ʻO nā meaʻai Creole a me Cajun nā mea punahele no nāʻaoʻao Mardi Gras
ʻO Mardi Gras,ʻo ia ka lā Pōʻalua, ka hopena o ka wā ma waena o ka Mele Kalikimaka me ka Lent. No nā Karistiano he nui,ʻo ia ka manawa hope loa e pāʻina ai a hoʻopili i ka meaʻai ma mua o ka hoʻomakaʻana o ka Lenten. ʻO ia hoʻi he kumu maikaʻi loa ia eʻoliʻoli ai i nā meaʻai nui loa.
I ka US, hoʻolauleʻa nuiʻiaʻo Mardi Gras ma New Orleans, he kūlanakauhale kaulana no kona mau hauʻoli a me nā kau. No ka hoʻohuiʻana i ka moʻomeheu, pono wale nō eʻoliʻoli i nā mea Cajun a me Creole i kaulana loa i Louisiana.
No ka heleʻana me kēlā mau meaʻala a pau, aia i ka palaoa mele kaulana loa, piha me ka hōʻailona nani a me kahi huna.
E nānā i kekahi o kēlā mau meaʻai kūʻono i ka fare maʻamau no Mardi Gras. E like me kā lākou e'ōlelo nei ma New Orleans, Laissez les bon temps rouler , aiʻole, " E hoʻololi i nā manawa maikaʻi!"
Ka Mō'ī Mō'ī Mō'ī
ʻAʻohe Mardi Gras hoʻomahaʻana me ka loaʻaʻole o ka pōpōʻai aliʻi , aiʻikeʻia hoʻi he pōpō ahiahiʻumikumamālua. ʻO kēia ka'ōwili nui i maʻa mauʻia i keʻano o ke kāʻei. ʻO ka hīnaʻi ka hulu i ke gula, ka'ōmaʻomaʻo, a me ka poniʻeleʻele e hōʻike ana i ka mana, ka manaʻoʻiʻo, a me ka hoʻoponopono. ʻO kēia mau'anuʻolu kahiko i hōʻea i ka makahiki 1872 a ua laweʻia mai kahi hui kūʻokoʻa i kapaʻia he krewe. ʻOiaiʻo kēia kekeʻa heʻono a maikaʻi, uaʻikeʻia kaʻoliʻoli maoli i loko.
Hana nā mea hana i kēlā me kēia kīʻaha kīʻaha i kahi hōʻailona i loko o ka pōpō. Hiki i nā hōʻailona he hualaʻulaʻula maloʻo a he keiki hānai paha, e pili ana i ke keiki Kristo.
I ka wā eʻokiʻokiʻia ai ka pōʻai a māheleʻia,ʻo ka mea i loaʻa ka waiwai huna i'ōleloʻia e hauʻoli i ka pōmaikaʻi no ka makahiki e hiki mai ana. Hiki paha e manaʻoʻia ka mea e loaʻa ana i ka meaʻai i ka Mō'ī Cake a iʻole e kiola i ka pāʻina Mardi Gras i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana.
Nā mea kanuʻala
ʻO ka meaʻai Cajun i manaʻoʻia heʻano "'āina" e kuke ai, kahi o Creole iʻoi aku ka nani a me ka maʻalahi, ka "kūlanakauhale" paha.
Eia naʻe, uaʻano like like lāua aʻelua, ua hilinaʻi ka hilinaʻiʻelua i nā meaʻala.
Cajun Spice Mix : ʻO kā Cajun kūlana kūikawāʻo ka spicier o nā meaʻelua. Hiki ke hoʻohanaʻia ma kahi kokoke i nāʻiʻo a pau eʻono i nāʻano mehe a me nā kānana. Hoʻokahi o ka pahu e hoʻopau iāʻoe i kahi manawa a, me nā meaʻala likeʻole he 12,ʻo kāuʻai wale nō ia wale nō.
ʻO ka Creole Spice Mix Mix : Hoʻokahi mau meaʻala. Heʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma muli o ke kuʻiʻana i kaʻala chili hou ma Cajun. Hiki ke hoʻohana pūʻia kēia huila no ka hoʻolālā i kēlā me kēiaʻano o ka meaʻai a me nā kānana, nā meaʻai, a me nāʻaoʻao e like me ka raiki.
