Although marae have modern cooking facilities, the hāngi, a traditional way of cooking food in Polynesia, is still used to provide meals for large groups because the food it produces is considered flavourful. The hāngi consists of a shallow hole dug in the ground. A fire is prepared in the hole and stones are placed on the top of it. When the stones are hot the hāngi is prepared for cooking by leaving the hot stones and some of the coals at the bottom of the hole.
The food is placed on top of the stones, the meat first, with the vegetables, such as kumara and potatoes, on top of it. The hāngi is then covered with leaves or mats woven out of flax (or wet sacks) and left to cook. Finally, soil is heaped over the hāngi to keep the heat in.
It looks amazing!!! I really would like to try it. In fact, I have been reading the information and I think that the all culture is so cool ... great topic, congrats! (Melissa Perez)
ResponderEliminarI would like eat this food only for to be exotic, but before I want know of that animal is the meat?
ResponderEliminar(Andrés Hernández)
HI,
ResponderEliminarthanks,for the comments... in our presentation maybe we will have a real dish of the maori food and we will explain to you where it is from.
Hangi is a special way of cooking food under the ground using red hot rocks and steam.
ResponderEliminarVolcanic rocks which are light and easy to heat get heated on a pile of burning wood.
(Lady D. Yaya M.)
I am the people who likes eat other types of food because the food are an important part of the culture in the countries and is very delicious for example the Chinese food
ResponderEliminarDaniel Lopez