John Myers
Introduction to Sierra Leonean Cuisine
He waiwai a ʻokoʻa ka meaʻai ʻo Sierra Leonean, me ka hui pū ʻana o nā mana o ʻApelika, ʻEulopa, a me ʻAsia. He kuleana koʻikoʻi ko ka ʻāina ʻāina ma ke kahakai ʻo ʻApelika Komohana i ka hana ʻana i kāna moʻomeheu meaʻai. Hōʻike ʻia ka meaʻai Sierra Leonean e ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā meaʻai hou, nā mea ʻai kūloko, nā mea ʻala wiwo ʻole a me nā mea ʻala, a me nā ʻano hana kuke e hana ai i nā kīʻaha ʻono a ʻono.
Ma ke ʻano he panalāʻau Pelekane ma mua, ua hoʻohuli ʻia ka meaʻai Sierra Leonean e nā meaʻai Pelekania - me nā kīʻaha e like me nā iʻa a me nā ʻōpala, ka pipi ʻōpala, a me ka pai kahu hipa i kaulana ma ka ʻāina. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo nā kīʻaha Sierra Leonean kuʻuna he mea nui o ka moʻomeheu meaʻai o ka ʻāina, me nā meaʻai i hoʻoili ʻia i nā hanauna.
ʻO nā meaʻai kuʻuna kaulana ma Sierra Leone
Ma Sierra Leone, he mea nui ka meaʻai i ka nohona pilikanaka a me ka moʻomeheu, a ua lawelawe pinepine ʻia nā kīʻaha kuʻuna i nā manawa kūikawā a i ʻole nā hanana. ʻO kekahi o nā kīʻaha kuʻuna kaulana loa ma Sierra Leone penei:
- Laiki Jollof: He meaʻai kaulana o ʻApelika Komohana i hana ʻia me ka laiki, nā mea kanu, a me nā mea ʻala, ʻo Jollof Rice kahi mea nui o ka meaʻai Sierra Leonean. Hāʻawi pinepine ʻia ka meaʻai me ka moa a iʻa paha a he mea punahele i waena o nā kamaʻāina a me nā malihini.
- Lau Kasava: ʻO kekahi meaʻai kaulana ʻē aʻe ma Sierra Leone, ua hana ʻia ka lau Cassava me ka lau cassava, ka ʻiʻo, ka iʻa, a me nā mea ʻala. Hoʻomoʻa mālie ʻia ke kīʻaha me ka wela liʻiliʻi e hiki ai ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia nā mea ʻono a lawelawe pinepine ʻia me ka laiki a i ʻole ka fufu.
- ʻO ka ʻuala ʻala: He kohu puʻuwai a ʻono i hana ʻia me nā pīkī, nā mea kanu, a me ka ʻiʻo, ʻo Groundnut Stew kahi mea punahele ma Sierra Leone. Hāʻawi pinepine ʻia ke kīʻaha me ka laiki a i ʻole ka fufu a he meaʻai hōʻoluʻolu no nā kamaʻāina he nui.
ʻO nā mea ʻai a me ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka meaʻai Sierra Leonean
Hōʻike ʻia ka meaʻai ʻo Sierra Leonean e ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā meaʻai hou, nā mea kanu kūloko, me nā ʻano mea kanu like ʻole, nā ʻiʻo, a me nā iʻa. Hoʻohana mau ʻia nā mea ʻala a me nā mea ʻala, e like me ka ginger, chili peppers, a me ke kāleka, i ka kuke ʻana ma Sierra Leone e hoʻohui i ka ʻono a me ka hohonu i nā kīʻaha.
Nui nā kīʻaha Sierra Leonean kahiko i hoʻomoʻa lohi me ka wela haʻahaʻa e hiki ai i nā mea ʻono ke hoʻoheheʻe pū a hana i nā ʻono momona a paʻakikī. Hoʻohana mau ʻia nā ʻenehana e like me ka braising a me ka stewing no ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i nā ʻiʻo a me nā mea kanu, aʻo ka laiki a me ka fufu e hoʻohana pinepine ʻia i kumu no nā kīʻaha.
I ka hopena, ʻo ka mea ʻai Sierra Leonean kahi hui ʻono o ʻApelika Komohana, ʻEulopa, a me ʻAsia, me nā kīʻaha kuʻuna e like me Jollof Rice, Cassava Leaves, a me Groundnut Stew i mea kaulana loa o ka moʻomeheu meaʻai o ka ʻāina. Me kāna mau mea ʻala wiwo ʻole, nā meaʻai hou, a me nā ʻano hana kuke like ʻole, ʻo ka meaʻai Sierra Leonean e ʻoliʻoli i nā meaʻai ma nā wahi āpau.
