John Myers
Introduction: North Macedonian Street Food
He ʻāina liʻiliʻi ʻo Makedonia ʻĀkau ma nā Balkans i kaulana no kona mōʻaukala waiwai, nā ʻāina nani, a me nā meaʻai ʻono. ʻO ka meaʻai o ka ʻāina he hui ia o Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, a me Balkan influences, ka hopena i kahi ʻike meaʻai kūʻokoʻa. ʻO ka meaʻai alanui Makedonia ʻĀkau he ala maikaʻi loa ia e ʻimi ai i ka meaʻai a me ka moʻomeheu o ka ʻāina, no ka mea hiki ke maʻalahi a maʻalahi.
ʻO ka meaʻai alanui Makedonia ʻĀkau he ʻahaʻaina no ka noʻonoʻo, me nā ʻano ʻono like ʻole, nā kala, a me nā ʻano. He ʻokoʻa ke ʻano meaʻai ma ke alanui o ka ʻāina, mai nā pai ʻono a me nā ʻiʻo i hoʻomoʻa ʻia a hiki i nā paina momona a me nā mea inu ʻoluʻolu. Inā ʻoe ma ke kaona nui o Skopje a i ʻole kahi kauhale liʻiliʻi ma ka ʻāina, ʻike ʻoe i kahi mea ʻono e ʻai ai ma nā alanui o North Macedonia.
Ke ʻimi nei i nā meaʻai ʻono o Makedonia ʻĀkau
ʻIke ʻia ka meaʻai ʻo Makedonia ʻĀkau no kāna mau kīʻaha puʻuwai a ʻono, i hana pinepine ʻia me nā mea hou a me nā mea ʻai kūloko. ʻO kekahi o nā kīʻaha kaulana loa o ka ʻāina, ʻo ia ke kebapi (nā sausages grilled), ajvar (he pepa ʻulaʻula a me ka laha eggplant), a me ka tavche gravche (beans baked). Hiki ke loaʻa kēia mau kīʻaha ma nā hale ʻaina a me nā hale ʻaina a puni ka ʻāina, akā kūʻai mau ʻia lākou e like me nā meaʻai alanui.
Ma waho aʻe o kēia mau kīʻaha maʻamau, ʻo North Macedonia kekahi o nā ʻano meaʻai meaʻai alanui kūʻokoʻa. ʻO kekahi o kēia mau mea he pleskavica (he patty ʻiʻo i hoʻomoʻa ʻia), kacamak (he porridge cornmeal), a me ka burek (he pāʻina ʻono i hoʻopiha ʻia me ka ʻiʻo, ka paʻakai, a me nā mea kanu). Hāʻawi pinepine ʻia kēia mau kīʻaha me kahi ʻaoʻao o ka yogurt a i ʻole ka pia anu, e hoʻolilo iā lākou i mea ʻai maikaʻi loa a i ʻole ka meaʻai ma ka hele.
Ka wehe 'ana i nā mea'ai mea'ai kūikawā o Makedonia 'Ākau
ʻOiai ʻo North Macedonia he nui nā koho meaʻai alanui maikaʻi, aia kekahi mau mea kūʻokoʻa i ka ʻāina. ʻO kekahi o kēia mau ʻōwili ajvar, i hana ʻia ma ke kāʻei ʻana i ka ajvar a me ka paʻakai i loko o kahi berena palupalu. ʻO kekahi ʻo turlitava, kahi mea kanu i hana ʻia me ka zucchini, ka pepa, nā tōmato, a me nā aniani. Hāʻawi pinepine ʻia ʻo Turlitava i loko o kahi kīʻaha berena, e lilo ia i meaʻai kūpono a hoʻopiha.
ʻO kekahi meaʻai ʻē aʻe ma ke alanui Makedonia ʻĀkau he tarator, he sopa anu i hana ʻia me ka yogurt, nā kukama, ke kāleka, a me ka dill. ʻO Tarator kahi koho hōʻoluʻolu a olakino, kūpono no nā lā wela wela. ʻO ka hope loa, aia ka ʻaʻai kuʻuna ʻĀkau Macedonian i kapa ʻia ʻo tulumba, he palaoa palai momona i pulu i ka syrup. Hiki ke loaʻa iā Tulumba ma nā hale kūʻai pastry a me nā hale kūʻai meaʻai alanui ma ka ʻāina.
I ka hopena, ʻo North Macedonia kahi ʻano meaʻai alanui waiwai a ʻano like ʻole e pono ke ʻimi. Mai nā kīʻaha maʻamau e like me kebapi a me ka ajvar i nā mea kūikawā kūikawā e like me ka ajvar rolls a me ka tulumba, aia kahi mea e leʻaleʻa ai nā mea a pau. No laila, i ka wā aʻe e kipa aku ai ʻoe i Makedonia ʻĀkau, e ʻoluʻolu e hele kaʻahele ma nā alanui a ʻike i nā leʻaleʻa meaʻai ʻono a ka ʻāina e hāʻawi ai.
