'OhiʻaʻAi (Hawaii Mountain Apples)

ʻO ka'ohiʻaʻai, heʻulaʻula, heʻano momona, maikaʻi loa aʻoluʻolu loa. Ma Hawaiʻi , kahi i ulu nui ai lākou, uaʻikeʻia lākou he mau'ōlaʻa mauna. Ma nā wahi'ē aʻe o ka Pākīpika,ʻikeʻia lākou he mau'āpana Malay.

Hāʻalo lākou i kaʻulaʻulaʻeleʻele i ka ulaʻulaʻulaʻeleʻele. He makahena lākou, ākea paha (keʻike wau iā lākou heʻoi aku kaʻano o ka naʻau, akā, he aloha wau), a i ka wā i hala, hiki lākou keʻano i nā wahi āpau.

He aha ka mea a'Ohiʻa eʻai ai?

Pili kekahi poʻe i ko lākouʻano, keʻono a me keʻano o ka'ōlaʻi e like me ka'ōlaʻi-like, e like me ko lākou lanu. He nani ka nani o'Ohiʻaʻai, e like me ka'ōlaʻi maikaʻi i'ōwiliʻia, akā,ʻo ko lākou momona aloha, akā, ʻanoʻanoʻeleʻele paha ka nui o ka'ōleʻa Peke piha ma mua o nā'ōpala a pau aʻu iʻai iho ai. ʻO ke kīʻaha hoʻi, heʻono māmā a me kaʻono keʻokeʻoʻaʻole i pili i ka mea nāna iʻai i ka pua aʻelua paha i ko lākou manawa. Ma loko o nāʻiliʻeleʻele he mīlū, heʻulu o kaʻaila i hoʻomaopopo i nā poʻe he nui ...ʻoe, kohoʻia eʻoe: pears. Aia ka waenakonu o ka 'ohiʻa' ai, heʻeleʻele. Makemake wau e mālama i nā hua'ōmaʻa, akāʻo ka'ōhua'ohiʻa eʻoi aku ka nui o nā lā luaʻoi aʻe ma mua o nā mea'ē aʻe (aʻaʻole,ʻaʻoleʻoe eʻai ia mau mea).

'Oheaʻo'Ohiʻa 'ʻai Mai?

ʻO nā'Ohiʻa 'ai lāʻau (inoa scientifically Syzygium malaccense ) i laweʻia mai i nā mokupuni e nā poʻe Polynesian noho mai Malaysia. Ua hoʻohanaʻia ka wahie no ka hanaʻana a me ka hua no kaʻaiʻana a me ka wai.

Aia nā lāʻau i kaʻohana myrtle, pili i guava a me eucalyptus. ʻO nā pua pua a me nā hua hua e ulu mai ma nā wahi wale nō o nā lālā, akā ma luna o ke kaʻa. ʻO kahi lāʻau i piha i ka hua memela he mea kupaianaha ia. Ua like ka nui o nā lāʻau plums,ʻo kēia mau lāʻau keʻano o ka hua o nā mea kanu, aʻo ia mau hua e like me nā mea ulu.

Auhea e hiki ai iaʻu ke kuai i ka ohiʻa ai?

Hāʻawā nuiʻia ka'Ohiʻaʻai i nā makama'āina, nā kūlana mahiʻai, a me nā lawaiʻa hanohano o ke alanui ma Hawaii i loko o ka hapa nui o ke kauwela a hāʻule. Ke ulu nei nā kumulāʻau i nā ululaau pālahalaha a me nā awāwa liʻiliʻi ma kaʻaoʻao haʻahaʻa o nā mokupuni Hawaiʻi. He mau lāʻau kanu maʻamau ia ma nā mokupuni a i ka wā e ulu ai ka hua, hāʻawi pinepineʻia nā hua'ōlelo i nā hoa aloha a me nā hoalauna. ʻOiai, e like me ka mea i'ōleloʻia ma luna nei,ʻo ka hua ma luna o ka lāʻau e ulu i nā mea a pau i ka manawa hoʻokahi, he mea hoʻopunipuni no ka hale hoʻokahi e mālama (ua like lākou me ka zucchini Hawaiʻi i kēlāʻano!). Hoʻomoʻa pinepineʻiaʻo'Ohiʻaʻai, akā, hiki ke hoʻomaloʻoʻia a paʻiʻia paha.

ʻO nā'ōleʻa o ka lau e mauʻiliʻeleʻele pepa. ʻOiai,ʻo ko lākouʻili iʻoi aku ka lahilahi ma mua o ka pepa. ʻO lākou wale nō ka manaʻo o kaʻili. ʻO ko lākou kūʻoleʻana,ʻo ia hoʻi,ʻo kaʻaihue ka mea e pono ai ka lawelawe ponoʻana. Hana nui. ʻO ka hoʻokuʻiʻana i kekahi i loko o kahiʻeke ma ka hoʻiʻana i ka home mai ka mākeke mahiʻai e hiki ke hana i ka hōʻeha a me ka pupule i nā mea maikaʻi.

ʻO ko lākouʻano haʻalulu,ʻo ia nō, kahi o kā lākou hoʻopiʻi kū'ē. Me he mea hikiʻole paha ke hoʻokuʻuʻia i ka'āina. ʻO ia ka mea e 'ohiʻaʻi ai i kaʻokoʻa.

Hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa iā lākou ma kahiʻoihana mahiʻai ma Hawaiʻi nei, ma ka moku nuiʻo Hawaiʻi .

Peheaʻoe eʻai ai i ka'ohiʻaʻai?

E mālama maikaʻi i nā'ālika o ka puʻu aʻike i keʻano o nā lā he mau lā wale nō (i ka nui) ma mua o ka hoʻokomoʻana i nā kikowaena. E hoʻolalelale iā lākou ma mua o kaʻaiʻana a leʻaleʻa i ka meaʻai.