ʻO ka lā mua o ka Lent ka mea i kapaʻiaʻo ka Lā Pau . Kapaʻiaʻo ia he "maʻemaʻe" no ka mea he hōʻailona ia i ka hoʻomaka o ke kauwela ma kahi e "hoʻomaʻemaʻeʻia ai ko mākou kino a me nāʻuhane" e hoʻomākaukau ai no ka'āponoʻana i ke ala houʻana.
ʻO ka lā Lōpule maikaʻi he lā hoʻomaha nui ma Girka, kahi lā o ka hoʻokipa nui a me nā kuʻuna. Hele nāʻohana i ke kahakai a iʻole nā kula'āina no ka pāʻani a me ka lele lele. Hoʻonohonoho nā keiki i "Kyra Sarakosti," (Lady Lent), he pēpē pepa me nā wāwaeʻehiku e pani i nā hebedomaʻehiku o Lent.
I kēlā me kēia pule, ua hoʻokaʻawaleʻia ka wāwae e hōʻike ai i nā hebedoma e koe a hiki i ka Easter.
Ka Polokalamu Lō Mama
ʻO nā meaʻai i loko o nā hebedomaʻehiku o ka Lent e hoʻopaʻaʻia e like me nā palena pānaʻi. ʻO kēia me keʻano (he mau hanana wale nō ),ʻaʻoheʻiʻo aiʻole iʻa (ʻaʻohe meaʻulaʻula) aʻaʻohe mea i loaʻa mai i nā holoholona me ke kokoʻulaʻula (ʻaʻole ka waiū, ka cheese, ka yogurt, nā hua, a pēlā aʻe).
ʻO ka Lune Loa kona mau kuʻuna, a ma nā wahi a pau o Helene, e waihoʻia nā papaʻaina (a me nā haleʻai e mālamaʻia) me nā kīʻaha i hana mauʻia no nā hanauna.
Nānā: Aia nā mea hoʻomanaʻo ma lalo i kaʻaila e, i ka Helene, i ka lā Lune maikaʻi.
Eia kahi papahana i kohoʻia no ka 4-6:
- 'Ōlelo
ʻO ka berena hūʻole iʻai waleʻia i ka Lā Mama wale. - Taramosalata: Fish Roe Dip
ʻO Tarama (cod a carp roe) kekahi manawa i kapaʻia he "caviar kanaka maʻamau." Hoʻohuiʻia me kaʻailaʻaila a me ka berena,ʻo ia kekahi o nā meaʻono a kaulana loa o nā Helene a pau. - Pahu Makahiki Hou (Pāpā) Beans
ʻAʻohe mea hoʻomākaukau no kēia; ua'ōwiliʻia nā pīni hou aʻaiʻia e like me nā nati, aiʻole i hoʻomoʻia i ka wai a hiki i ka hoʻonuiʻana a me ka hoʻonuanu.
- Mālolosalata: Cos (Romaine) Salame lemei
Nā'ōmole hou, nā kui kuʻupuʻu me ka winika maʻemaʻe a me ka loleʻaila. - ʻO Plalau:ʻO ke Bean Casserole
Keʻano likeʻo Yigandes i nā pīkī liʻiliʻi maʻamau, a ua hui pū kēia meʻano me ka'ōpena, nāʻaila, nā mea kanu a me nā meaʻala e hana ai i kahi mea nani. - Htapothi sti Skhara:ʻO kaʻae Octopus
ʻO kaʻae Octopus ma kahi ahi wela o ka memele Helene maʻamau e lawelawe me ka ipu a me ka waina, aʻo kahi mea punahele i ka Lā Maʻemaʻe. (No ka mea i liʻiliʻi mai,ʻo ka calamari fried kekahi meaʻono.)
- Kāpena: Greek-Style Boiled Shrimp
Kūpīʻia i kaʻaila me kahiʻaila maikaʻi a me ka mea lemona. - Halvas: Semolina Pudding
Hiki ke hanaʻokoʻa i nāʻano likeʻole he nui, a ua hanaʻia kēiaʻano me ka meli, nā nati, nā huawaina, a me nāʻala o ka kinamona a me nā cloves, no ka meaʻono.
E hoʻopiha i ka papa me nāʻoliva Helene a me nā hua hou.