- Definition:ʻO ka pumeʻana kahi hana kahiko o ka kukeʻana a me ka mālamaʻana i nā meaʻai,ʻo ia hoʻi nā meaʻai. ʻO kēia kuhi kahiko i'ōleloʻia i ka puhi'umeʻume paʻakai i ka paʻakai e kāohi ai i ka uluʻana o ka microorganism a lilo ka uahi i pale ākea e pale ai i ka hoʻopiliʻana. ʻOiʻia i ka miko, puhiʻia, a mālamaʻia,ʻo ka ola o kēia mau meaʻai i mālamaʻia he mea pauʻole nō naʻe inā e hoʻomauʻia mau ka maikaʻi i ka manawa.
Hiki ke palekana i kaʻai i ka mīkini kahiko loa, akā, paʻakaiʻo ia aʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻohana,ʻo ia ke kumu e loaʻa ai ka mīkini pa'ū, e pale i ka paleʻana mai ka'ānaiʻiaʻana o kaʻono.
ʻO kēiaʻano hana lapalapa a me ka mālamaʻana i nā meaʻai i hoʻopihaʻia i ka wā ma mua, ka mea huna, ka hale hana puhi. He maʻalahi paʻakai ka'ōpala o ka puaʻa a hoʻokomo i loko o ka lumi liʻiliʻi a hoʻopauʻia me kahi'ōpiopio. Aʻo nā kānaka'ē aʻeʻole he eletani a iʻole ke kumu hoʻohālikelike paha e hiki ke huki i kēia, e hana ana i nā'āpana i komo i loko o ka makahiki me kaʻole o ka paipai, me ka loaʻaʻole o ka maʻi liʻiliʻi. ʻO nā kapuahi ma hope o nā kenekulia, uaʻikeʻia kaʻano o ka mahana a me ka wai wela e pono ai ka hanaʻana i ka ham e hiki ke waiho i loko o ke kīʻaha i nā kauwela a hauʻoli no ka Kalikimaka.
ʻO ka huiʻana o ka paʻakai a me ka uahi i hana i kēiaʻano mālama, akā, e hiki ke hoʻohanaʻia kekahi i kēlā me kēia mea e kāohi i nā hoʻopili no nā lā pōkole. I waenakonu o ka Farani a me ke kaua Indian.
Ua kākauʻo George Washington, a laila he koa Pelekāne, ua hoʻohanaʻo ia i nāʻano "Indian" o ka bale e mālama ai i kaʻiʻo. Ua nele lākou i ka paʻakai i ka paʻakai pono a mālama i kaʻiʻo, ka mea e hāʻawi iā lākou i kekahi mau pule. ʻO ka mea hana hoʻomāmā ulaula i hoʻohana waleʻia e mālama wale i kaʻiʻo no kekahi mau lā.
ʻAʻole i kuhikuhiʻo Washington i kēiaʻanoʻana i kapaʻiaʻo ka barbecue no ka mea,ʻaʻoleʻo ia iʻike no kaʻiʻo e paʻaleʻa aiʻole no ka meaʻo ia iʻike i keʻano o ka barbecue i kēia manawa.
Ua kapaʻo ia i kēia no ka meaʻaʻole i ola kaʻiʻo āna i lawe ai a puhi i ka mea e puhi ai i ka hale hauhihi, akā ma kahi o ka lua hāmama,ʻo ka mea i hoʻohanaʻia i nā lā mua loa o ka barbecue a hāʻawiʻia i nā lāhui'ōiwi o kaʻAmelika.
ʻO ka pumeʻana, e like me ka hoʻomehana mahana wela hou, he hana kuke. He nui nā kānaka e hāpai iāʻoe me ka ho'ākākaʻana i ka Maillard Reaction.ʻO kēia hopena ma waena o nā amino acids a me ka hoʻoemiʻana i nā suga,ʻo ia ka mea e hāʻawi ai i nā meaʻai i meaʻai i ko lākou'ōpiopio a hoʻohālike i ka'ōpala pa'ū a mākou eʻimi nei. ʻO ka hōʻailona Maillard ka meaʻai, ka meaʻai, a me ka mea nui i hoʻomehanaʻia no ka loaʻaʻana o kēia mauʻano. ʻOiaiʻo kahi hoʻokolohua hoʻokoehuaʻepekema,ʻaʻohe mea maʻamau i ka laʻau.
Me ka hōʻoluʻolu hou o kēia manawa,ʻaʻole pono mākou e mālama i kaʻiʻo a hiki i ka puhiʻiaʻana o ka mea puhi meaʻai i ka meaʻai, hiki ke hoʻonui i kahi ola liʻiliʻi i nā meaʻai, kahi maikaʻi loa i mālamaʻia i loko o ka pahu hauā ma muli o ka nui o ka uahi a me ka nele o ka paʻakai paʻakai 'o keʻano o kēia mau meaʻai mālamaʻia.
I kēia mau lā, puhi'ulaʻa, ma keʻano o ka lapalapa he mea maʻalahi e'ānai ana me ka hoʻonāʻana o ka meaʻahiʻahi i loko o kekahiʻano kāhiko iʻa. Hoʻopiliʻia ka uahi'āpala i nā meaʻai a hoʻoulu i kahi hopena i nā meaʻai, me kaʻike nuiʻia i keʻano o kahi haukahi'āhihi .
ʻO ka pumeʻana wale nō,ʻo kēia mau lā, kahi hana no ka hana bakena a me nā meaʻai'ē aʻe e like me nā mea pīpī, nā iʻa pahū a me nā mea like. He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo i ka nui o nā meaʻai i kūʻaiʻia e like me "puhiʻia"ʻaʻole loa e hoʻolālā i ka manawa i loko o ka puhi puaʻa aiʻole ka hale hauhiʻa akā ua loaʻa ka uahi wela i kā lākou. He mea nui ka pumehana i ka balekeke aʻaʻohe mea e kapaʻia he pahi bale i ka mana maoli o ka hua'ōlelo me ka uahiʻole e hoʻonuiʻia i ka mea kuke. No laila, hiki mai ka'alelele i kahi leʻaleʻa aʻaʻole kahi hana e kuke ai.