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CAMP FIRE Dutch Oven Kālua Pork Tacos

This is a recipe that’s so far far removed from its original, ancient, roots. And yet, I’d like to think it still retains some of its authenticity. Kalua pork, is a recipe that originated from the early Polynesian settlers on the Hawaiian islands. Those first adventurous souls scoured the world’s biggest ocean, navigating by the stars to look for new pin pricks of land in its grand, blue, vastness. They traveled in canoe’s hewn from hallowed out logs with an outrigger (or two) connected by two struts. And on these canoe’s, they also traveled with animals: dogs, chickens, and pigs.

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