John Myers
Introduction: ʻO ka ʻimi no ka ʻai Mekiko ʻoiaʻiʻo
Ua lilo ka meaʻai Mekiko i hoʻokahi o nā meaʻai kaulana loa a i aloha ʻia ma ka honua. Nui ka poʻe i makemake i ka ʻono wiwo ʻole, paʻakikī a me nā mea ʻala i hōʻailona ʻia i ka kuke ʻana me Mekiko. Eia naʻe, he mea paʻakikī ka loaʻa ʻana o ka meaʻai Mekiko ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoiai inā ʻoe e noho ana ma kahi ʻaʻole maʻamau ka meaʻai Mekiko. E kōkua kēia alakaʻi iā ʻoe e hoʻokele i ka honua o nā meaʻai Mekiko maoli a loaʻa i nā hale ʻaina maikaʻi ma kahi kokoke iā ʻoe e lawelawe nei.
Ka Hoomaopopo ana i ka Moolelo o ka Mea Ai Mekiko
He moʻolelo waiwai a ʻano like ʻole ka meaʻai Mekiko, mai ka wā ma mua o Columbian. Ua hoʻomohala ka poʻe ʻōiwi o Mekiko i kahi meaʻai paʻakikī e hoʻohana ana i nā meaʻai kūloko e like me ke kulina, ka pī, ka pepa chili, a me ke kokoleka. I ka hōʻea ʻana o ka poʻe Sepania i Mexico i ke kenekulia 16, ua lawe pū lākou me lākou i nā mea hou e like me ka palaoa, ka laiki, a me nā ʻiʻo like ʻole. I ka wā lōʻihi, ua hoʻohui ʻia nā kīʻaha ʻōiwi a me Sepania e hana i ka meaʻai kūʻokoʻa a me ka ʻono a mākou e ʻike nei i kēia lā.
Ke ʻimi nei i nā ʻano ʻokoʻa o ka ʻAina ʻAi Mekiko
He ʻokoʻa loa ka meaʻai Mekiko, me nā ʻano ʻāpana he nui e hōʻike ana i nā moʻomeheu like ʻole a me nā kuʻuna o kēlā me kēia wahi. ʻO kekahi o nā kīʻaha kūloko kaulana loa ʻo Oaxacan, Yucatecan, a me Pueblan. Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia ʻāina kona mau kīʻaha kūʻokoʻa a me kāna ʻano ʻono, no laila he mea pono ke ʻimi i nā ʻano ʻāpana like ʻole o ka meaʻai Mekiko.
Nā mea e wehewehe ai i ka ʻai Mekiko ʻoiaʻiʻo
Ke hilinaʻi nui nei ka meaʻai Mekiko ʻoiaʻiʻo i nā meaʻai hou a maikaʻi loa e like me ke kulina, ka pī, ka pepa chili, nā ʻōmato, a me nā avocados. Hoʻohana pū ka meaʻai Mekiko i nā mea kanu a me nā mea ʻala e like me cilantro, cumin, a me oregano. He mea nui e ʻimi i nā hale ʻaina e hoʻohana ana i nā meaʻai hou a maikaʻi loa i kā lākou mau kīʻaha.
Manaʻo kōkua no ka ʻimi ʻana i nā hale ʻaina Mekiko ʻoiaʻiʻo ma kahi kokoke
ʻO kekahi o nā ala maikaʻi loa e ʻike ai i nā hale ʻaina Mekiko maoli ma kou wahi ʻo ke noi ʻana i nā manaʻo mai nā hoaaloha a me nā ʻohana i kamaʻāina i ka meaʻai. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i kekahi noiʻi ma ka pūnaewele e ʻike i nā hale ʻaina Mekiko i helu ʻia ma kou wahi. He mea nui e heluhelu i nā loiloi a e ʻimi i nā hale ʻaina i ʻike ʻia no kā lākou meaʻai maoli.
Ka Loiloi ana i ka Pono o ka Meaai Mekiko ma kou wahi
I ka loiloi ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ka meaʻai Mekiko ma kou wahi, aia kekahi mau mea nui e nānā ai. ʻO ka mea mua, e nānā inā hoʻohana ka hale ʻaina i nā meaʻai hou a maikaʻi loa i kā lākou mau kīʻaha. ʻO ka lua, e ʻimi i nā kīʻaha i hana ʻia mai ka ʻōpala a ʻaʻole i hoʻopaʻa mua ʻia a i ʻole ka hau. ʻO ka hope, e hoʻolohe i ka lewa holoʻokoʻa a me ka vibe o ka hale ʻaina, no ka mea he hōʻailona maikaʻi kēia o ka maikaʻi o ka meaʻai.
Ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka papa kuhikuhi: Pono e hoʻāʻo i nā meaʻai Mekiko
ʻO kekahi o nā kīʻaha Mekiko e pono e hoʻāʻo e pili ana i ka tacos al pastor, chiles rellenos, mole poblano, a me guacamole. He mea nui hoʻi e hoʻāʻo i nā ʻano loea kūloko like ʻole e like me cochinita pibil mai ka Yucatan a i ʻole pozole mai Guadalajara. Mai makaʻu e nīnau i kāu kikowaena no nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo, no ka mea hiki iā lākou ke hōʻike i nā kīʻaha kaulana a kuʻuna paha.
Hoʻohui i nā meaʻai Mekiko me nā mea inu kūpono
Hoʻohui maikaʻi ʻia ka meaʻai Mekiko me nā ʻano inu like ʻole, me ka margaritas, ka pia, a me ka tequila. He mea nui e koho i nā mea inu e hoʻokō i nā ʻono a me nā mea ʻala o ka meaʻai. No ka laʻana, hui maikaʻi ka pia māmā e like me Corona me nā kīʻaha ʻono, ʻoiai hiki i ka margarita ke kōkua i ke kaulike ʻana i ka momona o nā kīʻaha e like me ka mole.
Manaʻo kōkua no ke kauoha ʻana ma ka ʻōlelo Paniolo no kahi ʻike ʻoiaʻiʻo
Inā makemake ʻoe e loaʻa kahi ʻike ʻoiaʻiʻo aʻe ma kahi hale ʻaina Mekiko, e noʻonoʻo e kauoha i ka ʻōlelo Sepania. He ala leʻaleʻa kēia e hoʻolulu iā ʻoe iho i ka ʻōlelo a me ka moʻomeheu o Mexico. ʻO kekahi mau huaʻōlelo koʻikoʻi e ʻike ai ʻo "una mesa para dos" (kahi papaʻaina no ʻelua), "quiero el plato especial" (makemake wau i ka meaʻai kūikawā), a me "gracias" (mahalo).
Ka hopena: ʻono i nā ʻono o ka ʻai Mekiko ʻoiaʻiʻo
Me ke kōkua o kēia alakaʻi, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i nā hale ʻaina Mekiko maikaʻi ma kou wahi e lawelawe ana i ka meaʻai maoli, ʻono. Mai ka ʻimi ʻana i nā ʻano ʻano ʻāina a hiki i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i nā kīʻaha pono e hoʻāʻo, nui nā ala e ʻono ai i nā ʻono o ka meaʻai Mekiko. No laila e hopu i kahi margarita a eli i loko!
