John Myers
Introduction: Kuʻuna Desserts of Guyana
ʻO Guyana, he ʻāina ma ʻAmelika Hema, kaena ʻo ia i kahi hoʻoilina moʻomeheu waiwai e ola mau nei i kēia lā. ʻO kāna meaʻai, ʻo ia hoʻi, kahi hui ʻana o nā meaʻai ʻōiwi, ʻApelika, ʻEulopa, a me India. ʻAʻole ʻokoʻa nā mea ʻono Guyanese. ʻO nā mea ʻai kuʻuna Guyanese he hōʻike ia o kāna ʻano moʻomeheu like ʻole a hoʻohana i nā mea ʻokoʻa like me ka cassava, ka niu, a me ka tamarind. Ma kēia ʻatikala, e nānā mākou i kekahi o nā mea ʻono Guyanese kaulana loa āu e hoʻāʻo ai.
ʻO nā meaʻono mai ka meaʻai Guyanese
ʻO kekahi o nā mea ʻono Guyanese kaulana loa ʻo ia ka ʻōwili niu. He pāʻai ʻono, ʻōwili ʻia lākou i hoʻopiha ʻia me ka hui ʻana o ka niu kuʻi, ke kō, a me nā mea ʻala. Hana ʻia ka palaoa mai ka palaoa, ke kō, a me ka pata, ʻōwili ʻia a hoʻopiha ʻia me ka hui niu ma mua o ka hoʻomoʻa ʻia ʻana.
ʻO kekahi mea ʻono kaulana ʻo ka pone cassava. He keke paʻa a maʻemaʻe i hana ʻia mai ka ʻoki ʻoki ʻia, waiu niu, ke kō, a me nā mea ʻala. Hoʻomoʻa ʻia ka hui ʻana a hiki i ke kau ʻana a laila ʻoki ʻia i loko o nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ʻo Cassava pone ma ke ʻano he meaʻai a i ʻole he mea ʻai ma hope o ka ʻai ʻana.
He mea punahele nō hoʻi nā pōpō tamarind ma waena o ka poʻe Guiana. Hana ʻia lākou ma ka hoʻolapalapa ʻana i ka pulp tamarind a hiki i ka hana ʻana i kahi paʻi mānoanoa. ʻOlokaʻi ʻia ka paʻi i loko o nā pōpō liʻiliʻi a uhi ʻia i ke kō. ʻO nā pōlele Tamarind kahi ʻono ʻono a ʻono i kū hoʻokahi i ka meaʻai Guyanese.
He huakaʻi ʻoluʻolu ma waena o nā mea ʻono Guiana
ʻO nā mea ʻono ʻē aʻe o Guyanese, ʻo ia ka pudding laiki momona, pine tarts (he pāʻina i hoʻopiha ʻia me ka paina paina), a me ka salara (he berena momona i hoʻopiha ʻia me ka niu kuʻi ʻia a ʻono ʻia me ke kinamona). ʻO kekahi mea ʻai pono e hoʻāʻo ai, ʻo ia ka keke ʻeleʻele, ʻo ia ka keke paʻa i hana ʻia mai nā huaʻai a me nā mea ʻala i hoʻomoʻa ʻia i ka rama.
I ka hopena, ʻo nā mea ʻono Guyanese kahi hui kūʻokoʻa o nā mea ʻono a me nā mea i hoʻoili ʻia i nā hanauna. He hōʻailona ia o ka lāhui like ʻole o ka ʻāina a hauʻoli ʻia e nā mea he nui. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka manawa e kipa aku ai iā Guyana, e ʻoluʻolu e hoʻāʻo i kekahi o kā lākou mau mea ʻono.
