Sylvia's Scenario

After coming to Hawaii for 43 years, we finally had our first Hawaiian malasada.  To tell you the truth, I'm glad we haven't been privy to the whole malasada situation.  They are a little dangerous.  Malasadas are Hawaiian pastries resembling donuts except no hole and they often include filling inside of custard, coconut, or fruit like pineapple, guava or other tropical fruits.  And they go down really easy!   They are a lot like the paczki they sell at  Bakery Nouveau  for Fat Tuesday at home.  Every year, I try to resist but it's hard.  They only sell them about a week before Ash Wednesday, then you have to wait another year.  Pacski are polish-style, pillowy soft, yeast doughnuts filled with jam, custard or lemon curd.  They are worth waiting a year for, believe me.  Here in Hawaii, you can buy malasadas anytime if you can find a bakery that sells them.  We've seen roadside stands that sell them but when we took a ...

I will admit, this was a different kind of Easter but not necessarily food-wise.  We ate REAL good this year.  The sad part was not being able to share it with other's and partake in this wonderful time of year with my family.  I made my  Easter Bread  and divided it into two smaller loaves so I could take one over to Lauren, so I did get to share some of it, although I didn't get to see the shear joy on her face from eating it. That is probably my favorite part of cooking - watching other people eat it. Since we are all encouraged to wear masks now, we have three N95 masks that Bruce had in his car for when he visits construction sites.  I told Lauren I would bring one over to her on Saturday so I also decided to take her over a loaf of Easter bread while I was at it.  She was much appreciative and it was good to see each other.  We met outside her apartment building and then I waited while she took the bread up into her apartment.  The...