Ke KuhiʻIke'Inelani I Iowa
Ke hoʻoholo ka poʻe eʻai i nā meaʻai āpau o ke kaiaulu (a iʻole hele no nā wahi āpau a hiki i ka hua a me ka meaʻai),ʻo ka honua o "nā meaʻai maikaʻi" keʻikeʻia akā he moeʻuhane. He aha e pili ana i nā meaʻala waina Farani, ka chocolatec Swiss, a me ka salame Italia? Loaʻa i ka pōmaikaʻi no mākou e makemake nei eʻimi i nā meaʻai kaiaulu, nā meaʻoihana e hoʻoulu ana i nā mea'enela maikaʻi, maikaʻi loa i loko o ko mākou mau kua.
ʻO kahi laʻana maikaʻi loaʻo La Queceria, he mea hana i nā meaʻai maikaʻi me kaʻai, me ka prosciutto, ma Iowa.
ʻAe, Iowa.
Localism kahiko, Iowa-Kāhua
Ua hoʻomakaʻo Herb a me Kathy Eckhouse i ka La Quercia ma muli o ka nānā maʻalahi: Ma Italia, kahi waiwai a me nā hua puaʻa maikaʻi'ē aʻe i hanaʻia ma laila ma nā mahi'āina aiʻole ma nā kūlanakauhale kokoke i nā mahiʻai kahi e hānaiʻia ai nā puaʻa.
No ke aha, i manaʻo ai lākou,ʻaʻole hiki ke hanaʻia pēlā ma Iowa ?
Uaʻike lākou ua nele paha ka Midwest i ka hohonu hohonu oʻItalia, akā ua maopopo nō hoʻiʻo Iowa ka home no ka puaʻa maikaʻi loa . ʻO ka mea iʻikeʻia, haʻiʻia iā lākou e kekahi mauʻano mahiʻai liʻiliʻi e ho'āʻo ana me ka hoʻouluʻana i nā pua pua heirloom, a me nā mea i hānaiʻia i mea e loaʻa ai ka momona o kaʻiʻo no nā kālepa likeʻole aiʻole e hōʻoluʻolu i kaʻiʻo.
Pig
Hana pū me nā mea mahi puaʻa o ka'āina,ʻo La Quercia kahi puaʻa hānai e ho'ālaʻia me ka hoʻohanaʻoleʻia o nā lāʻau'alopero (ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no nāʻoihana,ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no nā puaʻa, maikaʻi no mākou a pau). E like me nā puaʻa a pau iʻAmelika Huipūʻia, ua ho'ālaʻia nō hoʻi lākou me kaʻole o nā hormones.
ʻO kekahi o kā lākou huahana mai ka puaʻa puaʻa, a he nui ka poʻe mai 100% Berkshire a iʻole Berkshire-Cross i nā hanauna, iʻikeʻia no kaʻahaʻaina nani.
ʻO nā mahiʻai a lākou e hana pū nei, a me nāʻoihana mahiʻai holoholona, nā mea a pau e waihoʻia ma ka pūnaewele pūnaewele.
Nā Mea Māmā
Hoʻohana waleʻo La Quercia i ka puaʻa, ka paʻakai moana, ai kekahi mau meaʻala e hana i kā lākou huahana.
ʻAʻole hoʻohanaʻia nāʻano kūlohelohe,ʻaʻohe lactic acid, aʻaʻohe mau nitrates e hoʻohana mauʻia.
Ma ka mālamaʻana i ka mea maʻa maʻalahi, e mālamaʻo La Quercia i ka manaʻo i ka meaʻai i loko o ka puaʻa a pehea e hiki ai keʻoluʻolu, e hoʻokomoʻia me kaʻoluʻolu i nāʻaoʻao likeʻole ma o ka nānā ponoʻana i ka ea a me ka manawa.
He kūpono ke huli i loko o ka home
ʻO ka huahana prosciutto he waiwai, hoʻoluhi, a maikaʻi loa. Loaʻa ka hua'ōlelo mai nā mea aʻAmelika e kapa ai i ka "ham" aiʻole ka wāwae o ka puaʻa. ʻAʻole e like me ka hamū a me ka hamū puhiʻia, ua paʻakaiʻia ke kumukūmā a hoʻomaʻamaʻaʻia i ka malo no ka ho'ōlaʻana a mālamaʻia i nā mahina a me nā mahina i mālama ponoʻia.
ʻO Pancetta, guanciale, nā mea pīpī a me nā manu'āpiopio, a me ka'ōpiopio (kahi'āpala lele likeʻole), aʻo ka coppa spicy e hoʻopiha i kā lākou huahana.