Macadamia nut sticky buns, coconut butter, lilikoi butter, strawberry jam, Hawaiian passion fruit/jalapeno pepper jelly (this is awesome on fish!), coconut-macadamia peanut butter, and cinnamon macadamia nuts!
All the jams, jelly and butters, along with the macadamia nuts came from the same booth. They always give me a discount because I buy so much. The coconut-macadamia peanut butter came from another booth and that's where I got my first Kama'aina discount!
Kamaʻāina (pronounced ka-ma-EYE-na) is the Hawaiian language word for a long-term resident of the Hawaiian Islands. Literally "child of the land," it derives from the words "kama", meaning "child", and "ʻāina", meaning 'land'. The word "kamaʻaina" describes Hawaiʻi residents regardless of their racial background, as opposed to "kanaka" which means a person of native Hawaiian ancestry.
I felt so honored! I guess six months makes me a long-term resident. Maybe because I'm there so often the vendors recognize me as a local.
I see so many island visitors and I try my best to help when they seem lost. This morning while I was out running, there was a couple looking at a map. I asked if they needed help, they were trying to get to Diamond Head. I was happy to give them directions and later saw them on my way down from the crater. Just doing my part to be a friendly Kamaʻāina!
