John Myers
ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka ʻai Tonga: He Manaʻo
ʻO ka meaʻai Tonga he ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka moʻomeheu ʻai Polenekia, kahi i ʻike ʻia e ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā meaʻai hou, nā ʻono ʻē aʻe, a me nā ʻenehana kuke maʻalahi. ʻO nā mea nui o ka meaʻai, ʻo ia nā ʻaʻa ʻai, nā huaʻai, ka iʻa, a me ka puaʻa, i hoʻomākaukau pinepine ʻia me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻano kuʻuna e like me nā lua kuke ma lalo o ka honua a i ʻole ka lapalapa ahi. Hāʻawi pū ka meaʻai Tonga i nā ʻano mea ʻono a me nā mea ʻono, e hōʻike ana i ka ʻokoʻa moʻomeheu o ka ʻāina a me nā mana o ka mōʻaukala.
ʻO ka wela a me nā mea ʻala i loko o nā kīʻaha Tonga: He Nānā Hohonu
ʻOiai ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia ka meaʻai Tonga no ka ʻono loa, ua hoʻokomo ʻia kekahi wela i kāna mau kīʻaha. ʻO kekahi o nā ala maʻamau e hoʻohui ai ka poʻe Tonga i nā mea ʻala i kā lākou meaʻai ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pepa chili, i ulu ʻia ma ka ʻāina a hiki mai nā ʻano like ʻole. Hoʻohana ʻia kēia mau pepa e ʻono i nā kīʻaha e like me feke (grilled octopus), lu sipi (stewed lamb), a me ka ota ika (raw fish salad).
ʻO kekahi ala ʻē aʻe e hoʻokomo ai ka poʻe Tonga i kā lākou kīʻaha me ka wela, ʻo ia ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea ʻawaʻawa e like me ka lemon, lime, a me ka vīneka. Hāʻawi kēia mau meaʻai i kahi ʻokoʻa loa i nā ʻono momona a me nā mea ʻono o ka meaʻai Tonga, e hoʻohui i ka hohonu a me ka paʻakikī o nā kīʻaha. ʻO kahi laʻana, ʻo ka lau lau, kahi kīʻaha maʻamau i hana ʻia me ka puaʻa a me ka lau kalo, hoʻohana pinepine ʻia me kahi kīʻaha ʻoi aʻe i hana ʻia mai ka wai lemon a me nā ʻaʻaka.
Ka Pane i ka Nīnau: He ʻono anei ka ʻai Tonga?
ʻO ka hopena, ʻaʻole i manaʻo ʻia ka meaʻai Tongan he mea ʻala, akā aia kekahi mau kīʻaha e hoʻohui i ka wela a me nā mea ʻala. Inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei i kahi ʻono ahi a i ʻole kahi koho ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi, hāʻawi ka meaʻai Tonga i nā ʻano kīʻaha e kūpono i nā palaka āpau. No laila, inā makemake ʻoe i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka meaʻai Tonga, e ʻoluʻolu e hoʻāʻo i kekahi o nā kīʻaha e hoʻohana ana i ka pepa chili, a i ʻole e hoʻāʻo i kahi kīʻaha ʻono a ʻawaʻawa e ʻike i ka piha o nā mea ʻono a kēia meaʻai kū hoʻokahi.
