I have just discovered how the website works and now want to relate the changes that have happened since the last blog- seven months ago.  Well the first item to be noticed is the actual web page and the contents of it.  There are no new products just a re-arrangement of them.  I am about to embark on an extension to A Taste of Hangi by the purchase of a mobile food cart.  I am going to name this food cart 'Aunty Umu'.  She will represent the above the ground nature of A Taste of Hangi.  I understand that Umu is the name the relos in the islands use for 'hangi' .  I think it is appropriate.  Do you? Email me and tell me.  Anyway 'Aunty Umu' is scheduled to appear for the first time in public at the Whitianga Scallop Festival 28 August at of course in Whitianga.  Another innovation is the creation of a bread which I have named 'Wally' because there are walnuts in it plus two other secret ingredients.  I absolutely love Mackenzie Grain bread but at $5 a pop I thought about creating a bread of my own.  My neighbours and whanau tell me it is very nice so I shall be including it also as a first timer at the Whitianga Festival.  I needed to create some recipes to match hangi and scallops, so come on over to Whitianga and try my Club Scallop and Kumara Sandwiches on Wally, Wally with Scallop Pate and Wally with a steamed hangi flavoured scallop souffle.  I have plenty of time to refine the recipes and already have volunteers to sample and critique.  Today is 23 May.  The day is special for two reasons.  It is the anniversary of the death of my darling nanny Mickey 38 years ago.  And the winter weather has set in with a bleak cold rainy day.  Great hangi weather in fact.  So, keep the hole in the ground hangi for the tourists and buy my products for every day.  Oh and if you a marae supporter, $5 per bottle donated to the marae of your choice.  Kia ora and arohanui from Mapuna of Te Aroha Aotearoa New Zealand.