# Ok, Hawai'i doper chef-types. . .

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-hawaii-doper-chef-types/123729>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 13, 2002, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-hawaii-doper-chef-types/123729 "2002-08-13T18:21:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-hawaii-doper-chef-types/123729/1 "2002-08-13T18:21:58Z")

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How can I, a simple ex-island haole living on the mainland, make guava cake? You know what I mean-- you can get it at the supermarket bakery, it’s vaguely pink. . . Anyone recognize what I’m talking about?

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**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-hawaii-doper-chef-types/123729/2 "2002-08-13T18:33:35Z")

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Yep. I [Googled](http://search.netscape.com/nscp_results.adp?source=NSCPIndex&query=guava+cake) and it looks like the recipes there contain anything from real guava pulp to guava juice and guava nectar/concentrate. As you’re living in California, I don’t imagine you’ll have a problem getting access to, at the very least, simple guava juice. If that fails, got some island friends to hook you up? 😃

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**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-hawaii-doper-chef-types/123729/3 "2002-08-13T23:01:53Z")

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I hope my sister, **SparrowHawk** , sees this thread. She’s haole, too, but has been living in Honolulu for the past 20 years. She’s gotta have some connections, culinary-wise, and if she doesn’t know what guava cake is, I’d be very surprised indeed.

Sis…oh, sisteeeerrrrrr!

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**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-hawaii-doper-chef-types/123729/4 "2002-08-14T06:34:44Z")

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Some recipes out there that call for guava paste. Not knowing what this looked like, I looked it up. Turns out it can either be bought online or made from scratch.

Recipes:  
[http://www.justfruitrecipes.com/guava/guava003.shtml](http://www.justfruitrecipes.com/guava/guava003.shtml)  
[http://www.hawaii.edu/recipes/recipes.html](http://www.hawaii.edu/recipes/recipes.html) (\< This link made me homesick!)

Guava paste:  
[http://www.latingredients.com/conchita.asp](http://www.latingredients.com/conchita.asp)  
[http://www.jewish-food.org/recipes/guavpast.htm](http://www.jewish-food.org/recipes/guavpast.htm)

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**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-hawaii-doper-chef-types/123729/5 "2002-08-14T13:15:42Z")

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Brilliant, ya’ll. I actually HAVE a bunch of guava paste, as I communicated my guava-love to a friend that goes to Panama pretty frequently. I’ll give this a shot.  
No, of COURSE I didn’t think to try the web. D’oh.