Cajun a me ka Recole Recipes
- Hoʻolāʻau Hoʻolapalaʻo Crab : Hoʻohui maikaʻiʻia kahi'ōpiopio i nā kānaka kai iʻa-aloha a hiki ke hanaʻia me keʻano o ka iʻa. ʻO ke kumu nui o ka lāpili kūpili nuiʻo ia ka meaʻala. ʻO kēia mea hoʻomākaukau he mea maʻalahi ia o nā meaʻala likeʻole a piha i ke keʻa e hoʻonui i ka iʻa.
- Creole Gumbo : Ua kaulanaʻo Louisiana no kona'ōpili, he kāpenaʻulaʻula e hiki ai ke komo i loko o kahiʻokoʻa mau mea. Hiki ke loli keʻano o ka lono, akāʻo kekahi mau hui pūnaewele he kūpono loa ia aʻikeʻia kēia meaʻai i kahi o nā iconic duos. He okoa,ʻela, pepa, celery,'ōmato, a me ka pūpū o nā meaʻala, a me kēlā mea kanu Creole nui.
- Ka pua naniʻo Creole : Pono, hiki iāʻoe ke kūʻai i ka mūkeke loloa ma ka hale kūʻai, akā,ʻo ka hanaʻana mai ka'ō'ō e hāʻawi ai iāʻoe ka manaʻoi aʻe ma luna o ka meaʻai a hoʻolālā e hāʻawi i nā hopena maikaʻi aʻe. Me nā hua sinapi, kahi koho maikaʻi o nā meaʻala, a me ka vīnega, ua makaukauʻoe e hana i kēia papa hana kūikawā. Heʻano nui nui kēia, akā, he makana nui loa ia a he mea nui loa ia e makemake aiʻoe e kaʻana.
- Creole Rice : ʻO kahi kīʻahaʻaoʻao maikaʻi loa no kaʻaiʻana, he mea maʻalahi ka laiki Creole. Loaʻaʻoe iʻeono mau meaʻai a he mea maʻamau nā meaʻai maʻamau a pau no laila e loaʻa paha iā lākou i kahi kūʻai. ʻO nā kīʻaha o kaʻaila, ka paʻi, koume, a me kārotti ke hāʻawi aku i ka hoʻolālā maikaʻi no ka laiki lōʻihi. He meaʻoluʻolu iki ia, no ka mea,ʻaʻoleʻo ia e paio me nā pāpale Creole i maʻa mauʻia ma kaʻaoʻao.
- Puni Kūpilikiʻi Turkey : No laila, makemakeʻoe e kuke i kahi pīkī Pākehā? Makemakeʻoe i ka'āpana pumehana no ka mea, he pōkole hohonu ka ala maikaʻi e hele ai. ʻO kēia he papa hana waho aʻo ia kekahi o nā ala wikiwiki loa e kuke i ka pipi. ʻO ka hopena,ʻo ia kekahi o nā manu momona loa eʻai mau anaʻoe a paʻakikī ka paʻakikī paʻakikī.
- ʻO Hambala Jambalaya :ʻO Jambalaya kahiʻoihana kaulana'ē aʻe o ka'āina a heʻano maʻalahi loa ia. Ma kahi o ka pumehana nui o kahi kohu,ʻo ka jamlalaia he laiki raiki, akā, ua likeʻo ia me ka momona a me ka mea paʻakikī. ʻO kahi papahele kūlohelohe maʻamau ka mea hoʻomākaukau maikaʻi no nā mea hoʻomaka. Kāpenaʻia i loko o ka papa'ōmato me kēlā mau meaʻala maikaʻi a me ka "ʻekolu" o nā pepa bele, ka mea nalo, a me nā'alemona, he meaʻono loa ia.
- ʻO Jambalaya Fettuccine : Ināʻaʻole hiki iāʻoe ke lawa i ka jambalaya, alohaʻoe i kēia mea jamba kaomi. Aia nā mea a pau e pili ana i ka papahana mua, e like me ka hausaʻi, ka moa, a me ka moa, akā ua hoʻohanaʻia ma kahi papa moe pasta. ʻAʻole wale kēia he meaʻai nui loa,ʻo ia hoʻi ka hoʻouluʻana no kaʻaiʻelua e hoʻohana i ka home jamba.