John Myers
Mea Kūʻokoʻa i ka ʻAina Tonga
ʻO ka meaʻai Tonga he hui nui o nā manaʻo Polenekia a me Melanesian, kahi e loaʻa ai kahi ʻike kūʻai kūʻokoʻa. ʻO ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana o nā mokupuni ua ʻae ka poʻe Tonga e hoʻomohala i kahi meaʻai ʻokoʻa i wehewehe ʻia e ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā meaʻai hou. ʻOiai maʻa paha ka nui o nā meaʻai i hoʻohana ʻia i ka kuke ʻana o Tonga, aia kekahi mau mea ʻokoʻa i koʻikoʻi i ka meaʻai.
ʻO ka mea ʻokoʻa loa o ka meaʻai Tonga, ʻo ia ke kumu kumu i kapa ʻia ʻo kalo. Ua like ke kalo me ka ʻuala, akā, he ʻono kona ʻono. Hoʻohana ʻia ia i nā kīʻaha Tonga he nui, ʻo ia hoʻi ka kīʻaha kaulana i kapa ʻia ʻo lu pulu, kahi i hana ʻia me nā lau kalo, ʻaila niu, a me ka ʻiʻo (maʻa mau ka moa a puaʻa paha). ʻO kekahi mea ʻokoʻa ʻē aʻe ʻo ka salakeke iʻa maka i kapa ʻia ʻo ota ika. Hana ʻia ke kīʻaha me nā iʻa hou, ka waiu niu, nā aniani, a me nā mea ʻala ʻē aʻe.
Nā mea kanu a me nā mea ʻala o Tonga
Ua wehewehe ʻia ka meaʻai Tonga ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea kanu a me nā mea ʻala. ʻO kekahi o nā mea kanu i hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ʻo ia ka lau kaffir lime, nona kahi ʻono citrus kū hoʻokahi. Hoʻohui ʻia kēia mau lau i nā kīʻaha he nui, me ka curries a me nā stews. ʻO kekahi mea ʻala maʻamau ʻo tonga, i hana ʻia mai ka ʻili o kahi kumulāʻau no Tonga. He ʻono iki kēia mea ʻala, like me ke kinamona a hoʻohana ʻia i nā kīʻaha ʻono he nui, e like me nā keke a me nā puddings.
ʻO nā mea kanu a me nā mea ʻala ʻē aʻe i hoʻohana ʻia i ka meaʻai Tonga, ʻo ia ka fai, ʻo ia ka lau o ka pandanus, a me kava, i hoʻohana ʻia i nā hana moʻomeheu he nui. Hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Fai e hoʻohui i ka ʻono i nā kīʻaha he nui, e like me nā stews iʻa, ʻoiai hoʻohana ʻia ka kava e hana i kahi inu kuʻuna i ʻōlelo ʻia he hopena mālie.
ʻO nā meaʻai Tonga e hōʻike ana i nā mea maʻamau
ʻO kekahi o nā meaʻai Tonga kūʻokoʻa a ʻono loa e pili ana i nā meaʻai i ʻike ʻole ʻia e nā poʻe he nui. ʻO kekahi o ia kīʻaha ʻo ia ka feke, i hana ʻia me ka heʻe i hoʻolapalapa ʻia a kālua ʻia a palai ʻia. ʻO kekahi meaʻai ʻo ia ka umu, ʻo ia ka ʻahaʻaina kuʻuna o Tonga i kuke ʻia ma lalo o ka lepo. Hoʻopili ʻia ka meaʻai i ka lau maiʻa a kau ʻia ma luna o nā pōhaku wela i hoʻomehana ʻia me ka wahie.
ʻO kekahi o nā kīʻaha Tonga hoihoi loa, ʻo ia ka topai, ʻo ia ke ʻano o ka dumpling i hana ʻia me ke kalo mashed. Hoʻopiha ʻia nā dumplings me ka ʻaila niu a kālua ʻia, e loaʻa ai kahi mea ʻono a ʻono. ʻO kekahi kīʻaha ʻē aʻe ʻo ia ka inoa ʻo faipopo, ʻo ia ka mea ʻono ʻono i hana ʻia me ke kalo mashed, ʻaila niu, a me ke kō.
I ka hopena, ʻo ka meaʻai Tonga he hui kūʻokoʻa o nā mana Polenesian a me Melanesian, i wehewehe ʻia e ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea hou, nā mea kūloko a me nā mea kanu a me nā mea ʻala. ʻOiai ua maʻa ka nui o nā mea i hoʻohana ʻia i ka kuke ʻana o Tonga, aia kekahi mau mea ʻokoʻa like ʻole, e like me ke kalo a me ke tonga, i waena o ka meaʻai. Hāʻawi ʻia nā meaʻai Tongan e hōʻike ana i nā mea maʻamau, e like me ka feke a me ka topai, i kahi ʻai ʻai ʻono a waiwai hoʻi.
