John Myers
Introduction: The Street Food Culture in Comoros
ʻIke ʻia ʻo Comoros no kona mau kahakai exotic, nā ʻāina hoʻohiwahiwa, a me ka moʻomeheu olaola. Hoʻohui hou ka moʻomeheu meaʻai alanui ma Comoros i kona nani. He mea maʻamau nā hale kūʻai meaʻai ma nā alanui o Comoros, e hāʻawi ana i kahi ākea o nā meaʻai kūloko i kūpono a ʻono. ʻO ke ʻano meaʻai alanui ma Comoros he hōʻike ia o kāna hoʻoilina moʻomeheu like ʻole, ʻoiai ua hui pū ʻia nā mea ʻai o ʻApelika, ʻAlapia, a me Palani.
ʻO ka moʻomeheu meaʻai alanui ma Comoros ua paʻa loa i ke ʻano o ke ola kūloko. ʻAʻole ia he ala e hoʻomāʻona ai i ka pōloli ma ka hele ʻana, akā he hana kaiapili pū kekahi e hui pū ai nā kānaka. ʻO nā hale kūʻai meaʻai ma ke alanui he wahi hālāwai maʻamau no nā kamaʻāina, kahi e hiki ai iā lākou ke hopu me nā hoaaloha a me nā ʻohana ma kahi wikiwiki. ʻO ka moʻomeheu meaʻai alanui ma Comoros kahi kumu ola no nā mea he nui, no ka mea, hāʻawi ia i kahi kahua no nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi e hōʻike i kā lākou mākaukau meaʻai.
Ke ʻimi nei i nā alanui: Ma hea e loaʻa ai nā hale kūʻai meaʻai alanui ma Comoros
ʻAʻole paʻakikī ka ʻimi ʻana i nā hale ʻai alanui ma Comoros. Hoʻopuehu ʻia lākou ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka mokupuni, a ʻike ʻia ka ʻala o nā mea ʻono kūloko mai kahi mamao. ʻO nā alanui o ke kūlanakauhale nui, ʻo Moroni, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia me nā mea kūʻai meaʻai alanui e kūʻai aku ana i nā ʻano meaʻai like ʻole, nā mea inu, a me nā meaʻai. Ua kaulana loa ka ʻāina Old Town o Moroni no kāna ʻano meaʻai alanui, me nā mea kūʻai aku e lawelawe ana i nā kīʻaha kuʻuna e like me ka iʻa iʻa, samosa, a me ka maiʻa palai.
Ma waho aʻe o ke kūlanakauhale nui, hiki ke loaʻa nā hale kūʻai meaʻai ma nā kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi a me nā kauhale o Comoros. ʻO ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Mutsamudu, ma ka mokupuniʻo Anjouan, he wahi kaulana ia no nā meaʻai alanui. ʻO ka mākeke kūloko ma ʻaneʻi kahi wahi o ka hana, me nā mea kūʻai aku e kūʻai aku i nā mea āpau mai nā huahana hou a i nā ʻai ʻai kūloko. ʻO ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Fomboni, ma ka mokupuni ʻo Mohéli, kaulana nō hoʻi i kāna ʻano meaʻai alanui, me nā mea kūʻai aku e lawelawe ana i nā mea ʻono kūloko e like me ka keke cassava a me ka iʻa iʻa.
He ʻono o Comoros: ʻO nā meaʻai alanui kaulana e hoʻāʻo ma ka hele
Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Comoros no kāna mau meaʻai momona a ʻano like ʻole, a ʻaʻole ʻokoʻa ke ʻano meaʻai alanui ma Comoros. ʻO kekahi o nā meaʻai alanui kaulana ma Comoros penei:
- Mataba: He meaʻai kaulana i hana ʻia me ka lau cassava, waiu niu, a me nā mea ʻala, i ʻōwili ʻia i ka lau maiʻa a kālua ʻia i ke ahi.
- ʻO Langouste: ʻO ka ula ʻai, kahi mea ʻono e lawelawe pinepine ʻia ma nā hale kūʻai meaʻai alanui ma Comoros.
- ʻO Sambusa: He ʻai kūloko i ka samosa, hoʻopiha ʻia me ka ʻiʻo ʻala a i ʻole nā mea kanu a hoʻomoʻi ʻia a hiki i ka ʻuala.
- ʻO ka wai niu: He mea inu ʻoluʻolu hiki ke loaʻa ma kahi kokoke i kēlā me kēia hale kūʻai meaʻai alanui ma Comoros.
He mau laʻana wale nō kēia o ka nui o nā meaʻai alanui ʻono e loaʻa ma Comoros. ʻO ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka meaʻai alanui kūloko he ala maikaʻi loa ia e ʻike ai i ka hoʻoilina moʻomeheu waiwai a me nā ʻano like ʻole o Comoros, a e hui pū me nā kamaʻāina aloha e holo ana i nā hale kūʻai meaʻai alanui.
