John Myers
Introduction: Maize as a Staple Crop in Eswatini
ʻO ka maiʻa, ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo ka kulina, kahi mea kanu nui ma Eswatini, kahi ʻāina liʻiliʻi i paʻa i ka ʻāina ma ka hema o ʻApelika. Hoʻoulu ʻia ʻo ia ma nā wahi āpau o ka ʻāina a he ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka meaʻai kūloko. Hiki ke hoʻomākaukau ʻia ka maile ma nā ʻano like ʻole, e lilo ia i mea hoʻohui kaulana i nā kīʻaha Eswatini he nui. Ma Eswatini, ʻaʻole he meaʻai wale nō ka maile, akā he hōʻailona moʻomeheu nō hoʻi ia i paʻa loa i ka moʻolelo a me nā kuʻuna o ka ʻāina.
Nā ala i hoʻokomo ʻia ai ka maiʻa i loko o ka meaʻai Eswatini
Hoʻohana ʻia ka maile ma nā ʻano like ʻole i ka meaʻai Eswatini. ʻO kekahi o nā ala maʻamau, ʻo ia ka wili ʻana a lilo i pauda maikaʻi e hana ai i ka mealie-meal, i hoʻohana ʻia no ka hana ʻana i ka porridge, kahi kīʻaha kakahiaka kaulana ma Eswatini. ʻO ke ʻano ʻē aʻe o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka maile, ʻo ia ka kuke ʻana ma ke ʻano he kīʻaha ʻaoʻao, ma ke ʻano he maile i hoʻolapalapa ʻia a i ʻoki ʻia paha. Hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Maize e hana i nā ʻano berena like ʻole, me ka berena Eswatini kaulana, i hana ʻia me ka mealie-meal, ke kō, ka hū, a me ka wai. Hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Maize e hana i ka pia, kahi ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o nā hanana moʻomeheu a me ka pilikanaka ma Eswatini.
ʻO nā kīʻaha Eswatini kaulana i hana ʻia me ka Maize ma ke ʻano nui
Ma Eswatini, nui nā kīʻaha kuʻuna i hana ʻia me ka maile ka mea nui. ʻO kekahi o nā meaʻai kaulana loa ʻo ia ka phutu, he ʻano pāpaʻi maile i hoʻomākaukau ʻia ma ke kuke ʻana i ka meaʻai me ka wai a me ka paʻakai. ʻO ka umngqusho kekahi meaʻai kaulana, he ʻuala i hana ʻia me ka pī a me ka maile i kuke ʻia me ka ʻiʻo a i ʻole ka moa. ʻO kekahi meaʻai kaulana ʻo Sidvudvu, kahi kīʻaha i hana ʻia me ka lau ʻukena, ka maile, a me ka pata pīnī. Hoʻomoʻa mua ʻia ka maile me ka lau ʻukena a hui pū ʻia me ka pata pīnī e hana i kahi ʻano momona. Eia kekahi, aia kekahi mea ʻono kaulana ʻo Eswatini, i kapa ʻia ʻo amahewu, kahi inu maile momona i hoʻomākaukau ʻia ma ka hoʻomoʻa ʻana i ka ʻai ʻai me ka wai a me ke kō.
I ka hopena, he mea nui ka maile i loko o ka meaʻai Eswatini, a ua paʻa loa i ka mōʻaukala a me ka moʻomeheu o ka ʻāina. Mai ka porridge kakahiaka a hiki i ka stews a me nā mea ʻono, hoʻohana ʻia ka maile ma nā ʻano like ʻole e hana ai i nā kīʻaha ʻono a momona. ʻAʻole he kumu ʻai wale nō ka maiʻa akā he hana koʻikoʻi nō hoʻi i nā hanana pilikanaka a me ka moʻomeheu o ka ʻāina.
