Nīnau: He aha ke Squash?
He aha ka squash?
Pane: Mai loko mai o nā hua a me nā meaʻai a pau i hoʻohanaʻia i kēia lā i ka kukeʻana, pono wau e'ōlelo aku i kekahi o nā mea nui i lalo o ia mau mea a pau ka'āpana. Malia pahaʻo ia ka inoa, a iʻole pahaʻo ia keʻano, akā no kēlā me kēia kumu,ʻaʻohe pono i ka'ōpala. No ke aha e loaʻa ai iaʻu kēia aloha no ka'ōpala? Ma waho o kahi hāʻina kū hoʻokahi,ʻo ka'ōpala he mea maʻalahi a he maʻalahi ke kuke me ka.
Hiki ke hoʻohanaʻia i ka makahiki a puni a hoʻohui i kekahi mea kūikawā i kaʻai. E heluhelu i kaʻikeʻana i ke kumu no ka loaʻaʻana o ka squash kūikawā, a no ke aha e makemake ai wau e ''ōkuhi' i nā lola e hiki ke pale i ka loaʻaʻana o ka nānā pono.
ʻO ka mea mua, he aha keʻano o ka'ōkuhi? ʻO ka pane a nā kānaka e hāʻawi ana he mea kanu paha. Ma hope o nā mea a pau,ʻikeʻia ma kahi o nā mea kanu'ē aʻe ma ka māhele huahana o kāu hale kūʻai. I kaʻoiaʻiʻo, he hua ka'ōpala. Ma muli o ka waihona o ka huapalapala , ua hoʻohālikeʻia ka'ōmaʻomaʻo ma keʻano he hua, akā, e like me ka'ōmato, hoʻohanaʻiaʻo ia i mea kanu i ka wā eʻoki ai. He nui nāʻano o ka squash, kahi i hoʻonohonohoʻia i loko o nā hui e like me ka'ōmaʻomaʻu a me nā'āpana kauwela. ʻAʻole hoʻohana ka hoʻohanaʻana o nā kau makahiki i ka manawa eʻohiʻia ai kekahiʻano'āpana, akā pehea ka lōʻihi e mālamaʻia ai ka hua. ʻO ka'ōmaʻomaʻu he mauʻano likeʻole ka'ōpiopio a liʻiliʻi iki, a pono eʻaiʻia i ka wā ma mua,ʻo ka nui o nā'ō'ō o ka hoʻoilo a hiki ke mālamaʻia aʻaiʻia i kekahi lā ma hope.
ʻOiai eʻikeʻia ka nui o ka'āpana'ōmaʻa i kēlā me kēia makahiki, aia kekahi i ko lākou mau mahina i ka wā i manaʻoʻia ai lākou he mau momona. ʻO nāʻano maʻamauʻo ka squash he zucchini a me ka'ōmaʻomaʻu'ōmaʻomaʻo,ʻo nāʻano hoʻohālike maʻamauʻo ia ka pūʻali spaghetti, ka'ākena squash a me nā paukena.
Hiki ke kūʻaiʻia nāʻano likeʻole o ka squash mai ka hale kūʻai o ka hale kūʻai a iʻole ka hana kū.
Ke kohoʻana i nā'āpana kauwela, e nānā i nā hua liʻiliʻi, me kaʻili'iliʻula a me nā pohō a me nā wehewehe. Pono keʻano o ka hua i ke kāohiʻia. Pono ka'ōmaʻomaʻo'ōmaʻomaʻo e paʻa i kaʻili paʻa a he paʻakikī e paʻi. ʻO nā mea wehewehe a me nā hemahema he maʻamau.
ʻO ka mālamaʻana i ka squash e pili ana i konaʻano. Ma muli o kaʻeleʻele o konaʻili,ʻaʻole e hoʻomauʻia nā'ōmaʻa kauwela e like me ka mauʻu o ka hoʻoilo. No ka mālama ponoʻana i nā'ōmaʻomaʻa kauwela, mai holoi a waihoʻia i kahiʻekeʻeleʻele. E mālama i loko o ka friji, kūpono ma ka pahu uila. E mālama mau ana nā'ōmaʻomaʻu i nā hebedomaʻelua i kēiaʻano. Hiki ke mālamaʻia i nā'ōmaʻomaʻo o Winter, ma kekahi wahi maloʻo, kahi maloʻo, e like me kahi papa hoʻokipa noʻekolu mahina. Inā kūʻai muaʻia nāʻano'āpana'āpana, e mālama i loko o ka firi a hoʻohana i loko o hoʻokahi pule.