ʻO nā hua a Chia iʻike muaʻia e ka hapa nui oʻAmelika Hui PūʻIa ma keʻano he mahele o ka makana waiwai kaulana,ʻo Chia Pet. Ua waiwai nuiʻo Chia i loko o kona mau'āina pono'īʻo Mexique a me Guatamala mai nā manawa o Pre-Columbian, aʻo kekahi e'ōlelo ana he mea nui ka huaʻo ia i ka maile i nā Aztecs. ʻO ka hua'ōlelo "chia" mai ka hua'ōlelo Nahuatlʻo "chian",ʻo ia hoʻi kēiaʻano "ʻohu". Akā, i ka manawa i loaʻa ai i nā mea ola olakino ka waiwai o kona olakino a me ka hoʻohanaʻana i ka meaʻai, ua nalowale ka inoaʻoʻoleʻa a ua hoʻolimalimaʻia ka huaʻano chia he "keu".
Loaʻa i ka'ōpū aiʻole ka'āina,ʻo nā kumulāʻau chia he kīʻaha nani ia i ka meaʻai maʻamau, e hana like me ka mānoanoa, nā iʻa e pani ana, a me kaʻimi iki i nā meaʻai he nui, e like me ka soy a me ka almond yogurt.
ʻO nā'ōpili Chia liʻiliʻi, oval, a me ka wāwae, me nā'āpana keʻokeʻo, keʻokeʻo, a me ke oho. I kekahi manawa, e kaha inoaʻia nā hua liʻiliʻi e like me ko lākouʻili, e like me kaʻikeʻana ma nāʻeke i kapaʻia "nā hua chia keʻokeʻo", akā hiki ke hoʻohanaʻia kēlā me kēia lālā i ka paʻiʻana aiʻole i ka paʻi. Hiki ke loaʻa nā hua Chia ma ka hale kūʻai olakino olakino, kahi i hoʻokuʻuʻia i loko o kahi'āpanaʻai meaʻai maʻamau, aia ma ka'āpana nui a kokoke paha i nāʻanoʻano'ē aʻe, e like me ke olonā.
No ka hoʻokomoʻana i kahi hua manu hoʻonani maʻalahi no ka hoʻopaʻaʻana i nā mea i ulapalaʻia, e like me nā pies, nā kuki, nā keke a me nā mea hou, e hoʻohana wale i kahi ½ kaha ka hapakū o nā huaʻano chia i huiʻia me 2 punetēpona wai e hana i hoʻokahi "hua". Heʻeleʻele ka'āina chia a hiki ke hoʻoulu i kahi hue huele i ka hopena hopena o nā mea i kāluaʻia, akā ua maʻalahi ka maka i nā meaʻai i hanaʻia me ke kokoleka.
ʻO kekahi hoʻohana nui o nā huaʻania chia,ʻo ia nō ka hoʻohanaʻana iā lākou e nakinaki i ka "pōkole" a me nā pākokiʻinoʻino ma mua, ma mua aʻe o ka'ūpuni, kahi mea e hoʻolako ai i ka meaʻai maikaʻi a me ka mana paʻa.
Hiki maikaʻi keʻano o nā hua kanuʻo chia i ka hoʻohanaʻana, inā loaʻa. Hiki iāʻoe ke'ōniʻoniʻo i nā huaʻano chia a pau me ka mīkini paʻakai a me ka mea holoi mīkini pale paha, aiʻole e hiki iāʻoe keʻimi i nā kumulāʻau chia mua, aiʻole kaʻai chia, i loaʻa mai i nā koho koho.
Akā, eʻikeʻoe, heʻoi aku ka pōkole o kēlā me ka chia ma mua o nāʻanoʻano a pau, a pono e mālamaʻia i loko o kahi pahu pale-kahi kūpono i ka pahu fri.
Hiki i nā hua Chia ke hana nui me heʻano mānoanoa, e hoʻonui i ka pulu i ka lane, i ka ulana pale, a me nā wāwae i ka huiʻana i loko o ka wai. E hoʻomoʻa i nā huaʻania chia i kou mau'alama, ka oatmeal, a me ka bola o ka meaʻai no kahi mea hou o ka crunch. ʻO kēia mau hua liʻiliʻi he meaʻai pono i kāuʻai, ke kaenaʻana i ka nui o nā fiber, protein, omega-3 s, a me ka calcium.