The Best Poi Ever!

I have never liked poi – at least, not until I tried real hand-made poi.  This is my story about how I finally had the BEST POI EVER!

I’m very willing to try new things…I grew up considering curried goat to be my favorite food. I’ve had all sorts of sushi. I’ve tried almost all of the options from the menu in Chinatown!....Well, ok, there are some things that are really hard for me to try…but I do know from experience that you NEVER know if you will like something unless you try it. So, I’m always willing to at least attempt to try new things….especially if I’m around others who say that they like it, or say that it’s “not bad”, or say that this is a “signature food” of some sort. So, when my wife and mother-in-law encouraged me to try poi for the very first time, I had to at least try it!

The New Jawaiian Blog

I’d like to tell all of you who are reading this a little bit about our company, why we started it, where we plan to go with it, and what’s in it for you!  ….but first, a little bit about our name.  You see…everything in our website, and in our company, has purpose, has reasoning, and has symbolism… and I think that it would be interesting to tell you what it’s all about.

Our company, as opposed to our website, is called Jawaiian Trading Company, Inc.  (Crazy name, huh?).  Well, I’m actually Jamaican…and as you may have guessed, my wife is Hawaiian.  So, our kids are… Jawaiian!  ….Actually, as a lot of Jamaicans and Hawaiians are, we’re both mixed with a bunch of other stuff. However, we both have native Jamaican and native Hawaiian, which is pretty unique!  Our poor kids, on the other hand, are just all mixed up! :) They might as well just check off every box in the ethnicity group!  (They really need to just get rid of that box anyway!!).   …So, there you have it!  Jawaiian Trading Company, Inc was born!