John Myers
Introduction: E ʻimi ana i ka papa inoa meaʻai Kina koʻikoʻi
Kaulana ʻia ka meaʻai Kina no kāna mau ʻono paʻakikī, nā ʻano mea like ʻole, a me ka hōʻike ʻana i nā waihoʻoluʻu. Me ka mōʻaukala meaʻai waiwai i hoʻomaka i nā makahiki he mau makahiki, ua hoʻololi ʻia ka meaʻai Kina i loko o kahi kuʻuna culinary ikaika a hauʻoli ʻia e nā poʻe a puni ka honua. Mai ka ʻiʻo Peking momona a hiki i ka ipu wela ʻo Sichuan, hāʻawi ka meaʻai Kina i kahi mea no kēlā me kēia pā.
Ma kēia alakaʻi holoʻokoʻa, e ʻimi mākou i ka papa inoa meaʻai Kina koʻikoʻi, e luʻu hohonu i ka mōʻaukala a me ka moʻomeheu ma hope o ka meaʻai Pākē, nā ʻono ʻelima i ka kuke ʻana Kina, nā mea pono, nā ʻenehana a me nā mea hana, nā kīʻaha kaulana, nā meaʻai kūloko, nā meaʻai alanui, a me ka ʻai ʻana. Inā ʻoe he kanaka hauʻoli i ka meaʻai Kina a he mea hou paha e ʻimi nei e ʻimi i ka honua o ka meaʻai Kina, e hāʻawi kēia alakaʻi iā ʻoe i nā ʻike āpau āu e pono ai e ʻike.
Ka Moʻolelo a me ka moʻomeheu ma hope o ka ʻai Kina
He moʻolelo waiwai a hoihoi ka meaʻai Kina i nā makahiki he mau tausani. ʻO ka hōʻike mua loa o ka kuke ʻana i ka Pākē mai ka moʻokūʻauhau Shang (1600–1046 BC) i ka wā i hoʻohana mua ʻia ai ka laiki ma ke ʻano he meaʻai nui. I ka wā lōʻihi, ua ulu a ulu ka ʻoihana meaʻai, i hoʻopili ʻia e nā kumu e like me ke kālaihonua, ke ea, ka hoʻomana, a me nā loina pilikanaka.
Paʻa loa ka ʻai Kina i ka moʻomeheu o ka ʻāina, e hōʻike ana i kona mau waiwai, manaʻoʻiʻo, a me nā kuʻuna. Manaʻo ʻia ka meaʻai he ʻano koʻikoʻi o ka moʻomeheu Kina a pili pū me nā loina a me nā loina. ʻO kahi laʻana, ʻo ka Makahiki Hou Kina kahi manawa e ʻākoakoa ai nā ʻohana e kaʻana like i nā kīʻaha kuʻuna a me nā makana. Eia kekahi, hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ka meaʻai i hōʻailona o ka pōmaikaʻi, ka pōmaikaʻi, a me ka lōʻihi.
