ʻOiaiʻo ka maiʻaʻaʻole he'ōiwi i ka Caribbean, ua hāʻawi nā mokupuni i kahi kūnoho kūpono no ka uluʻana. Ua hoʻolako nā meaʻimi Spaniana i ka hua i ka wahi, a ua lilo ia i mea nui o kaʻai Karipiano. Aia nā haneli haneli he nui, aʻaiʻia i kēlā me kēia o ka wā o ka hana. Eia ka mea e pono aiʻoe eʻike i ke kūʻaiʻana a me kaʻaiʻana i ka maiʻa.
Nā Pānaʻi Hua
Aia he mau haneli o nāʻano maiʻa, akā aia wale nō kahi mea koho i loaʻa ma kāu hale kūʻai.
ʻO ka wana he kumu nui o ka fiber, potassium, a me ka huamaila C. Eʻike pahaʻoe i ka Cavendish. Eia ka wikiwiki wikiwiki o nāʻano pānahana kūʻai i kūʻaiʻia:
Cavendish: ʻO kēia ka peʻawa maʻamau aʻoi aku a me kahi āu i maʻa mua. ʻO ka ākea ākea o kēiaʻano paila mai ke kumu o kona ola lōʻihi a me ke kū'ēʻana i ka maʻi. Hiki iāʻoe ke hana wale i kekahi mea me kēia maiʻa: eʻai ia meaʻala, pāloi, hanaʻia, pāwiliʻia, a pēlā aku.
Manzana: ʻO kēia maiʻa ka liʻiliʻi aʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o Cavendish. I kekahi manawa i kapaʻiaʻo ia he'alanaʻaina. Aia he'ōlaʻauʻalalā me kahi hōʻailona o ka'ōpala a iʻole ka rīkiō ma ke kua. ʻO ka hanaʻana ke kali a hiki i ka hoʻomakaʻana o kaʻili e hōʻike i nā wahiʻeleʻele ma mua o kaʻaiʻana. He meaʻono ka meaʻaiʻo Manzanas akā hiki ke hoʻokuʻuʻia aʻokiʻia i loko o nāʻaʻa.
Nā Baby Bananas: ʻO kēia mauʻano e like me nāʻano liʻiliʻi o Cavendish.
Uaʻono lākou a ua hiki ke hoʻomākaukauʻia i like me Cavendish. ʻO ka liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi e hoʻolālā ia no kahi pākeke flambé.
ʻO ka'ōleʻa ula: ʻO kahi panana maikaʻi kēia. ʻO kaʻili o kaʻiliʻulaʻula ka maka o ka maka, a heʻona kaʻiʻo i loko a heʻono hoʻi me ka hume o ka'ōleʻa. ʻO ka maiʻa ma nā inoa he nui e like me Jamaican Red, Cuban Red, aiʻole Indio.
He meaʻono ia eʻono ai i kaʻiliahi aiʻole i hoʻohuiʻia i loko o ka smoothies.
ʻO Burro Bananas: ʻO kēiaʻano maiʻa heʻano likeʻole. I kekahi manawa ua kapaʻia lākou he bana pōpō. Ua liʻiliʻi lākou aʻoi aku ka nui aʻoi aʻe ma mua o Cavendish. Eʻohi lākou i kahi'āpana no ka meaʻoi aku ka momona inā eʻai iā lākou i ke kuke aiʻole e kuke.
Plantains:ʻO nā mea kanu i pili i ka maiʻa, akā uaʻaiʻia ma kahi'ē aʻe. He kūlana kiʻekiʻe ko lākou a ke kukeʻia ma mua o kaʻaiʻana iā lākou, a ma ka wā lōʻihi loa.
Nā Kūlana o Ripili
E hōʻoʻo paha iʻole aiʻoleʻaʻole, hiki keʻaiʻia ka maiʻa ma nā pae a pau o kaʻoihana.
Green: ʻAe, hiki iāʻoe keʻai i ka maiʻa uliuli. Ke kūpaʻa nei lākou, ka maloʻo, aʻaʻole maikaʻi nāʻano o kaʻaila. He paʻakikī ka paʻakikīʻana a heʻano like me ka peeling o kahi mea kanu . Hoʻomoʻa pinepineʻia ka'ōmaʻa maʻemaʻe i nā puʻu a me nā kapuaʻi, aiʻole i kohuaʻia a lawelaweʻia e like me ka hua a me nā huaʻaila aʻa. No ka māmāʻana i ke kaʻina hana, e kau i ka maiʻa i loko o kahiʻeke pepa me kahi'ōlaʻa.
Greenish-Yellow: I kēia manawa, uaʻeleʻele ka maiʻa a hiki ke maʻa. Aia kahi momona i kaʻai pono. Hiki iāʻoe ke loʻi, ka maloʻo, ka pulu, ka'ōpala paha i ka maiʻa i kēia wā.
Yellow: ʻO ke kaʻina kēia i ka pauʻana o ka maiʻa. Hoʻomaka ka maiʻa e hoʻomalulu akā paʻa mau konaʻano.
Hiki keʻono a momona me he panana. ʻO ka hapanui e hauʻoli ana i kaʻaiʻana i ka hua'ōmaʻomaʻo aiʻole i loko o nā huamoa hua i kēia manawa, akā hiki ke hoʻokuʻuʻia, hōʻinoʻia, aʻokiʻia aʻokiʻia i loko o nā meaʻai. No ka ho'ēmiʻana i ke kaʻina hana, hiki iāʻoe ke waiho i ka maiʻa i loko o ka friji no kekahi mau lā. Māloli paha nāʻili i ka'ōleʻele, akā,ʻo ka hua i loko e paʻa mau aʻoluʻolu.
Kōleʻele me nā wahi'ōmaʻomaʻo: Ma kēia wahi, ua oʻo ka maiʻa. Eʻoi aku ka 'āpana melemele ma mua o ka'ōlena. E lilo ka hua i meaʻoluʻolu a palupalu. ʻO kekahi poʻe e hauʻoli ana i kaʻaiʻana i ka hua'ōkole i kēia wā, akāʻo ka mea kūpono ia no nā smoothies, nā puddings, a me nā meaʻai.
ʻO Brown: Ua lilo ka maiʻa i overripe keʻano lahilahi. E lilo ana ka hua i meaʻoluʻolu a mahalo nuiʻia. ʻAʻole hiki i nā kānaka heʻai iki i kahi maia i kēia manawa, akā, makemake mau kekahi poʻe.
I ka loaʻaʻana o kahi maiʻa i kēia māhele, e ho'āʻo e hoʻohana me ka smoothies, ka lulu, a me nā meaʻai.