John Myers
Introduction: Understanding Cassava Bread in Guyana
ʻO ka berena Cassava kahi meaʻai nui ma Guiana. He palaoa pālahalaha ia i hana ʻia mai nā aʻa cassava, he mea nui ia o ka ʻoihana mahiʻai o ka ʻāina. ʻO ka berena Cassava kahi ʻāpana o ka meaʻai Guyanese no nā kenekulia a he ʻāpana nui ia o ka hoʻoilina culinary o ka ʻāina. ʻO ka berena kahi meaʻai kaulana, ʻai pinepine ʻia me ke kī a i ʻole ke kope, a hoʻohana ʻia hoʻi ma ke ʻano he ʻaoʻao me nā meaʻai.
Ka Hana ʻana i ka Berena Cassava: ʻO nā mea hoʻohui, hoʻomākaukau, a me ke kaʻina kuke
Hoʻomaka ka hana ʻana i ka berena ma ka ʻohi ʻana i nā aʻa ʻoki. Holoi ʻia kēia mau aʻa, ʻili a ʻoki ʻia, ma mua o ke kaomi ʻana e wehe i ka wai. Hoʻohui ʻia ka ʻai cassava me ka wai a me ka paʻakai, ma mua o ka hana ʻia ʻana i keke palahalaha.
Hoʻokomo ʻia kēia mau keke ma luna o ka pā wela a moʻa ʻia a hiki i ka ʻāʻī ma waho a palupalu ma loko. ʻO ke kaʻina kuke ʻana he manawa lōʻihi, me kēlā me kēia keke a hiki i 45 mau minuke e kuke ai. Eia nō naʻe, he ʻono a he meaʻai nui ka palaoa i loaʻa, me ka ʻono a me ke ʻano ʻokoʻa i ka cassava.
ʻO ke koʻikoʻi o ka Berena Cassava ma ka moʻomeheu a me ka meaʻai Guyanese
ʻO ka palaoa Cassava kahi mea nui o ka moʻomeheu Guyanese a me ka meaʻai. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia i nā hanana kūikawā a me nā hoʻolauleʻa, e like me nā male a me nā ʻahaʻaina. ʻAi mau ʻia ka berena e ka poʻe Guiana ma ke ʻano he ʻai ʻai a i ʻole ʻaoʻao ʻaoʻao, a makemake nui ʻia e ka poʻe e hahai ana i ka meaʻai gluten-free.
Ma waho aʻe o kona ʻano moʻomeheu, ʻoi aku ka momona o ka palaoa cassava. He waiwai nui ka Cassava i ka waiʻaleʻa, fiber, a me nā huaora, e lilo ia i kumu waiwai nui o ka ʻai ma nā wahi he nui o ka honua. No ka poʻe Guyanese, ʻaʻole he meaʻai ʻono wale ka berena cassava, akā he hōʻailona hoʻi o ko lākou hoʻoilina a me ke ʻano o ke ola.
