himself earlier in the day. chef mark tarbell stuffs a couple of fresh red snappers before throwing them in the oven. there s poi pounded fresh out back. and somewhere, somewhere pig s foot soup is happily bubbling away. man: here try this chili pepper water. julio: chili pepper water. anthony: wait a minute, why do i want to do this? there s chili pepper water, used for dipping or taken as an auxiliary shot for regularity or boner medicine or whatever. oh yeah, there s also spam noodles. there is no party without spam. by dinnertime the beer, wine, and festive beverages have been flowing for hours. also, moods have been properly adjusted in a completely natural way indigenous to the islands, of course. shep: how about julio and the pigs? anthony: i cooked a lot of pigs.
anthony: i cooked a lot of pigs. i ve never seen one poured into a pot neatly. julio: that s what i love. this is what we do in the islands. that s what it s all about. shep: and always bring the ohana. bring the family, bring the kids, you know? you rarely ever see a party where there aren t kids. anthony: ohana means willie: family. anthony: how shep: extended family. anthony: extended family. shep: yeah, like you re now ohana to everybody here. willie: ohana means if you won t be offended if we came to borrow money from you. [ laughter ] anthony: and, as happens, i ve come to find out, things end up in the most natural just kind of happens way. song and some dancing. anthony: this is willie k. and that s his daughter lisette. and it s pretty damn captivating.
world. here he s known as that guy who throws great parties. prep starts early. with shep s friend julio, a maui born and bred rancher. with help from local chef sheldon simeon. middle of the night and a traditional imu is dug. filled with lava rocks, the fire allowed to burn down to coals before the pig, wrapped in a combination of banana leaves and tea leaves, is dropped in. julio: okay, you guys ready for the unveiling. here we go. all right. anthony: twelve hours ler you dig em up and, well, it s party time. so what you ve bn saying is you ve been drinking steadily since five o clock this morning. sheldon: i didn t say. it didn t come out of my mouth. it just anthony: behold the magnificence.
chef mark tarbell stuffs a couple of fresh red snappers before throwing them in the oven. there s poi pounded fresh out back. and somewhere, somewhere pig s foot soup is happily bubbling away. man: here try this chili pepper water. julio: chili pepper water. anthony: wait a minute, why do i want to do this? there s chili pepper water, used for dipping or taken as an auxiliary shot for regularity or boner medicine or whatever. oh yeah, there s also spam noodles. there is no party without spam. by dinnertime the beer, wine, and festive beverages have been flowing for hours. also, moods have been properly adjusted in a completely natural way indigenous to the islands, of course. shep: how about julio and the pigs?
it s a very important part of your childhood. dun-dun-dun-dun-dun. wow, look at that. you could just lift those bones out by hand. julio: yep. shep, ready? anthony: whoa, you just dump them into a bucket. awesome. wow. wow, that s pretty much the way i want to end up. just be able to pour me right into a pot. there s lots to do and everyone pitches in to help. it s an extended all day affair of prepping, chopping, dicing, slicing, mixing. and of course, there s some sampling along the way. like this wild pig sausage that someone was nice enough to stop by with. sheldon works up a potato-mac salad. shep: you not gonna do it? sheldon: one more time! shep: okay, hittin ya one more time. anthony: julio carves up some unicorn fish which he caught himself earlier in the day.