ʻO ka poʻe Immigrants French i Old Acadia e hālāwai me nā meaʻai hou
No ka hoʻomaopopo ponoʻana i ke kumu o kā Cajunʻai i kēia lā , pono kākou e nānā i nā kenekulia 16 a me 17 i ka wā i kānalua ai nā huakaʻi hou Acadian mai Falani mai i kekahi o nā mea'ēʻole i loaʻa iā lākou.
Ua lawe mai ka poʻe Acadians i ko lākou mau meaʻai kūpilikiʻi me lākou mai Farani a ua hoʻohana i kēlā mau mākau i nā meaʻai i loaʻa ma ko lākou'āina hou. ʻO nā meaʻai he mea maʻalahi, e like me nā puaʻa, nā bipi a me nā moa, akā he mea'ē nō ia a he mau mea'ē aʻe nō hoʻi e hoʻokomo i nā meadowlarks, groundhogs, a me ka porcupine i kā lākouʻai.
Eia kekahi,ʻo nā lauʻeleʻele, nāʻuala, a me nā'ōmaʻa, he mau meaʻike kahiko lākou,ʻoiai he mau mea kanu, he lāʻau huluhulu, a me keʻano o nā mea kanu, he mau meaʻai hou.
Ma ka noiʻiʻana i nā meaʻai mai nā lā kahiko i Acadia, ua kahaha wau i kaʻikeʻana i nāʻano loea a me ke kuke e like me nā mea aʻu i aʻo ai mai koʻuʻohana Cajun i koʻu wā e ulu ana. ʻAʻole wau iʻikeʻo nā kīʻaha i 350 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, e like ia me nā meaʻai a mākou e kuke nei i kēia mau lā, me ka nui o ka nui i loko o nā inoa. ʻO kaʻaila ka mea ai, heʻoi aku ka lahilahi ma mua o nā'ōpala e hana ai, akā, ua hoʻomākaukau nui loa ia, aʻo nā meaʻai maʻamau o ka moa, iʻa, a me nā meaʻai, nā mea kanu, a me nā uala. ʻOiʻo Mehe Fricassée i like me koʻu kupunawahineʻo Olympe's Filled of Beef,ʻoiai ua hoʻohanaʻia e ka makuawahine i kahi kapuaʻi e hoʻonui i ka'ōhū ma mua o ka uala e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ai i ka Viaue. ʻO ka Mioche au Naveau he mau lohi kīpoki a me ka uala, aʻo ka Pâté a la Viande he meaʻai iʻa.
ʻO nā pīni a me ka puaʻa he mea kūikawā kēia o koʻu makuakāne Pischoff, nāna i hui pū iā lākou e like me ka hana a nāʻeke Acadians,ʻoiai ua hāʻawi nā Acadians i kā lākou mau pī me ke kō a me nā molasses. Ua hilinaʻi nui nāʻanoʻelua i nā momona o ka holoholona i kā lākou kukeʻana, aʻo ka meaʻai hoʻokahi i ka meaʻai i waenakonu o ka'āpana Acadian a me Cajun.
ʻO kaʻokoʻa nui loa ma waena o kaʻeke Acadian a me ka huahana Cajun hou kahi i loaʻa i loko o nā kauʻana (ʻike i lalo). Eia kekahi,ʻaʻoleʻikeʻiaʻo Cajuns i ka kukeʻana i ka meadowlark, bobolink, weasel, aiʻole ka huluʻana o ka hau. Aia ma kahi papa'akaʻa i loaʻa iāʻoe eel pie, kaʻiʻo porcupine, ka lae a me ka greensheets, a me ka momona momona a me nā molasses pie. Hoʻomakaʻia kēia mau meaʻai no ka hoʻohanaʻana i nā meaʻai i loaʻa iā Acadians i nā makahiki 1600 - 1700.
ʻO nā papaʻainaʻo Acadian i nā makahiki 17 a me 18
- ʻO ka pig kekahi mea koʻikoʻi ma ka hale Acadian,ʻoiai ka nui o kaʻiʻo i pau i ka puaʻa. Ua hoʻohanaʻiaʻo Lard no ka'ōhūʻana a me nā meaʻono i nā'ōhū a me nā kapuaʻi, a no nā noi e pono i ka momona -ʻoiai ma kekahi mau wahi e hoʻohanaʻia ana ka momona no ka'ō'ō.
- Ua hoʻohanaʻia nā bipi no ka waiū, kaʻaila, a me ka waiū, a he mau bipi nā bipi hana; ʻaʻole hoʻi i make no kaʻai a hiki wale i ka wāʻelemakule e lilo ai i mea lawelawe. He nui nā kēpau hihiu i keʻano o ka lipi, ka moose, ka deer, ka porcupine, ka'aluhi, ka'āina, a me ka beaver. Hoʻohanaʻia nā hipa no ka hulu hipa, no ka meaʻaʻole i make nā'ōpiopio i ka wā e pono ai lākou, a ua manaʻoʻia ka ikaika o ka mea kahiko i kaʻai. ʻO nā mākini a me nā'eleʻaʻo nā manu i makemakeʻia, me ka manu, ka nūnū, nāʻeleʻele, nā mea kanu, nā'āhiu hihiu, a me nā uo.
- ʻO nā huaʻai maʻamau ka hua ulu, e like me ka kāpena a me nā piʻi. Ua ulu nui nā'ōpala a komo pū i nā mea kanu, ka'ōnihi, a me nā gel liʻiliʻi. Ua hoʻohanaʻia nā pua o nā pānuʻu waina no ka waina, a me nā lāʻau spruce a me nā hops i hoʻohanaʻia no ka hanaʻana i ka pia. Ua hoʻohanaʻia nā mea kanu a me nā mea kanu i lāʻau lapaʻau; ʻo ka poʻe i maʻa mau iā mākou i kēia mau lā, he mint, he mea kanu, a he sarsaparilla. ʻO nā huaʻaina momona he kānana, bean, a me nā'ōmato; ʻo ka palaoa,ʻo kaʻole, a me ka bale,ʻoiai ka mea i hanaʻia i ka palaoa mai ka buckwheat. ʻO nā huaʻakai a me nā'ōleʻa ka hua nui, aʻo nā kumulāʻau kūpona ka lāʻau syrup a me ke kō. ʻO ka iʻa nui he'eneke, cod, fume, gasupaaus, hānai, kalo, kukui, nā'ilihue, a me nā lobsters.
No laila,ʻoiai nā mea a ka Acadians e noi nei i kā lākou mau meaʻai e hoʻomākaukau ai i ka mea maʻalahi i ko lākou'āina hou, ua hoʻohana pū lākou i kā lākou mau waihona kūʻono kūʻokoʻa a ua hoʻohanaʻia i nāʻano meaʻai hou a puni.
No laila, hoʻomauʻia ke kuʻuna ma o ka hoʻohanaʻana i kā lākouʻano hanaʻono me ka pono maoli i nā mea hou a me nā meaʻokoʻa. No ka mea,ʻaʻohe mea i pau wale i loko o kahi kīkeʻa Acadian.
Recipes Acadian a me Cajun
NāʻAla Leʻa Me ka Molasses a me ka Bacon
Pāʻani Mele Meʻa Paʻa
Ka Lelo me ka Hulu Kelepona Dumplings Ua like kēia me ka pahu me ka pate (dumplings).