I gotta try these, looks ono.

So Guteborg/Goteborg Sausage was introduced to Kauai by a German stone wall builder, eh? Very interesting! I’m going to take you as a credible source and use that explanation next time I do any write-up on Goteborg.

I’m not clear on your explanation in the difference between UFOs and Flying Saucers. Can you please elaborate?

Thanks for the tip on Kojima’s, Pono Market and Lawai stores. Are they still around? If so, I gotta’ check ‘em out!

I’d like to share what I remember from either someone sharing with me or perhaps reading about, or maybe a combination of both–The History of Guteberg on Kaua’i evidently traces back to GERMANY. It is a German Sausage or Salami — similar to Italian sausage, etc. — it’s a European-style deli sausage. It was introduced to the island of Kaua’i when a German Stone Wall builder moved there back in the plantation days, and was hired to build stonewalls for the plantation owners, mostly on the West side of the island — as is evident by all the old, man-made stone walls that are strewn around the island. The story goes that he introduced the sausage to the plantation owners he was hired by … and they introduced it to the plantation workers — at lunchtime — the one thing that every culture had in common — FOOD … it became customary for all the different cultures to share food … it became sort of a fun way to get to know each other and have respect for different cultures. People couldn’t speak to each other — they all spoke different languages — so food became a universal language … and that is how they started to learn about each other. Guteberg was the “Haole” man’s “kokua” or contribution to the lunchtime pot luck.

Anyways–I live on O’ahu now…married with child. My husband is from NY and looooves Guteberg–he’s part-German…I looooove German sausage…(and Guteberg too…ahem!)–my mom lives with us now…she’s the one that used to work at Kojima’s…gotta have her saussage…so we satisfy our Guteberg urges @ Marukai Dillingham. Although we found it in other stores, she looooooves the butchers there … and they loooooove her too — she’ll grab a long thing of sausage and walk up to the butcher’s sliding glass windows and press their button … and they slide the door open with big smiles on their faces … and she’s holds the sausage up in front of her — like, facing longways towards them … and she says … “I like ‘em t’ick (thick)” … aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaha !! Crack Up!! Yah!! One Full-On Potagee Gramma asking the butchers at frickin’ Marukai if they can give her “6″ — serious !! She go, “You Can Do 6?” aaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahaha !! Da guys look at me and dey turn all red — dark-skinned filipinos !! you can see ‘em blushing !! aaaaaaaahahahahaha !! And they have no idea that my mother has no idea … hahlarious !! frickin’ cartoons I’m tellin’ you!! A bunch of deers with no eyes (no eye dear…no idea…never mind)…alrighty then–

btw … having a brain fart right now — wanna address the comment about the difference between UFOs and Flying Saucers …. Das Right !! ONLY ON KAUAI !! No other island has Flying Saucers … Kaua’i people know the difference … Kaua’i may be full of spacey people, but the upside of that is, they can tell the difference between UFOs and Flying Saucers … that’s what happens when you live on another planet …

kden — gotta get going — long over due for a visit to marukai…my mom was just saying she hasn’t “had it” in awhile … aaaaaaaaahahahaha!! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahaha !! hoo boy … classic … hey–at least she’s free entertainment … toodles all !!

Even here on Oahu, the only retailer I’ve seen Goteborg for sale is Times Supermarket, although I understand Marukai’s Dillingham warehouse location also stocks it. It runs about $20/sausage.

I just spotted Goteborg Sausage at the Ward Marukai, although I forgot to check the price. IIRC, Hansen Distributors are the folks Pa’ina Cafe (formerly known as Poke Bowl) gets theirs from.

My police buddy (Paul Aio) came over the other day and of course being from Hawaii, we started talking about ‘grinds’ (food). Paul mentioned he saw a video from Hawaii about this new pu pu sensation, Gotebord sausage musubi.

I’ll be visiting Uwajimaya on Friday and will defintely pick up one of these sausages in order to try my own musubi artestry.

I’ll follow-up with our test tasting efforts. Well, maybe not too much effort.

Mill St Earl/, not sure about Salami, but why not? Give it a shot! Just make sure to complete the “package” by sprinkling Furikake on top the omusubi rice. Critical ingredient.

Toshio, pretty funny to think we have to “bring back” a Hormel product (made in Minnesota) to the mainland from Hawaii. lol Another Hormel product limited to distribution in Hawaii and California is the SPAM Hot Dog. At least on its initial release. Perhaps by now they’ve expanded the market.

http://tastyisland.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/the-goteborg-musubi-project/?referer=sphere_related_content/

…you’ll see the Goteborg Sausage used to make these Musubi are made by HORMEL (the SPAM folks, located in Minnesota), which if we can get here in Hawaii, surely must be available in supermarkets in Cali’.