ʻO Hoja Santa (he inoaʻo O-hah SAN-tah) kekahi mea kaulana i nā mea kanu i waena o nā kumukūʻau o ke kikowaena nui a me ka hemaʻo Mexico.
ʻO ka nui (e hiki i ka wāwae ma'ō), i ka naʻau, a me nā lau o ka mea kanu he meaʻokoʻa a paʻakikī ka paʻakikī paʻakikī e wehewehe. ʻO ka mea kanu he wahi ia o kaʻohana peppercorn, a no laila ua loaʻa i kahi meaʻala liʻiliʻi loa e like me ka anise, eucalyptus, a me nā helu nutmeg.
Aia nōʻo Hoja Santa nā kīpala likefīfras, no ka mea, aia nāʻaila like me nā kumu lāʻau. Ua nīnauʻia kekahi nīnau e pili ana i ka palekana o Hoja Santa, no ka mea, ua ho'āʻoʻia kaʻaila e hana i ka maʻi kanesa i loko o nā haʻawina holoholona, akāʻaʻole he hōʻoia o kēia i loko o nā kānaka.
Nā hoʻohana o Hoja Santa ma nā Mexican Cuisine
Hoʻohanaʻia kēia meakanu i nāʻanoʻokoʻa a me nā meli ma waena o Mexico Central a me Mexico. ʻO kekahi o kēia mau mele melemele mai'Oaxaca, hoʻomākaukau hoʻomākaukau barbacoa a me nā iguana kīʻaha ma Chiapas, pipián verde ma Puebla, nā hoʻomākaukau iʻa i Veracruz; nui nā mea'ē aʻe.
ʻOiaiʻo ka hoja ka wā eʻokiʻokiʻia i nā'āpana maikaʻi loa e hoʻohanaʻia e like me ka hoʻolakoʻana i ka pozole , ka hulu, a me nā mūmū, kahi i maʻa mauʻia, no ka mea, he paʻakikī kaʻiʻo o ka lau eʻaiʻia.
Ua hoʻohana nā kānaka Mexica pre-Columbian i ka hoja santa e hōʻona i kā lākou mau'alemole paʻakikī. Hoʻohana mauʻia ka lau nahele i kēia mau lā ma kahi o kahi mea eʻono ai i ka balekala wela a me ka hoʻomākaukauʻana i ka mea lapaʻau.
Hoʻohanaʻia kekahi mau puaʻa hoja hou i ka manawa e hoʻopiʻi ai i nā meaʻala a me nā meaʻai i nā keiki, nā meaʻai, a me nā iʻa no ka mahuʻana a me ka pāʻina.
Hiki ke hoʻohanaʻia nā lālā maloʻo i mea hoʻolimalima ,ʻoiai he puaʻa hou ka hoja hou a makemakeʻia no ka hoʻohana nuiʻana.
Kahi e loaʻa aiʻo Hoja Santa
Ua paʻakikī loaʻo Hoja Santa i ka loaʻaʻana iʻAmelika Huipūʻia,ʻoiai naʻe e loli iki ana ia.
ʻAʻole pahaʻoe e loaʻa i kāu kaula kūʻai hale kūʻai. Inā nohoʻoe ma kahi kokoke i kahi kaiaulu Latin American, hiki i nā māla kūloko ke loaʻa kekahi o kēia mau mea kanu. Ināʻaʻole, ua maʻalahi ka hoja santa i nā wahi kūhaka; ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, heʻano wikiwiki a ulu nui paha iʻikeʻia he welaʻinoʻino.
Inā hikiʻole iāʻoe keʻimi i ka hoja santa, hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa kahi meaʻono e like me keʻano o nā hulu a me nā wāwae ma ka hoʻohanaʻana i nā lau o ka lauoho feathery, he mauʻano momona likeʻole. Akā,ʻaʻole e hana kopeʻiaʻo Hoja ka nui o kaʻahaʻaina, akā,ʻaʻole e hana kopeʻia me kekahi mea'ē aʻe.
Nā inoa o ka Hoja Santa Plant
ʻO Hoja Santa kahi "laʻa hemolele" ma ka'ōlelo Pelekānia. ʻO kekahi'ōlelo kaulana o kēia inoa he moʻolelo ia no ka Family Hemolele: ua'ōleloʻia ua kohoʻo Virgin Mary i ka hoja santa, kahi lāʻau ulu lāʻau, e paʻa i nā diapeke hou o Christ Child i ka wā e maloʻo ana. ʻOiaiʻo ia he moʻolelo kilokilo,ʻoiaʻiʻo, heʻoiaʻiʻo, e like me kēia mea kanu (iʻikeʻiaʻo Piper auritum ) e like me ka tropical tropical Meso-America aʻaʻole iʻikeʻia ma ka Middle East 2,000 mau makahiki i hala.
Ma Nahuatl, ka'ōlelo i'ōleloʻia e nā Aztecs a hoʻohana nuiʻia ma waena o kekahi poʻe'ōiwi ma Mekikoka, uaʻikeʻiaʻo hoja santaʻo tlanepa aʻo tlanepaquelite.
(ʻO ia keʻano "lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi.") E kamaʻilio ana i kāna hoʻohanaʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hana ai i kekahi mau kumu likeʻole e like me ka moe, ka rumatika, a me kekahi mau hoʻopiʻi wahine.
ʻO kēia hua kanu nani he nui nā inoa'ē aʻe ma kahi'ē aʻe mai kā hoja santa aiʻoleʻo tlanepa . Ma nā wahi likeʻole, ua kapaʻiaʻo ia ka'āmu, yerba santa a hierba santa, anisillo, momo, alaján, Mexlea pepperleaf, mea kanu pia, Vera Cruz pepa, aiʻole peppe paia , i waena o kekahi.