sf wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Fri, 19 Feb 2016 17:54:54 -0800 (PST), dsi1 >
> wrote:
>
> > >
> > > When I was in cardiac rehab they used to play a Hawaiian version
> > > of Over the Rainbow. It was such a lovely, smooth sounding
> > > version of the song. I Googled it and was surprised to see the
> > > guy who sang it because it seemed ironic that the music at a
> > > workout like that would be sung by someone who was so enormously
> > > fat. Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole weighed in at about 750 lb. and
> > > died at the age of 38 of weight related problems. Hell of a
> > > singer.
> > >
> > >
> > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_DKWlrA24k
> >
> > The voice of an angel! Here's my favorite song of his. Oddly
> > enough, it was written by a Vietnamese guy.
>
> He had the voice of an angel and I loved the Hawaiian twist he put on
> old standards.
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoRpWEE-E0Q
> >
> > I just put some taro leaves and pork in the slow cooker. I could
> > have added a can of coconut milk in there and that would have been
> > tasty but I resisted.
>
> Making slow cooker kalua pork?

Sounds good!

My slow cooker is doing a red cooked pork with the pork raised up on a
little slotted insert I got ages ago (heck, might have been when I
lived in Hawaii!). This one is using a korean based BBQ sauce so isnt
authentic but DS1 would recognize it.

Carol

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