In the line at a Hawaiian luau, be sure to get a sample of each of these dishes!

Lomi-Lomi Salmon

This island dish traces not so far back as people think, from the time of whaling in hawaii, but this dish is a common side at many parties held in Hawaii. A combination of Tomatoes and Salmon and some Hawaiian salt frozen in crushed ice. It is not uncommon to throw in green onions also in this cooling appetizer to the rest of a meal.

Chicken Long Rice

Yum. This dish originated from China but was brought over by Chinese immigrants and quickly adapted into the Hawaiian meal. Another tasty side consisting of bit sized boneless chicken and long rice or formally known as cellophane noodles. Thrown in are some hints of ginger and onions and sometimes garlic in this truly tasty dish.

Lau Lau

More often then not, the main dish of a party. Lau lau has been the make or break of many Hawaiian dinners. With a core of either boneless pork, beef, or chicken seasoned in Hawaiian salt, with butterfish, surrounded by a taro leaf. The preparation for this dish takes longer then the eating. Lau lau is wrapped in a Ti leaf and smoked in a steamer. This slow cook process moistens the lau lau and brings much more flavor to the awesome taste of lau lau.

Kalua Pig

Now the name says it all. This pork dish is cooked in an underground oven called an "Imu". The pig is prepared for the cook and then placed inside the oven for hours in time for a big meal. Kalua pork cannot be complete without some Hawaiian salt and this brings the flavor out to the tip of your tongue.

Poi (Taro)

This traditional Hawaiian dish has been passed down from generation to generation for hundreds of years. The Kalo plant or taro plant is grown in a irrigated patch from mountain water down to the ocean. This constant flowing water enriches the taro plants and the taro has been the signature dish of Hawaiian culture. The taro plant is picked and then the root and smashed and pounded until it becomes a sort of paste like form which is then called Poi. This dish has made it's way into many other forms today and still remains the true aspect of the Hawaiian meal.

The world's largest omelet was created by the Lung Association in Brockville Memorial Centre in Ontario, Canada. It took place on May 22, 2002, and it weighed 2.95 tons (6,510 lbs).

The World's Biggest Sandwich

The world's largest sandwich was made by Wild Woody's Chill and Grill, in Roseville, Michigan, on March 17, 2005. This mouthful weighed a whopping 5,440 lbs (2,467.5 kg).

The World's Biggest Piece of Fudge

The world's largest slab of fudge was made by Northwest Fudge Factory.com at the FedNor Pavillion Royal Winter Fair, in Toronto, Canada on November 5, 2004. This huge hunk of fudge weighed an amazing 1.36 tons (3,010 lbs, 1.5 US tons).

The World's Largest Stir-Fry

The record for the largest stir-fry was achieved by the Wesvalia High School in Klerksdorp (RSA) on October 22, 2005. The stir-fry was made on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Wesvalia High School. This oversized Asian favorite weighed a total of 1052 kg (2319 lbs 4 oz).

The World's Largest Tiramisu

The world's largest tiramisu was made by the Alpini Group of Caronno Pertusella and Bariola in Caronno Pertusella, Varese, Italy on April 22, 2007. This humongous Italian dessert weighed 305.95 kg (674 lbs 8 oz).

The World's Largest Hot Dog

The world's largest hot dog was made as the central part of a media event surrounding the 50th anniversary of the All-Japan Bread Association, on August 4, 2006. It measured 60m in a bun measuring 60.3m. This American monstrosity was made by the Shizuoka Meat Producers of Shizuoka, Japan.

The World's Biggest Hamburger

The World's largest hamburger was made in the Clinton Diner Station and is known as the "The 8th Wonder". It measures 28" wide, 11.5" thick, and is 105 pounds. The world's biggest burger was created by the Clinton Station Diner in Clinton, NJ.

If one wished to travel between Canada's two most Western provinces, in the winter, one had to drop South into the U. S. of A. and then pop back up North.

Today there are four highways, between the two provinces, that pass through the Rocky Mountains and are usable year round. In the North we have the Hart Highway that uses the Pine Pass. In the South we have Highway 3 that uses the Crowsnest Pass. In the center of the provinces we have highway 16, commonly, and mistakenly, called the Yellowhead Highway, running through Mt. Robson Provincial Park and Jasper National Park. And, of course, we have the Trans Canada Highway which uses the Roger's Pass.

I can recall, as a youngster, traveling between the cities of Golden and Revelstoke, over what was know as the Big Bend Highway. Basically the Big Bend was a logging road that followed the Columbia River which made a big bend as it flowed North and then curved South. This was an arduous trip of some eight hours, only an hour and half today with modern vehicles on the Roger's Pass which follows the Illecillewaet River.

The road wasn't paved, in most places it wasn't even graveled. In many places it was corduroy road. Corduroy road is road over a wet area that is filled in with logs laid, side by side, across the roadway.

Midway, along the Big Bend was a work camp knows as Boat Encampment. One of the workers, Peter Fuoco, who stayed at the camp, with a two bladed axe, and chisels, in his spare time, made a head out of a section of tree and then with some hand carved board, made a hat for the head.

He called his artwork `Wooden Head'. He placed his masterpiece beside the road and made a sign telling people, `Don't be a woodenhead - slow down'.

When the highway was replaced by the Roger's Pass in 1962, most of the Big Bend highway is now underwater as the valley has been dammed up for a hydro project, the government moved the Woodenhead to the intersection of the Big Bend Highway and the Trans Canada Highway, just East of the city of Revelstoke.

Sometime later Woodenhead was moved into the city of Revelstoke.

In 2005 Woodenhead was restored and placed in a gazebo like cage by the city of Revelstoke. It is hard to tell whether it is the original Woodenhead, covered in plastic, to preserve it, or if it has been totally rebuilt out of fiberglass.

It is easy to tell, at a glance that it isn't wood but it still reminds us old timers of its former glory, when it sat among the trees it was made of, near Boat Encampment.