Post #608262 by Professor G on Tue, Sep 27, 2011 3:42 PM

Having read and pondered all that has been written, I think I'm going to crawl back to the food and drink area and stay there. TC is a celebration of both the classic and the modern, so a little conflict is inevitable and desirable and, done correctly, a bit of fun. If someone goes totally off subject, moderate them (politely, but firmly) away. Don't get your heart all busted up over it.

I have studied old Tiki menus and Polynesian cookbooks and I do have an idea of what Tiki food is, but I'm gonna mess with it a little because I'm a chef by profession, not a curator. If anyone feels I cross a line, feel free to correct me and know that I will respond politely no matter how wrong you are. In spite of all the differences, can we agree that one inviolable code of Tiki is hospitality? That's why they put the pu-pus in a lazy susan.