Introduction: Vincentian Cuisine Overview
ʻO ka mokupuni ʻo Caribbean ʻo St. Vincent a me nā Grenadines kaena i kahi hoʻoilina moʻomeheu waiwai, i ʻike ʻia i kāna meaʻai. ʻO ka meaʻai Vincentian kahi hui o ʻApelika, ʻEulopa, a me nā ʻōiwi maoli, e hana ana i kahi hui kūʻokoʻa o nā mea ʻono a me nā kīʻaha ʻoluʻolu a ʻono. Hōʻike ʻia ka meaʻai Vincentian i nā ʻano iʻa like ʻole, nā huaʻai aʻa, a me nā huaʻala, a me nā mea ʻala e like me ka ginger, nutmeg, a me ka pepa.
Ke ʻimi ʻana i nā mea ʻala a me nā kīʻaha ma ka ʻai Vincentian
ʻO nā mea ʻono a me nā meaʻai he ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o kēlā me kēia meaʻai, a ʻaʻole ʻokoʻa ka meaʻai Vincentian. I loko o ka meaʻai Vincentian, hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻuala e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻono o nā kīʻaha a hoʻohui i kahi kīʻaha o ka wela a i ʻole ke kani. ʻO nā condiments, ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, hoʻohana ʻia e hoʻohui i ke ʻano a me ka crunch i nā meaʻai. ʻO kekahi mau mea ʻono a me nā meaʻai ʻokoʻa i ka meaʻai Vincentian, aʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe e hoʻohana mau ʻia ma ka Caribbean.
ʻO nā mea ʻala a me nā kīʻaha kaulana i ka ʻai Vincentian
ʻO kekahi o nā condiments kaulana loa i ka meaʻai Vincentian ʻo ia ka ʻuala pepa. Hana ʻia mai ka pepa wela, ka vīneka, a me nā mea ʻala, hoʻohana ʻia ka ʻuala pepa e hoʻohui i ka wela i nā kīʻaha e like me ka iʻa, ka ʻiʻo, a me nā ʻuala. Makemake nō hoʻi ka poʻe Vincentians e hoʻohana i nā mea hoʻonani ʻōmaʻomaʻo, kahi hui o nā mea kanu hou e like me koume, paʻi, a me nā ʻōpala, i hoʻohana ʻia e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka ʻiʻo a me ka iʻa.
ʻO kekahi mea ʻono kaulana i ka meaʻai Vincentian ʻo ia ka sau callaloo, i hana ʻia mai ka lau lau lau ʻōmaʻomaʻo o ka inoa hoʻokahi. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ʻo Callaloo sauce e hele pū me nā kīʻaha iʻa, a hoʻohana mau ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he luʻu a pālahalaha paha. ʻO ka hope, hauʻoli ka poʻe Vincentians i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā chutneys, nā mea ʻono a i ʻole nā mea ʻala i hana ʻia mai nā hua e like me ka mango a i ʻole ka tamarind. Hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Chutneys ma ke ʻano he ʻuala a i ʻole he mea ʻono no nā kīʻaha ʻiʻo a iʻa paha.
I ka hopena, hāʻawi ka meaʻai Vincentian i nā ʻano mea ʻala like ʻole a me nā meaʻai e hoʻopiha i kāna mau kīʻaha momona a ʻono. Mai ka ʻuala pepa wela a hiki i ka sauce callaloo a me nā chutneys, ʻo kēia mau mea ʻono a me nā meaʻai he ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻoilina culinary o ka mokupuni a pono e ʻono ʻia e ka poʻe makemake i ka meaʻai Caribbean.