John Myers
Introduction: He aha nā Huaraches?
ʻO Huaraches kahi kīʻaha Mexican kuʻuna i loaʻa i ka kaulana a puni ka honua i nā makahiki i hala iho nei. He ʻano ʻano berena palahalaha i hana ʻia mai ka masa, ka palaoa i hana ʻia me ke kulina, a ua like ke ʻano me ka kāmaʻa, no laila ka inoa. A laila hoʻopiha ʻia ka palaoa i nā ʻano mea ʻai like ʻole, e like me ka pī, ka paʻakai, ka ʻiʻo, a me nā mea kanu, e hana ai i kahi meaʻai ʻono a momona.
He meaʻai nui ʻo Huaraches ma nā wahi he nui o Mexico a kūʻai pinepine ʻia e like me nā meaʻai alanui, ʻoiai hiki ke loaʻa iā lākou ma nā hale ʻaina a me nā mākeke. He kīʻaha nui lākou e hiki ke ʻai ʻia no ka ʻaina kakahiaka, ka ʻaina awakea, a i ʻole ka ʻaina ahiahi, a makemake ʻia e nā poʻe o nā makahiki a me nā ʻano āpau.
ʻO ke kumu o Huaraches: He Moʻolelo Pōkole
He ʻāpana ʻo Huaraches i ka meaʻai Mekiko no nā kaukani makahiki, e pili ana i ka wā o ka Aztecs. Ua hana ʻia nā huaraches ma ke kaomi ʻana i ka palaoa masa i ke ʻano o kahi kāmaʻa a hoʻomoʻa iā lākou ma kahi pā wela. Hoʻopili ʻia lākou me nā pīni, chiles, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, a lawelawe ʻia ma ke ʻano he meaʻai momona a momona.
I ka wā lōʻihi, ua ulu aʻe nā huaraches e hoʻokomo i nā ʻano toppings a me nā ʻano like ʻole, e hōʻike ana i nā moʻomeheu like ʻole a me nā ʻāpana o Mexico. I kēia lā, manaʻo ʻia lākou ʻo ia kekahi o nā meaʻai i aloha nui ʻia a ʻike ʻia, a hiki ke loaʻa ma nā kihi āpau o ka ʻāina.
