John Myers
Introduction: Overview of West Africa Cuisines
He ʻokoʻa a waiwai hoʻi ka meaʻai ʻApelika Komohana, me nā hopena mai nā mea ʻōiwi, nā mea kālepa Arab, a me ka noho ʻana o ʻEulopa. Hōʻike ʻia kēia meaʻai e ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kīʻaha, nā legumes, nā mea kanu, a me nā mea ʻala. ʻIke ʻia nā kīʻaha o West Africa no ko lākou ʻono wiwo ʻole, e hōʻike pinepine ana i nā memo ʻona a me ka ʻawaʻawa. ʻO kekahi o nā kīʻaha kaulana loa i loko o ka meaʻai ʻApelika Komohana, ʻo ia ka laiki jollof, fufu, soup pīni, a me yassa.
ʻAʻai Beninese: Nā ʻono a me nā mea ʻokoʻa
ʻO ka meaʻai Beninese kekahi o nā meaʻai liʻiliʻi loa o West Africa, akā he pōhaku maoli. Aia ma kahakai o ʻApelika Komohana, loaʻa ka meaʻai a Benin i kahi hui o nā mea ʻōiwi a me ka mana Farani. ʻO kekahi o nā kīʻaha kaulana loa i ka meaʻai Beninese, ʻo ia ke kedjenou (he moa moa a me ka mea ʻai meaʻai), gari foto (kahi kīʻaha kīwī), a me akassa (kahi kīʻaha palaoa).
ʻO ka mea e hoʻokaʻawale ai i ka meaʻai Beninese mai nā meaʻai ʻē aʻe o West Africa ʻo kāna hoʻohana kūʻokoʻa i nā mea ʻala a me nā mea ʻono. No ka laʻana, hoʻohana mau ʻia nā cloves, nutmeg, a me ke kinamona i ka meaʻai Beninese, aʻo nā meaʻai ʻē aʻe o West Africa e hilinaʻi nui nei i nā pepa chili. Eia kekahi, ʻo ka ʻaila pāma kahi mea nui i loko o nā kīʻaha Beninese he nui, e hoʻohui ana i kahi ʻono momona momona i ka meaʻai.
Hoʻokaʻawale i ka meaʻai Beninese me nā meaʻai ʻē aʻe o ʻApelika Komohana
ʻOiai ke kaʻana like ʻana o ka meaʻai Beninese me nā meaʻai ʻē aʻe o West Africa, aia kekahi mau ʻokoʻa nui. No ka laʻana, ʻike ʻia ka meaʻai Nigerian no ka hoʻohana nui ʻana i nā pepa chili a me nā ʻōmato, ʻoiai ʻo ka meaʻai Senegalese e hōʻike pinepine ana i ka iʻa a me ke kai iʻa ma ke ʻano he kumu protein mua. ʻO ka hoʻohālikelike, hilinaʻi nui ka meaʻai Beninese i ka moa a me nā mea kanu no ka protein.
ʻO kekahi ʻokoʻa ʻē aʻe ma waena o nā meaʻai Beninese a me nā meaʻai ʻē aʻe o West Africa ʻo ia ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻenehana Farani a me nā meaʻai. Ua noho ʻia ʻo Benin e Farani i ka hopena o ke kenekulia 19, a ʻike ʻia kēia mana i nā kīʻaha Beninese. No ka laʻana, ʻoi aku ka maʻamau o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pata a me ka ʻaila i nā meaʻai Beninese ma mua o nā mea ʻai ʻē aʻe o West Africa.
I ka hopena, ʻo ka meaʻai Beninese kahi hiʻohiʻona kūʻokoʻa a ʻono o nā moʻomeheu kuʻuna o West Africa. ʻO kona hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea ʻala a me nā mea ʻono, a me ka mana Farani, hoʻokaʻawale iā ia mai nā mea ʻai ʻē aʻe o West Africa. ʻO kāna ʻano kīʻaha like ʻole a me nā mea ʻai e lilo ia i meaʻai pono e ʻimi.
