Recipe 23 - Experiment 626 Bread

Aloha!  
Welcome to recipe 23!   My vegan take on the Disney Polynesian Resorts - "O'Hana" - breakfast bread.   Also known as pineapple coconut bread.   

I must start this blog with an RIP.   You see, the pan I bake my brownies in is the pan I used for half of these rolls.  However, I guess it finally had it's last run.  As will all things, nothing lasts forever and that (being my favorite pan) might have ruined a quarter of these rolls because the oven burnt a hole through the bottom.   We'll see though.  I already ate a bite of the bread from that pan, and it's still pretty good.. although I'll miss that pan.   Sigh.   Regardless, let's get on with it.

Whomever said creating bread was hard, I swear, has never done it.  I think baking bread is probably one of the easiest things a person can ever do.  It starts with flour, water and yeast, and a few more things..  easy right?  Look what you can make!!

Once you have that part done, all you have to do is wait.. wait for it to rise.   So what did I do while I waited?   I did some dishes, I re-organized my drug drawer.  (I have one of those, don't you?)  I can't believe the amount of crap I had in there.. but you don't really want to know about all that because this is a blog about food.  But really I'm trying to pass the time with you as I had to pass the time waiting for this bread to rise.   By the way, did you know it was a sheet of ice out this morning, and now it's warm?  Eh, January.     
Anyway ALSO while I waited I made the filling for this bread.. check it out.

That right there folks, is what you call a pineapple coconut mash up.   It was funny, I used canned pineapple (because it seemed extremely painful to core, slice and crush an in-tact pineapple... even though I have done it before.. and before you ask, no, I didn't break open a coconut either from it's natural form... even though I probably should have taken the time to do both of those things, but eh, I was lazy today.)  Anyway, the moment I opened that pineapple can, all of my kids came running and sniffing the air... lol.   Poor things.  I guess I should really feed them!  
Anyway, once your pineapple coconut mash up has chilled, and your dough risen.. what do you do?

Ya do that^^  and then you fold it into itself.  (I had to ask my sister exactly what that meant.. I'm not proud.).    Then you bake and move on with your life like this bread never happened to you!   No, no you don't move on.. then you find a picture of yourself (or someone) either right before, or right after one has eaten the original Ohana version of this bread.
Hhmm  I can't find one, so you're not getting one.
:P
So, how did the victims like it?   Well, my Ohana is a lil obsessed with this bread.. in fact, last week my mother kinda got a little anxious about it.  "WHERE IS THE BREAD!"  I'm like "CHILL"  (I turned into my neice)  I'm like "CHILL mom! It's NEXT week!"   She mentioned it in the car again too the other night.  Sheesh.   So how did the O'hana like it?
Well, let's see, shall we?

Since I didn't do a V-Log this week.. the REAL 626 decided to join me and ask his 'followers' what they thought of his namesake bread... and not ONLY did we get the O'hana to try - but we added a new victim to be alien abducted into the RoVL victimization society... take a look.

Stitch:  "Vicki like?"  Vicki: "This bread is heavy, but ooh it's good!"

Stitch:  "Nana Like?"  Nana:  "It needs to be warmed up!  Ooh Yum!"

Stitch:  "Sheri like?"  Sheri:  "Whatchu talkin' bout Willis?  This is my third one!"

Stitch:  "Jen like?"   Jen: "It's delicious!"

So, another veganization done.. and our last Disney veganization is quickly coming on over.. what will it be?   Where will it be from?

Well, I have this to say....  it's STAR STUDDED.. It's ENTERTAINING... you do NOT want to miss a minute of it..  (not only that, I'm doing it on my birthday!)   

Keep it tuned right here!

Music enjoyed while baking:
Subsonic Radio 5k

Current Craving:
Vegan fried chicken (still!)

Current Motivation:
Websites moving easily.

O'hana means family, and Family means - everyone gets bread!

