THE USES OF SEAWEED AS FOOD IN HAWAII

Rapid and frequent air service to Hawaii has brought about a stronger west- ernization in food choices and food habits than was possible 30 or 40 years ago. The transport of more fresh foods from the Orient is also possible. Western fast- food establishments such as McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken are pa- tronized as heavily as similar places in California. They have nearly entirely replaced "saiinin stands" of pre-World War II where a bowl of noodles and a bamboo stick of barbecued meat could be had quickly. Chinese restaurants are the favorite choice of students in ethnobotany at the University of Hawaii (polls taken in 1976, 1977), but there is no question that a hamburger or hot dog is everyone's favorite food, regardless of ethnic background.