
• My Potato Salad, Ribs, Grilled Beef stew
• Stir Fry Chicken with Cake Noodle
• Teriyaki Chicken (the sauce is to die for…)
• Blueberry Boy Bait
• Boston Cream Cupcakes
• 3660 on the Rise Bread Pudding
• Cookie Corner Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Alan’s Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Old Fashioned Chocolate Layer Cake

I didn't see any copyright information in the cookbook nor could I find the author to credit them. Contact me if you have this information.

Update 2010-03-13

I was able to locate the book author (actually he found me) and he asked that the book be removed from this post.