Nuku Hiva, 6-11-2017--Sunday at the Snack

It's a festive Sunday afternoon here at the Nuku Hiva Snack.  A variety of local foods are being prepared and the local jam group is belting out Polynesian tunes.

Sunday afternoon at the Snack

Henri, owner and spirit of the Snack.
Customers are free to help themselves from the hanging bunches of bananas.

Coconut husks used for cooking breadfruit

Breadfruit being cooked over coconut husk fire

Husking fire roasted breadfruit

Pounding roasted breadfruit with stone pestle

Pounded breadfruit is dunked into coconut milk to make huru, a local favorite.
We thought it was pretty good.

The coconut milk used for making huru is made by finely grating coconut meat, then mixing it with a small amount of water. The mixture is gathered in a towel and wrung out, leaving coconut milk.  The dry pulp is discarded.   

The milk is strained through a towel to remove the few remaining bits of coconut pulp.  

Pure coconut milk

Sunday afternoon jam session at the Snack