John Myers
Introduction: The Influence of Polynesian and Pacific Island Culture on Samoan Cuisine
Hōʻike ka meaʻai Sāmoa i kona pilina moʻomeheu ikaika i nā ʻāina Polenekia a me ka Pākīpika. Ua hoʻomaka kēia mau hopena i nā kenekulia a hiki i ka wā o ka neʻe ʻana a me ka noho ʻana o ka poʻe Polenekia ma Samoa. Hoʻokomo ʻia ka meaʻai i nā kuʻuna waiwai, nā loina, a me nā hana i lilo i ʻāpana o ke ʻano o ka nohona Samoa. ʻO ke ea o ka mokupuni, nā ʻāina momona, a me ke kokoke ʻana i ke kai ua kōkua i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi ʻano meaʻai kūʻokoʻa i ulu aʻe i ka wā.
ʻO ka Polenekia a me ka Mokupuni Pākīpika a me nā ʻenehana kuke i ka ʻai Samoa
ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā meaʻai kūloko kahi mea koʻikoʻi o ka meaʻai Samoa. ʻO ka niu kahi mea nui i hoʻohana ʻia i nā kīʻaha he nui, me ka palusami, kahi kīʻaha i hana ʻia me nā lau kalo a me ka ʻaila niu. ʻO ke kalo, kahi mea kanu aʻa maloʻo, ʻo ia kekahi mea nui, i hoʻohana ʻia i ka sopa, nā ʻū, a me nā meaʻai. ʻO nā mea ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka ʻulu, ka ʻuala, ka lau pandanus, a me nā meaʻai kai, e like me ka iʻa, ka pāpaʻi, a me ka iʻa.
ʻO nā ʻenehana kuke ʻana i ka meaʻai Sāmoa i loko o ka moʻomeheu a me ka moʻomeheu. ʻO kekahi ʻano hana maʻamau ʻo ia ka umu, ʻo ia hoʻi ka kuke ʻana i ka meaʻai ma ka umu ma lalo o ka honua. He hana hui ka umu, kahi e ʻākoakoa ai ka ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha e hoʻomākaukau a kuke i ka meaʻai. ʻO kekahi ʻano hana kuke ʻo ia ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pōhaku wela i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka lua, i kapa ʻia ʻo faʻapapa, e kuke ai i ka ʻiʻo a me ka iʻa.
Nā Meaʻai Kuʻuna Sāmoa a me ko lākou kumu Polenekia a me ka Mokupuni Pākīpika
No ka moʻomeheu Polenekia a me ka Mokupuni Pākīpika ka meaʻai kuʻuna Samoa. ʻO kekahi o ia ʻano meaʻai ʻo palusami, i puka mai ma Tonga a me Fiji. Hana ʻia me ka lau kalo, ka niu, a me nā aniani. ʻO kekahi kīʻaha ʻoka, ʻo ia ka salakeke iʻa maka i hana ʻia me ka ʻaila niu, nā aniani, ka pepa chili, a me ka wai lime. No Tuvalu a me Kiribati kona kumu.
I ka hopena, ʻo ka meaʻai Sāmoa ka hui ʻana o nā mea ʻono Polenekia a me ka Pākīpika a me nā ʻenehana kuke i ulu aʻe i nā kenekulia. ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea ʻai kūloko, e like me ka niu, ke kalo, a me ka iʻa, a me nā ʻano kuke kuʻuna, e like me ka umu a me ka faʻapapa, he mau mea nui ia o ka meaʻai Samoa. ʻO nā kīʻaha kuʻuna, e like me ka palusami a me ka ʻoka, e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻoilina moʻomeheu waiwai a me ka mōʻaukala o nā ʻāina Polenekia a me ka Pākīpika.
