I ka wā e kamaʻilio ai e pili ana i ka hanaʻana a kekahi poʻe kahiko i kāna mau meaʻai, he mea nui eʻike i nā mea i loaʻa iā lākou.
ʻO nā mea kahikoʻo Greek Pantry Staples
ʻOiaiʻo nā meaʻai o Girka kahiko i like i ka mea a mākou eʻai nei i kēia lā,ʻaʻole lākou i hoʻokomo i nā hua'ōlelo Helene maʻamau i kēia lā, e like me nā'ōmato, ka pepa, ka uala, a me ka maiʻa (ka mea i hōʻea mai i Amerika mai ka 15th century). ʻO ka meaʻai maʻamau,ʻo ka hua, ka lemu, nā hua, ka iʻa, ka pāʻani, kaʻaila, a me ka waina.
Ua hele mai nā Lemons, nā huaʻala, ka eggplant, a me ka raiki.
Kāhua'Ōlelo
ʻO nā meaʻai maʻamau i hoʻohanaʻia e nā Ancient Greeks e hōʻiliʻili ana i ka kuha, kaʻaila, ka'ūla, simmering, ka hukiʻana (ma waho o ke ahi welaʻana), kaʻaila, a me ka kukeʻana (i nā umu ahi).
ʻO nā ipu hana mua loa i hanaʻia i ka lepo, a ua hoʻohanaʻia nā ipu hana likeʻole i kēia lā i nā wahi he nui.
Ka mālamaʻana i nā meaʻai
No ka mea, no ka meaʻaʻole i loaʻa ka refrigeration, ma waho o ka kukeʻana, mālama pū nā Helene kahiko i nā meaʻai ma ka puhiʻana, hoʻomaloʻo, mīmū, a me ka waihoʻana i loko o ka paʻakai a me ka momona. Hoʻomoʻa pinepineʻia nā meaʻai me ka hoʻouluʻana o kaʻaila e pale ai.
ʻO wai ka hana?
E like me ka mea i kēia manawa i kēia manawa, aia nā kāne i kaʻaiʻana i nā meaʻai ma nā pūpū aiʻole i nā lanahu, aʻo nā wāhine ke mālama i kaʻai a me ka kukeʻana i ka umu.
I ka hikiʻana mai o ka wā eʻai ai i kaʻai, hoʻonohonohoʻia nā loiloi a me nā loina i nā mea moe i hoʻonohonohoʻia i mua o nā papa haʻahaʻa iʻaiʻia me kaʻai aʻai i loko o keʻano kaiāulu.
No ka mea maʻamau a me keʻano o nā mea'ē aʻe,ʻaʻole i hoʻohanaʻia nā ipu. Pau nā mea a pau me ka lima. ʻO ka berena a ka palaoa i ka papaʻaina awakea - ua hoʻohanaʻia no ke kāpili i nā mīpī liʻiliʻi, e like me kaʻaʻahu e holoi lima ai, ai ka wā i hoʻoleiʻia i ka papahele, hoʻohanaʻia e hānai i nā kauā a i nā'īlio paha.