WELCOME BACK TO "LIVING
808."
PICKS THE BEST THAT HAWAI'I HAS
TO OFFER IN THEIR BEST OF
HONOLULU ISSUE, AND WE HAVE BEEN
HAVING A LOT OF FUN SHOWCASING
THESE GREAT BUSINESSES.
TODAY I'M ESPECIALLY EXCITED
ABOUT THE VISIT THAT WE HAD TO
ANOTHER ONE OF THEIR GREAT
PICKS.
IT HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF OUR
FAVORITE PLACES TO GO TO.
I'VE BEEN COMING TO THE CRACK
SEED STORE EVER SINCE I WAS A
LITTLE KID.
I WOULD CATCH THE BUS HERE AND
IT'S BEEN HERE FOREVER AND I
TO GET THAT WORLD FAMOUS LEE HI.
OAHU, JOHN.
HELLO, HELLO.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, AS ALWAYS.
SO I KNOW YOU, YOU KNOW ME BUT I
WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY ABOUT
SO SPECIAL.
YOU HAVE A SMALL STORE BUT
YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LOT OF
YEARS.
THETHERE WAS A LADY HERE
PREVIOUSLY.
SHE WANTS TO RETIRE SO WE TOOK
OVER THE BUSINESS.
MY WIFE AND I BEEN RUNNING THE
STORE FOR, OH, 20, 30 YEARS
UNTIL THE GRAND KID CAME ALONG,
THEN SHE WENT WITH THE GRANDKIDS
AND LEFT ME WITH THE STORE.
SO BASICALLY THAT IS THE WHOLE
STORY.
YOU'VE GOT SEEDLESS, WITH THE
SEED, WET, DRY.
YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING HERE.
HAS PEOPLE'S TASTES CHANGED OVER
THE 38 PLUS YEARS YOU'VE BEEN
HERE?
YES, THEY HAVE.
SINCE LIKE AT ONE TIME THEY
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE SALTY
AND MORE SOUR ITEMS AND WITH THE
SEED, SO THEY ARE CHANGING
TOWARD A SMOOTHER SIDE AND THEY
LIKE WITHOUT THE SEED.
THE TASTE BUDS FROM THE SALTY
AND SOUR TO THE SWEETER.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CLASSICS
THAT YOU SELL.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE?
WELL, WE HAVE ONE -- RIGHT
NOW WE'RE OUT.
SO THE MOST POPULAR ONE, WE ARE
WAITING FOR A NEW SHIPMENT OF IT
BECAUSE I GUESS THERE'S A
SHORTAGE AND WE HAVEN'T HAD IT
FOR A WHILE.
YOU'VE BEEN NAMED THE BEST BY
HONOLULU MAGAZINE AND IT'S YOUR
RECIPE FOR THE SAUCE, ISN'T IT?
YES, IT IS.
WE MAKE OUR OWN SAUCE, AND A LOT
OF PEOPLE NOT ONLY LIKE THE
JUICE, THEY LIKE THE SEED TOO SO
WE SELL THE SEED SEPARATELY TOO.
THE SAUCE IS GOOD FOR THE
ICY.
WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING AND YOU'VE
GOT TO EAT IT KIND OF QUICK IS I
IT GETS SOGGY IF YOU WAIT TOO
LONG BUT IT DOESN'T LAST THAT
LONG.
YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR THREE
DECADES?
ALMOST 40 YEARS.
WE DID MAKE A BAG, AND IT'S A
NICE LOOKING BAG.
MY DAUGHTER IS A DESIGNER FOR
THE BAG.
THAT IS REALLY REALLY COOL.
I DID NOT KNOW YOU DID THIS.
YEAH.
EVERYBODY LOVES IT.
SO SHE DID IT AND SHE DID A
REALLY NICE JOB WITH IT.
YOU SAID YOU'RE WAITING FOR
THE SHIPMENT BUT YOU STARTED OFF
MAKING YOUR OWN STUFF.
LIKE THE APRICOT, WE MAKE
SWEET AND SOUR APRICOT BUT WE
NEED THE BASIC AND REI CAT FOR
IT.
I'M ALWAYS HERE BUT WE'RE
MAINLY HERE BECAUSE HONOLULU
MAGAZINE NAMED THE BEST ICY
RIGHT HERE AT THE CRACK SEED
STORE ON KOKO HEAD AVENUE.
COULD YOU MAKE ONE FOR US?
SURE.
WE WANT TO SEE HOW THE MASTER
DOES IT.
LET'S MAKE IT VANILLA.
OKAY.
FINALLY AFTER ALL THESE
YEARS, I GET TO HAVE YOU ON TV
WITH ME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE IT.
I'LL TAKE THAT.
YOU TAKE THIS.
OKAY.
THANK YOU HONOLULU MAGAZINE.
THANK YOU MR. YOUNG THINK THANK
YOU FOR COMING IN.
I'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
MR. YOUNG, I LOVE MR. YOUNG.
HE'S SO CUTE AND SHORT.
ACTUALLY EVERY TIME I SEE HIM.
WHEN I WAS PREGNANT, WE LIVED
IN ST. LOUIS HEIGHTS AT THE
TIME, AND TRUE STORY AND MAYBE
HE TOLD YOU THIS WHEN YOU WENT
TO VISIT HIM, EVERY DAY IT WAS
ONE OF MY CRAVINGS I WOULD GO,
AND IT WAS SO HOT, AND I WOULD
GO AND HAVE MY ICY FLOAT.
I JUST LOVED THE REGULAR ICY
WITH THE ICE CREAM.
IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD IT, YOU
BETTER ASK SOMEBODY BECAUSE IT'S
GOOD.
MY MOUTH IS WATERING JUST
WATCHING THAT SEGMENT.
IF YOU GO AND YOU GET THE
ICY, IF YOU DON'T SHAKE IT UP A
LITTLE BIT AFTER HE PUTS --
BECAUSE HE PUTS THE SAUCE AND
SEED AND ANOTHER SCOOP, IT WILL
DRAIN A LITTLE BIT AND HE TOPS
IT OFF BUT IF YOU DON'T SHAKE
SIP OF JUICE RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
YOU WANT IT BUT YOU DON'T WANT
IT, SO YOU'VE GOT TO MIX IT UP
REAL GOOD.
YUMMY.
I'M SO GLAD YOU WENT THERE
BECAUSE EVEN FOR ME WHEN I GO
BACK WITH THE KIDS, I SAW ME
SHE'S ALMOST 14.
HE'S KIND OF FOLLOWING OUR LIVES
TOO.
I HEARD ABOUT THE STORE WHEN
I WAS A KID.
AND WHEN I USED TO GO GET WAS
CINNAMON TOOTH PICKS.
IT CAME IN A LITTLE PACKAGE.
THEY JUST WOULD TASTE LIKE
CINNAMON AND AFTER ABOUT THREE
CINNAMON TOOTH PICKS, MY MOUTH
FELT LIKE WOOD BUT IT WAS THE
BEST EVER.
IT'S GOOD.
GO CHECK THEM OUT.
GOOD, YES, AND I LOVE SUPPORT