Posts by Hookinfish

  • Raw food? Juicing?

    I blend my fruits and veggies as well to get the fiber and other nutrients that might not get into the juice. I also add a scoop of egg white protein and some coconut milk. Typical breakfast is a hand full of frozen berries, coconut milk and Jay Rob's vanilla protein or banana, coconut milk, peanut butter (optional) and chocolate flavored protein. Sometime I do apple, carrot, kale, celery and cilantro in the blender no protein. Its like drinking a salad. If you want to make your drink creamy and healthy add half an avocado it will give it a great texture and you wont even know its from avocado.

  • The Adventures of Thumper

    I'm looking forward to Spring.


    Its been too long since I hit the water. I need to pay for another fishing license. Its ridiculous the costs of fishing and hunting in this state but that is another topic.

  • freediving news

    Welcome.


    I am not familiar with your dive school but the diving in Koh Tao is phenomenal. I spent a week there and took my openwater and advanced SCUBA there about 10 years ago and it was amazing. The damn trigger fish are a pain in the ass though. :)

  • A land and sea adventure

    Quote from hank

    Where exactly are you in the picture with the goat? That's so unreal. Is that Mauna Loa in the background?
    I'd love to spend a couple years exploring the Big Island. I've been there about 5 times but only for short bursts. Unreal water around the west side too. Thanks for sharing.


    Believe it or not thats the Kohala moutain range. Mauna Kea is to my left in the picture and the makai side is to my right. Hualalai is in front of me and Mauna Loa isnt visible. The spot I'm hunting is a private ranch between Kona and Waimea.

  • A land and sea adventure

    Quote from Bamz

    Cool report Alex! Did you end up picking up a gun (spear) over there?


    I was able to put my speargun in the same case as my rifle and I shipped the shaft for 10 bucks to Hawaii. So it worked out well. I just didn't have a shaft for a little while which was fine since the waves where large.

  • A land and sea adventure

    Quote from Nate

    Cool report, nice fish and great goat. Did you cook up the goat? I bet the Hawaiians have some super tasty recipes for goat.


    I made teriyaki out of the loins and it was nice. I have had it curried and it was really good too. Most locals dont eat the goat in Hawaii cause they say it stinks but I know a few that enjoy it. I have always been a fan of birria. I guess goat is like lamb, an acquired taste.

  • Saucisson sec or French style salami

    Well the temp was right the first two weeks before my trip to Hawaii so for Christmas presents I decided to make some salami. The recipe is pretty simple. I use 5lbs of pork butt keep all the fat remove the bone. I then add pepper, salt, garlic, sugar and some nitrites (I would rather not but I am more worried about botulism then I am nitires)


    So first you grind your ingredients together and then stuff them into hog intestine so that it looks like this.


    Then you twist out lengths of sausage so that it looks like this.


    Then I like to tie where I twist the sausage so that it does not unravel.


    I then tie long lengths of string to either end of the sausage so that I can hang them.


    The only place I have to hang these is in my kitchen window. This works for me as I don't get direct sunlight in my window and the temperatures are very cool. Its a strange Christmas garland that's for sure but it tasts great.


    Then I wait about 2 weeks till the sausage has lost approximately 1/3rd of its weight. I usually just measure by feeling the salami and if it is hard and slightly oily it usually means it is ready. Then I slice it up and enjoy.

  • A land and sea adventure

    I left for Hawaii on the 30th of December in hopes of chasing some large fish and Axis deer. Well the swell was large and the weather wasn't really cooperating for axis deer so the deer hunt fell through. When the swells came down I decided to try and catch some fish. I managed a nice size palani but forgot to take a picture of it. Then I went out and managed a few small uhus and what I thought was a mempachi but was something different someone called it an alii snapper or something. My brother managed a nice papio and I grabbed the largest molted lobster shell. I was so excited and then totally bummed as the shell fell apart in my hands and I realized it was a molt. hahaha. Went out another day with my brother and shot some rois a baracuda and another uhu but didn't take pictures. The fish where not large but it was fun just to chase the very cautious fish with my brother. I also managed to get out and do some goat hunting with one of my good friends and we managed a nanny. It was a fun trip seeing friends and family and getting some hunting and fishing in. I'm looking forward to the next trip.