"There’s no place I’d rather be.. Then on my surfboard out at sea
Lingering in the ocean blue..And If I had one wish come true
I’d surf till the sun sets.. Beyond the horizon
A wiki wiki mai lohi lohi
Lawe mai i ko papa he'e nalu
Flyin by on the Hawaiian roller coaster ride!"

^^ See those wild things?  About 90% of those in that picture are 'Experiments'.  And as such is this blog!
For THIS veganization we're going to 'Experiment' with something even more out of this world than 626 himself! (And if you haven't seen Lilo and Stitch.. RUN, NOW, BUY THE MOVIE!! Soo cute!)

For this veganization we're traveling to a resort hotel in Disney World.  The most beautiful (the one my sis and I always wanted to stay in but dad always chose the Contemporary instead).. the incomparable:  Polynesian Resort.

Let's see what Disney.com has to say about the Poly, shall we?:

"Disney's Polynesian Resort is a relaxing tropical paradise, featuring lush vegetation, thatched roofs, koi ponds and white-sand lakebeaches and offering a warm, welcoming world that celebrates the spirit of the South Pacific and ensures "Ho'Onanea"—the passing of time in languid tranquility.
With 11 2-story and 3-story village longhouses that flank the Great Ceremonial House—built to resemble a royal Tahitian assembly lodge—the Resort has 847 luxurious rooms, decorated with rich tropical colors and furnished in traditional bamboo and rattan.
Inside the Great Ceremonial House, water cascades over craggy volcanic rocks, while coconut palms tower over more than 75 different indigenous species. Also inside is shopping, dining and an awe-inspiring torch-lighting ceremony—a Polynesian welcoming of the night that includes a traditional fire-knife dance, accompanied by authentic drumming and chants.
Disney's Polynesian Resort offers a variety of recreation, including the Nanea Volcano Pool, featuring a 40-foot high volcano with a waterfall and tubular waterslide, fishing, boating, waterskiing and parasailing on Bay Lake and Seven Seas Lagoon. Also on the Seven Seas Lagoon, a dazzling, musical Electrical Water Pageant is held nightly."

And what's more, is that when you go inside the 'Great Ceremonial House' there's a smell there, wildly enough kind of like water with too much chlorine in it, basking over moldy rocks.. it's a scent you seriously have to smell to appreciate it.  It's one of those Disney scents that only Disney fanatics (such as myself) would say.. "I wish they could bottle this!"    Anyhoo.. where are we going in this hotel?   Well, we're heading to the famed "O'hana".. where their breakfast bread is truly a show on it's own.   

And.. that's what we're making!   O'hana's Pineapple Coconut Breakfast Bread!   This is something that they serve all day if I remember correctly, but it's truly a breakfast treat, and it's always the first thing that is gone in the bread basket when it's brought.   And who better to try it on than my OWN O'hana who loves it equally as much as I do.. (if not more)?

So what does this fantasmic bread actually look like in it's un-veganized form in the great O'HANA?

<< HELLO YUM.


 And then.. what to call this bread in it's veganized form?   Maybe we should ask a foodie expert.  One who resides in Hawaii!    Hey Stitch my man...  gimme a hint?!

Ummm... ok, how's about this... with the numbers this time.   I don't really understand Alien.... eeps!

O'hana Breakfast Bread                                        Experiment 626 Bread

Calories 527.5                                                                   250

Total Fat 8.3 g                                                                   4.7

Cholesterol 31.2 mg                                                            0

Sodium 491.6 mg                                                              168

Total Carbohydrate 105.8 g                                                 85

Dietary Fiber 3.1 g                                                             1.4

Protein 8.5 g                                                                       2

WWpts -  14                                                                       11

Yippee!
Now that we have that taken care of, it's time to get the grocery listie ready for this lil bit of Hawaii here in the lower 48.   While I get prepared, maybe you all should enjoy, once again, my favorite song?  Maybe by the time I blog again, you'll all have learned the hula too!

Aloha Oi.. until we meet again!







Music enjoyed while blogging:  
Air (not the band).


Current Motivation:
My "O'HANA"


Current Craving:
Vegan Fried 'Chicken'.