John Myers
Introduction: Cape Verdean Cuisine
ʻO ka meaʻai Cape Verdean kahi hui o ʻApelika, Pukiki, a me Palakila. Aia ma ke kapakai o ʻApelika Komohana, he mōʻaukala lōʻihi ka pae ʻāina o ka noho ʻana, kālepa kauā, a me ka neʻe ʻana. ʻO ka hopena, ua waiwai ka meaʻai Cape Verdean i ka iʻa, nā ʻū, nā pī, a me nā kīʻaha kulina. Ua kaulana nā mokupuni no kā lākou mele, hula, a me ka moʻomeheu olaola.
Nā mea ʻala kuʻuna a me nā ʻuala
ʻO ka meaʻai Cape Verdean he mau mea ʻono a me nā meaʻai e pono ai i kona ʻano ʻono. ʻO kekahi o nā mea kaulana loa ʻo ia ka "molho", kahi hui ʻala o nā aniani, keleka, ke kōmato, ka pepa chili, a me ka vīnega. Hoʻohana ʻia ka Molho no ka hoʻomoʻa ʻana i ka iʻa, ka puaʻa, a i ʻole ka moa a hoʻohui i kahi kīʻaha i ka laiki a me nā kīʻaha pī. ʻO kekahi mea ʻala maʻamau ʻo ia ka pepa "malagueta", he chili liʻiliʻi a me ke ahi i hoʻohana mau ʻia no ka hana ʻana i nā mea wela.
ʻO nā mea ʻono ʻē aʻe a me nā mea ʻono ʻē aʻe ma Cape Verdean meaʻai ʻo ia ka "cachupa", kahi hui ʻana o ka coriander, cumin, paprika, a me nā lau bay i hoʻohana ʻia no ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka kīʻaha ʻāina o "cachupa" (he kohu kulina, pī, a huaʻai), a me ka “piri-piri,” he ʻano kīʻaha wela i hana ʻia me ka pepa chili, kālika, a me ka ʻaila ʻoliva.
Nā Manaʻo o kēia wā i ka ʻai Cape Verdean
Ua hoʻopili ʻia ka meaʻai Cape Verdean e nā ʻano hou a me nā ʻono honua. Eia kekahi laʻana, ua kaulana nā meaʻai me ka mayonnaise, e like me "aioli" a me "tartar," i nā haleʻai wikiwiki a me nā mea kūʻai meaʻai alanui. Hāʻawi pinepine ʻia kēia mau ʻuala me nā iʻa palai a i ʻole nā kīʻaha kai.
Eia kekahi, ua hoʻāʻo ʻo Cape Verdean chefs me ka meaʻai fusion, e hoʻohui pū ana i nā mea kuʻuna me nā ʻenehana kuke o kēia manawa. No ka laʻana, hāʻawi kekahi mau hale ʻaina i nā kīʻaha e like me ka heʻe i hoʻomoʻa ʻia me ka mango a me ka ʻuala huaʻai a i ʻole ka ʻōpae me ka wai niu curry.
I ka hopena, ʻoiai e noho mau ana nā mea ʻono a me nā meaʻai kuʻuna i mea nui o ka meaʻai Cape Verdean, ke ulu mau nei ka ʻāina meaʻai o nā mokupuni. Inā makemake ʻoe i ka mea ʻala a i ʻole kaʻaila, ka ʻono a i ʻole ka ʻono, aia kahi condiment a i ʻole mea ʻono e hoʻopiha i nā ʻono momona o nā kīʻaha Cape Verdean.
