Simple, quick, easy-to-make corn chowder is yummy on one of our 69 degree Fahrenheit nights. On the rare days when the temperature drops to 70 or even 69 degrees, we feel cold, and the next day at work everyone comments on how freezing it was the night before.
Person 1: "Wow, wuz so cold last night, yeah?"
Person 2: "Yeah, no! Wuz freezing."
Person 3: "Ho man, yeah wuz cold."
And on and on, until everyone in the office mentions, with verbal exclamation points, how cold they felt.
[I know, everyone on the continental United States and Alaska thinks we're crazy, or joking, or mocking them; but it's true, we do feel really really really cold. Honest.]
On those frosty, wintery days, islanders welcome home-made beef stew and rice,
http://tastyislandhawaii.com/2014/07/26/da-bes-hawaiian-local-style-beef-stew/
oxtail soup from Kam Bowl Restaurant,
and saimin (the saimin pictured below is from Sekiya's Restaurant in Kaimuki, one of, if not the best, bowls on Oahu - see http://nearsay.com/c/397781/325932/4-reasons-to-try-this-honolulu-japanese-restaurant).
http://nearsay.com/c/342723/325932/5-fascinating-facts-about-the-history-of-saimin
Less common and equally delicious is the corn chowder we made. Come to think of it, for the life of me I can't think of any other family, relatives included, that made corn chowder ... hmmm .... So maybe corn chowder isn't a typical dish prepared in island homes, although widely available at local restaurants like Zippy's, a popular local, uniquely Hawaiian chain of sit-down and take-out restaurants (http://zippys.com/) where you can order it in house
http://www.foodspotting.com/places/25969-zippy-s-makiki-honolulu/latest
or even purchase it frozen in various retail outlets.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Zippy-s-Corn-Chowder/102570028
Here's our recipe for corn chowder.
Corn Chowder
1 lb bacon, cut into slivers
1 round onion, diced
1 potato, peeled and diced (you can add or substitute chayote)
2 cans whole kernel sweet corn (about 15 oz/can)
2 cans cream style sweet corn (about 15 oz/can)
2 cans evaporated milk
salt and pepper to taste
On medium heat, saute bacon in a pot until it is cooked, but before it crisps. Add diced onions and stir until translucent. Add diced potato and stir until firm cooked. Add whole kernel corn, cream style sweet corn, milk, and salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a simmer for 10 minutes or so.
Enjoy.