John Myers
Introduction: E ʻimi ana i ke alanui meaʻai ma Samoa
I ka ʻimi ʻana i kahi moʻomeheu hou, he liʻiliʻi nā mea hoihoi ma mua o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka meaʻai alanui kūloko. ʻO Samoa, he lāhui mokupuni nani ma ka Pākīpika Hema, ʻaʻole ʻokoʻa kēia lula. Me ka mōʻaukala meaʻai waiwai e pili ana i nā manaʻo Polenekia, Melanesian, a me ʻEulopa, he mea pono ke hoʻāʻo ʻia ke kahua meaʻai ma ke alanui o Samoa no kēlā me kēia mea ʻai meaʻai. Akā, hiki anei iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā hale kūʻai meaʻai ma ke alanui ma Samoa? E ʻike kākou.
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hale ʻai alanui ma Samoa
ʻO ka pane pōkole ʻo ia, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā hale kūʻai meaʻai alanui ma Samoa. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, he mea nui lākou o ka moʻomeheu meaʻai kūloko. Hiki ke loaʻa kēia mau hale kūʻai ma nā mākeke, ma nā kihi alanui, a ma kahakai paha. ʻO kekahi o nā mea kūʻai meaʻai alanui kaulana loa ma Samoa ke kūʻai aku nei i nā huaʻai hou, ke kulina kālua, a me nā kīʻaha niu. Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i nā hale kūʻai kūʻai i nā kīʻaha Samoa kuʻuna e like me ka ʻoka (salada iʻa maka) a me ka palusami (lau kalo i moʻa i ka waiu niu).
ʻOiai he ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole i hana like nā hale kūʻai meaʻai alanui ma Samoa, aia kekahi mau mea nui e nānā ai i ka wā e ʻimi ai i nā mea kūʻai maikaʻi loa. ʻO ka mua, e nānā i kahi hale kūʻai me kahi laina lōʻihi o nā kamaʻāina e kali nei e kauoha. He hōʻailona maikaʻi kēia no ka meaʻai hou a ʻono. ʻO ka lua, e nīnau i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo mai nā kamaʻāina. E hauʻoli lākou e kaʻana like i kā lākou mau wahi punahele me ʻoe.
ʻO nā meaʻai alanui kaulana e hoʻāʻo ai ma Samoa
I kēia manawa ua ʻike mākou aia nā hale kūʻai meaʻai ma ke alanui ma Samoa, e ʻimi kākou i kekahi o nā meaʻai kaulana loa e hoʻāʻo ai. Eia kekahi mau meaʻai alanui ma Samoa:
- Panipopo – He popo momona a hoʻopiha ʻia me ka hui ʻana o ka ʻaila niu a me ke kō. Pono kēia e ho'āʻo no kēlā me kēia me ka niho ʻono.
- ʻO Pisupo – He mea ʻai kaulana loa ka pipi koina i loko o ka meaʻai Samoa, a ʻaʻole ʻokoʻa ka pisupo. Hāʻawi ʻia kēia kīʻaha puʻuwai me ka laiki a me ka lau kalo.
- Faʻausi – He mea ʻono a paʻa i hana ʻia me ka ʻaila niu a me ke kō ʻeleʻele. He koho maikaʻi kēia no ka poʻe e ʻimi nei i kahi mea ʻono.
I ka hopena, he ʻike maʻamau nā hale ʻai alanui ma Samoa, a hāʻawi lākou i kahi manawa kūʻokoʻa e ʻike ai i ka moʻomeheu meaʻai kūloko. Me ka nui o nā meaʻai ʻono e hoʻāʻo ai, ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha ke koho ʻia ka meaʻai alanui ma waena o nā kamaʻāina a me nā mākaʻikaʻi. No laila, inā e hoʻolālā ana ʻoe i kahi huakaʻi i Samoa, e ʻimi pono ʻoe i kekahi o nā mea kūʻai meaʻai alanui maikaʻi loa ma ka mokupuni.
