3. is a solid food and looks like
paste.
Made from the potato shaped,
underground part of the
plant.
is grown all around the
world, but only Hawaiians
make out of it.
4. Poi was made from breadfruit, sweet potato or banana
as well as taro.
Ripe bananas or cooked breadfruit were soft enough to
mash with the fingers.
Sweet potato poi was made by mashing cooked sweet
potato with the fingers, then a wooden spatula was
used to mix in water to achieve a smooth paste.
Sweet potato poi soured quickly and the sweet potato
paste could not be stored long term as taro poi.
5. poi is
an acquired taste.
It's also known for
various health benefits.
Many Hawaiian babies
eat poi as their first
solid food.
7. is a that is low
in fat and .
It contains several
important vitamins,
including vitamin
B, , and
.
It's also low in
even lower than rice!
Taro is low in fat, high in
vitamin A, and abounds
in complex
carbohydrates.
Poi has been used as
a or
for babies.
It contains no , and
as such is safe for
ingestion by people with
or
8.
9.
10. To prepare poi, the
taro was first washed
and cooked in an imu.
This cooked taro was
peeled or scraped using
shell scrapers or stone
flakes.
It could be eaten at
this stage or sliced and
dried in the sun and
preserved.
11. Sitting on the ground at
one end of a pounding
board, kneeling over or
with legs straddling either
side of the board, the
pounder began with a pile
of cooked taro on his right
and a bowl of water on his
left.
Handfuls of water kept
the board and stone
pounder moist as taro was
added to the board and
pounded into a paste with
short, quick strokes.
12. If the poi was to be
stored or transported
else where, it was made
with very little water.
The stiff paste was
stored in large covered
bowls or tied up in ti
leaf bundles.
13. Poi was served in
bowls and eaten with
one or two fingers.
Hawaiians preferred
the sour taste of aging
poi left sitting a day or
two.
14.
15. Amounts of per 100grams
Calories 112 % Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.1 g 0%
Saturated fat 0 g 0%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.1 g
Monounsaturated fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 mg 0%
Sodium 12 mg 0%
Potassium 183 mg 5%
Total Carbohydrate 27 g 9%
Dietary fiber 0.4 1%
Sugar 0.4 g
Protein 0.4 g 0%
Vitamin A 1% Vitamin C 6%
Calcium 1% Iron 4%
Vitamin D 0% Vitamin B-6 15%
Vitamin B-12 0% Magnesium 6%
