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Saturday, April 23, 2011

Sekilini Lea'ena and her favorite school lunch - TMBW (kids short stories)

Sekilini Lea'ena sits in class at school with her favorite lunch waiting for the bell. Her friends call her Seki for short. She can not wait to head over to her favorite lunch table and enjoy all her favorite foods with her favorite friends. Volleyball is Seki's favorite sport, where she is team Captain, and she runs track during the off-seasons so eating well is very important for her future as an athlete.

The lunch consists of 2 tuna fish sandwiches, pineapple slices, fried rice with egg, stringed beef, onion, and green pepper bits, 2 cuts of Yams, and a dish of cooked Kapa pulu. Sekilini has very particular needs and her lunch is particular to her special island cravings. Her lunch shows she is very loved, it's different from many at her school but is made by someone who understands her.


The 2 tuna sandwiches are cut with care which is her favorite main lunch course. The crust is peeled off and divided in 4 equal squares and then fold wrapped in saran wrap. The total of equal cut squares from the 2 tuna sandwiches are 8 perfect mini lunch sandwiches. Inside the tuna sandwiches are bits of fresh celery, red onion, relish, and red pepper mixed with mayo dressing.



Her favorite first side is the island pineapple slices which she eats right after the main course. The slices are first cut in large circles then divided twice. It's cut once in half and then once again. 1 large circle slice makes 4 triangular slices. The total of equal slices in the lunch box of pineapple are 8 triangular slices.

The Pineapple slices are also always left with the outer skin layer on since it makes Sekilini feel the fruit is fresh and protected from bruising. The island pineapple slices are of course fold wrapped in saran wrap to keep fresh until lunch.


The Rice dish is her favorite second side after the first and main course dishes. It's wrapped also but formed first in a halved coconut husk shape. The tunnel dome shape reminds her of the top of a single room Fale.


It's prepared in that way to sit just right in Sekilini's lunch tray. Sekilini always likes taking the first dip and breaking the form up. The 2 cuts of Yams which were wrapped separate and cushioned in next to the rice dish inside the lunch bag, are always eaten along with the rice dish. The flavor of the stringed beef, egg, onion, and green pepper bits fried in the rice always sat well going down with the Yams. The Yam cuts are her favorite food to eat with her rice dish.


The Kapa pulu has it's own sealed container, picked out just for Little Seki. The container is bright baby blue with Moana island flower designs and shaped like a complete round clam shell. Her makeup container at home functions in the same way and is also shaped in much the same sleek fashion with a twist off top. Kapa pulu is her favorite dish in it's own container outside of the side dishes and eaten after the main course and after the first and second side. The greens of the Kapa pulu is cooked slowly in coconut milk, mixed with corned beef, and diced red and white onions.

Sekilini Lea'ena is reminded daily that the one who made her lunch loves her very much, which is her mother, and that makes lunch time for Seki the best part of the school day. 

The End.


[This story is still being worked on. Thank you. Last update October 2023]




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