Ke hele a puni ka lā o St. Patty, e nānā paha kekahi mau leprechauns i kahi e hoʻomalulu ai i kā lākou mau'enaʻoma uliuli me kahi waiwaiʻo Irish - komo i Mead. He aha keʻanoʻo Mead? He waina momona maikaʻi ia i hanaʻia mai ka meli meli ma kahi o nā hua waina, me ka wai a me ka mea hū a ua hoʻokipaʻia e nā lāhui Celtic no nā kenekulia.
Hiki ke hanaʻia ka Mead i nāʻano likeʻole mai kahi maloʻo a maloʻo-i maloʻo i ka meaʻono, me kekahi mau huahana e hua mai ana i nā hua, nā mea kanu, a me nā meaʻala maikaʻi i loko o ka hui Mead.
E like me ka waina , ua kūkuluʻia kekahi mau Meads no ka liʻiliʻi o ka manawa a hiki i ka hopena me kahiʻano o Port a me nāʻano like.
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ʻOiai he nui nā'āina i loaʻa kahi hoʻoilina me ka waina meli i komo i loko; ʻO Irialani, i ka mea nui, ua lōʻihi kona aloha me Mead. ʻO kēia wai kaulana, ua manaʻoʻia ua hauʻoliʻia e nā mōneka Irish i nā manawa o ka wā kahiko, holoholo ma waena o nā hui kaiaulu o nā kānaka a pau mai nā kānaka'āina Irish i ka poʻe Lehi Irish a mai Noblemen a hiki i nā Aliʻi kiʻekiʻe o Ireland.
Ua hauʻoliʻo Mead i nā manawa kūpono i ka nānāʻana o nā mele a Gaelic a me ka moʻolelo Irish a me nā moʻolelo i ka wā kahiko i ka Ancient Greeks, ka mea i kapaʻiaʻo ambrosia. ʻOiai he nui nāʻano o Mead,ʻo ka Mead kahiko ka waihona o ka meli a me ka wai a he manawa pinepine hoʻi he wahi lelo. ʻO ka hua puaʻa, ka waina meli, ke hāʻawi aku i nā meaʻono e pili ana i kahi Riesling, mai keʻano maikaʻi loa i kahi maloʻo loa.
Mead a me Celtic Tradition
Ma nā moʻomeheu Celtic, ua manaʻoʻiaʻo Mead e hoʻonui i ka virulele a me ka momona, aʻo ia hoʻi ka manaʻo i nāʻanoʻano aphrodisiac. ʻO ka hopena, ua loaʻa wikiwikiʻo Mead i kona ala i loko o kaʻahaʻaina mare Irish. ʻO ka meaʻoiaʻiʻo, ua komo ka hua'ōlelo "hoʻolimalima" i ka loina Irish o ka waina pīpī hou i nā lā a pau no kahi mahina piha (hoʻokahi malama) ma hope o kā lākou mau male.
I kēia mau lā, aia kekahi mauʻohana o ka poʻe Irish i loko o kēia manawa,ʻo ia hoʻi ka hana hoʻomanaʻo Mead me nā wahine hou i ka manawa kūpono i nā manawa a me nā makemake maikaʻi o nā mea kahiko a me nā mea hou.
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Hiki keʻoluʻolu i nā meads i hoʻomehanaʻia aiʻole i hoʻomehanaʻia a he hui lōʻihi no nā moa a me nā puakōkē, e like me keʻano o ka pīpī nani i ka lā o St. Patty o ka pipi meli a me ke kāpena a iʻole kahi kāhili Irish puʻuwai .