Sorry, Neo, I remember now but can't seem to find the message. While Godmother's pizza is not kosher for Passover (there, so much for thread creep!), the legend about Pele bringing woe and misery to those who take rocks off the island, was actually started by a ranger in the Park back in the 60s; it's all very amusingly documented in a book called, I believe, "Letters to Pele", that's sold there. And the reason people give gin to Pele is that the old Hawaiians used to give her offerings of local berries that resemble juniper berries. And you can't get mac nuts any fresher than the ones that you can pick off the ground in my orchard. But I guess you'll have to take my word on that one! :)

Aloha,
Mark