Ma muli o ka manaʻo nui, ua mālamaʻia ka Mele Kalikimaka ma kekahi mau Mokuna Hikina. Nui nā Kristiano e noho ana ma ka Hikina Hikina me ka noho nui maʻAigupita, Lebanona, a me Suria. Ua paleʻiaʻo Saudi Arabia i nā hoʻomana'ē aʻe'ē aʻe ma waho o'Alala, no lailaʻaʻole e hiki ke heluʻia nā Karistiano'Anera ma ia'āina. Hiki ke loaʻa ka heluna kanaka KarikianoʻAmelika ma Iraq, Turkey, a me nā'āina'ē aʻe.
ʻO ka papaʻaina ahiahi o ka Mele Kalikimaka e hoʻololi ana mai kēlā me kēia'āina ai kekahi'āina, e pili ana i nā mea i loaʻa a me nā mea maoli i kēlā me kēia wahi. Eia kekahi mau kīʻaha āu e loaʻa ai no kaʻaina ahiahi Kalikimaka ma waena o ka Hikina Hikina:
ʻO ka Mezze, aiʻole nā mea hoʻohana
He mea nui o ka meaʻai i ka Middle East. Eʻikeʻoe i nā kīʻaha he nui i mālamaʻia ma nā papa liʻiliʻi i ka mezze hikina. Loaʻa nāʻenehana o kaʻaoʻao hikina o ka'Epana:
- ʻO Hummus
ʻO Hummus kekahi o nā meaʻoihana kaulana loa o ka Middle Eastern. Hanaʻia me ka moa moa, kahini , kaʻailaʻala, a me nā meaʻala, hoʻohanaʻia ka hummus e like me ka meaʻai no nā meaʻai, nā paila koko pita, a me nā momona. Hiki ke hoʻohanaʻia nā meaʻala likeʻole a me nā meaʻai e hoʻoulu i nāʻanoʻano likeʻole i hummus. Loaʻa nāʻano hoʻohaʻahaʻa hummus i nā'ōlaʻiʻalani, ka pepaʻulaʻula, a me ka hummus olive kalamata. Maʻaneʻi e loaʻaʻoe i kahi o nā humuhumu humuhumu a me nā papa hana kuke . - Ka Makuaʻo Ghannouj
He meaʻoluʻoluʻo Baba ghannouj (ba-ba gan-oosh) e like me ka'ōlelo. ʻO kēia kumu iʻa eggplant inā piha i kaʻono a maʻalahi hiki ke hana. E like me ka hummus, kupuna ghannouj has tahini, he'amaʻanameʻano kahi o kona mea nui. Hoʻopukaʻia ka'ōlaʻi pumehana o ka eggplant. E lawelawe me nā meli pita a me nā māmā. E ho'āʻo i kēia meaʻoluʻolu , maʻalahiʻo ghannouj .
- Pākuʻi Pūʻai
ʻO nā momona momona, he mau mea liʻiliʻi,ʻekolu trina liʻiliʻi eʻai pono i ka lima! ʻO ka'ōnihi hou, ka walnuts, a me kekahi mau meaʻai likeʻole i kēlā me kēia kīhini e hoʻomāmā a maʻalahi kēia mea. ʻO kēia'ōpala'ōpona momona he mea kūpono ia no nā minuke o ka minuke hope loa, ma keʻano paha inā hoʻohanaʻoe i nā pīkiki kuki pīlaʻi ma kahi o ka pīpī i mea kopeʻia no kēia meaʻai.
- Nā Paʻa Maiʻa Paʻi
Kapaʻiaʻo dolmas ma Helene a me ka warak einab maʻAigupita,ʻo nā mea momona momona o nā meaʻono a me nā mea i kapaʻia e lākou. Hoʻokomoʻia ka pipiʻai a ke keiki hipa paha, ka raiki, ke kāpena i loko o ka lau waina a me ka paila i ka maikaʻi. ʻO kaʻaila waina kahiko ka mea maʻalahi loa.
