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8 KAUA‘I MIDWEEK AUGUST 17, 2022
T‘Curry’ On With This Delish Dish
his week’s guest is Dawn Ward, own- three children: Chelsea, Joshua and Christina. er of Base Management, where she Although Dawn’s husband is the cook of leads a team of experienced airport the house, she does enjoy stirring up ham-
industry leaders in planning, programming burger curry, guri guri and pumpkin squares
and safety. Ward was born on O‘ahu, raised on Hawai‘i Island and graduated from Hilo High School. She and husband Guy have
whenever he needs a break.
Here, she shares one of her favorite dishes:
WHair Of The Dog
hamburger curry.
hat was I thinking? The other week, I created a mind-numbing fiasco for myself by sched- uling our dogs, Buddy and Wilson, with their
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respective groomers on the same weekend I promised to drive my wife to her hair appointment.
Let me break this down for you: My wife is the most selfless person I know. She has been that way since the first day I met her, which proves to me that this is a gen- uine characteristic of hers and not something that comes and goes. She is incredibly humble and everything she does is to benefit someone else. Of course, I have been the beneficiary of this second only to our two kids. But our families, friends and her co-workers have all realized her generous nature.
Years ago, I wanted to do something special for her. We did a MidWeek story on a celebrity hairstylist from Las Ve- gas named Tony. He has styled top entertainers and affluent women from around the world. He travels to O‘ahu once a quarter to do the hair of his local clients. Because of his exclusivity, he’s quite expensive. However, he’s a total artist.
Since we got married, my wife never splurged on her- self, including her gorgeous hair. I decided to change that, and while she fought me on it due to the expense, I booked her with Tony. Now, at my insistence, she is one of his regular quarterly customers. The only caveat is I need to drive her there so she doesn’t have to look for parking. I’m reluctant about it as I’d rather stay home and watch TV, but I made my own bed, if you know what I mean.
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Now our first dog, Buddy, has been going to the same ‘Ewa groomer since we first got him. The owner, Jeanine, is his groomer and just recently retired. So, you could say she’s groomed him since he was a pup. Luckily, her daughter is taking over the business. Buddy loves getting groomed. Wilson, our rescue, is a completely different story. Due to something that must have happened to him before he was rescued, he cannot tolerate being groomed. After years of trial and error with different groomers, I finally found one in Kaimukī — Krystal — who has the patience for Wilson. But Wilson is smart as a whip, and I have to be quite secretive about getting him groomed.
HAMBURGER CURRY
Ingredients:
• 1 pound hamburger • 1 curry block packet • 3 small potatoes
• 4 carrots
• 3 cups water
• garlic salt, to taste • oil, for pan
Directions:
Peel and cut potato and carrots, and let set in water.
Cook hamburger, adding garlic salt and drain oil when done. Drain water from potato and carrots, then add to hamburger and stir around for about 5 minutes.
Add 3 cups water and bring to
boil. Add curry block packet, and stir to dissolve curry chunks. Simmer and stir occasionally for 1 hour.
Serve over hot rice.
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Anyway, on the “hairy” weekend, I was getting my boys ready to go and my wife reminded me that I had to drive her to her appointment. I had to cancel my weight training ses- sion with my friend Brian and was on the phone with him.
Since Wilson was right there I said, “I have to take you- know-who to get their hair done.” That’s when my wife shot me a look that nearly made me “bolo-head!”
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