Kāleʻa Nui
ʻO nā lekaʻo Lamb nā wahi nui o ka hale hoʻokipa nui loa no ka mea ua hoʻolakoʻia. ʻAʻole e like me nā'āina komohana, heʻuʻuku liʻiliʻi nā koloka ma ka Middle East, a he nui nā mea e pono e lawelawe i kahi hui nui o nā kānaka. ʻO nāʻohana Karistiano o nā lāʻAmelika e hoʻohana nei i nā hana hoʻomaha o ka wā komohana kahiko e like me ka pipi a me ka ham. Akā naʻe,ʻaʻole i loaʻa nā hua puaʻa i nā'āina hikina o ke Komohana ma muli o keʻano o ka hoʻomana o'Iselama nui.
- Ka Hui o Ke Keiki
Hiki ke kani ke kaumaha o ka'ilua hipa o ke keiki hipa akā e like me ka maʻalahi e hoʻomākaukau ai e like me kaʻohi pipi. ʻO kahi keiki hipa he meaʻoluʻolu loa a hele pū me nāʻaoʻaoʻaoʻao he nui. - ʻO Pīpī Pīpī me ka Mea Pīkino Pīkī
Ināʻoe e lawelawe ana i ka pipi i kēia lā hoʻomaha, no ke aha lāʻoe e hana ai me nā mea pomegerane! ʻO nā pomegranate a me ka turkey e mahalo nui kekahi i kekahi. E ho'āʻo i kēia mau pomeramera no kāuʻaina awakea hou. - Kauʻia Ham
ʻO ka ham hamū kekahi o nā papahana papa Kalikimaka kaulana loa. ʻO Diana Rattray ka meaʻoihana hoʻomaʻemaʻe he nui nā mea hoʻomanaʻo a ham no kaʻohana e hauʻoli.
Aoao mau kiaha
Hiki ke hāʻawiʻia kekahi mau leka he nui, aʻo ka mea nui loa:
- Kuia
He mea maʻalahi ka'ōpala,ʻo ka palaoa e hele me nā mea a pau. Hiki ke "hoʻokō"ʻia nā kuʻiwaʻi ma ka hoʻouluʻana i nā mīkini, nā meaʻala, a me nā hua e like me nā huaʻoki. Maʻaneʻi eʻikeʻoe i nāʻano hopena hānai. - ʻO ka'ōmaʻomaʻo'ōmaʻomaʻo me ka nīni Pine
ʻO nā pīniʻeleʻele me nā huaʻiliahi paina i ka'āpana kūpono piha no kēlā me kēia meaʻai no ka moa moa. ʻO ka momona o nā hua'ōlelo mahalo nui i nā pīniʻeleʻele.
Nā Desserts o Eastern
ʻO Dessert kekahi o nā papa i manaʻo nuiʻia o kahiʻaina ahiahi. Ma ka Waena Hikina, eʻike pinepineʻoe i ka hua e like me ka meaʻai, e like me keʻano o ka manawa. He māmā,ʻono, a he hopena maikaʻi loa i kahi meaʻai nui. Eia nō naʻe, aia he mau mea'alaina o Eastern Eastern e piha i nāʻahaʻaina, e like me:
- Baklava
Māhuahuaʻo Baklava i ka manawa. He kūkū a me ka helehelena. E loaʻa iāʻoe ka'āpana -ʻo ia ka hāʻawi. Akā ua kūpono ia. He mea hōʻoluʻoluʻo Baklava i ke aloha. ʻO ke kuko e hana ai, eʻoliʻoli i kaʻono me kēlāʻai, e hana ia i meaʻaʻa momona kahiʻano o keʻano.
- Kū ka Quince
ʻO ka wīʻai he mea momona nui. ʻO nā mea likeʻole e like me ka'ōlaʻi a me ka pua, me kahi meaʻoi aʻe. ʻO ka quinceʻaʻole ia he hua kaulana loa ma ke komohana akā hiki ke loaʻa i loko o nā supermarkets nui. E ho'āʻo i kēia meaʻai .