Hawaiian Culture Video: The Tradition of Poi Making
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- čas přidán 4. 07. 2024
- Few things are as sacred to Hawaiian people as taro. Historically, most families grew taro in their backyards, pounding it into poi by hand. Modern life is very different, but Hawaiians still love poi-even if they don’t grow it themselves. Watch how it was done in the olden days.
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I’m from Hawaii and was introduced to poi when I was 3months old w/ a little sugar. As I grew up I started loving it more fresh and grainier and tart. Absolutely no sugar and a few days old!!! Sour poi and lomi salmon w/ a choke fat lau lau is my go to!!! But gotta admit, I still buy 4-6 taro pies from McDonald’s 😂😂😂😂
Same preparation as African swallows. For swallows, the starch/ root is steamed and then pounded, with water added. Beautiful to see similar preparations around the world.
Kalo (taro) is extremely important to the Native Hawaiian people. It is our creationist story, our genesis, from this plant grew the Hawaiian people:
Wakea and Papahanaumoku had a beautiful daughter named Ho’ohokulani.
Wakea and Ho’ohokulani together conceived a child, but the child was stillborn.
This child, a son, was named Hāloa. Wrapped in kapa cloth, Hāloa was buried.
As Ho’ohokulani grieved the loss of her son, in time, a plant, Kalo, grew from the grave site.
The Kalo was fragile and tender but also strong and healthy, far reaching and long.
Soon after Ho’ohokuokalani was with child again. This time she gave birth to a healthy baby boy.
The parents called this boy Hāloa for his older brother, the Kalo.
Hāloa was a very important child, for he was the first Hawaiian.
All Hawaiians are his descendants...until the end of time.
0:55 "after a day poi will start to sour", thats the good kine cuz, like John Cruz said in his song "my grandma, she like the poi real sour"
J. Akamu-Adams yes and I think it’s also better for health because it’s fermenting so it has probiotics.
0:48 “add WaTEr”
wheEzE 👏🤣🎧
Wow! It is incredible to find similarities between Poi and the cultural dish "Po'w" or "Achu" from Cameroon's West and Northwest regions. Thanks for sharing. 😍 It must be creamy, and satisfying just like our Po'w!
Im from an Island in the Caribbean (Dominican Republic that is) and we also eat a lot of this food. We also smash it and make a puree. The only difference is that we make if with butter and milk (like a mashed potato) or simply eat it after boiling it. We eat it with any type of meat or fish
Poi looks so beautiful. I live in Canada and will probably never taste it. Such a splendid, sacred food. Aloha to you.
Snodge Kat if u wanna make it, buy big taro root from a Chinese market if U can find one. Taro is also eaten in many asian cultures. That’s probably the closest u can get to the real thing
Taro is the food of us Asian/Pacific Islanders (I am mixed), anyways its a medicinal food and it boost fertility and beauty ;) very good for women's body. Its just that people out side our culture have no clue what that is, but vegetarian dishes runs deep in our Ancient Cultural ways, but you can always get Taro at Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Indian supermarkets. Poi is just one of the many dishes made from Taro, we make cooling desserts too with Taro mixed with Sago palm and coconut milk. The delicious poi is one of many. Try making Poke at home, its very easy ;)
@@rou8390 You can find Taro in Latino stores as well. It's a staple diet in places like Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and even Mexico.
Taro is super common. Basically like cassava or ube or potato in how common it is
Speaking from experience, poi is bland. Remember, it’s just taro root, which is blander than a potato, and water, which (if your local politicians aren’t scumbags) tastes bland as well. I added some sugar to it and it almost made it taste like pudding, though there’s definitely some better ways to flavor it out there. Nonetheless, I didn’t protest when TSA said I couldnt bring it on my flight back.
I'm a Haole from North Carolina but love Hawaiian culture and food and I've liked poi since I was first introduced to it at a luau I attended near the North Shore on my first trip to Hawaii a few years ago.
1:20 - 1:30 You take two fingers... 👀 DAMN! He knows what he's doing!
West African fufu/pounded yam is made through a very similar process!
In the Caribbean we eat a lot of yam too
Taro is news to us mainland but it's a daily food in most other warm weather countries like India.
Hawaii is just one of those tropical places that eat taro.
Indeed, most tropical countries have one or more staple dishes made with Taro roots and leaves. It is popular in Cameroon. We serve the pounded taro pudding with Yellow sauce, meat, and vegetables. It is called "Po'w" or "Achu" depending on the region.
Not so tropical anymore
Love video but it's hilarious when he says water.
I remember when I was young, the local laundromat was owned by an old Hawaiian man. He was really cantankerous and seemed to dislike children in his establishment, no doubt because parents never watched them well enough and let them wreck the place. But I was an alright kid, and he seemed to like me well enough.
Anyways, one day I was with a friend and we popped in after school to visit and say hi. My lips were red because I drank a red Gatorade. He joked and asked if I just got done kissing my boyfriend. Still funny to me. We noticed he was eating something so I asked him what it was. He said poi! Poi? I ain't never heard of it so I was intrigued. Especially because It looked like a strange purple porridge. He asked if I wanted to try some so I gave it a go. It tasted nothing how my young immature palate expected it to. I made a face, then we all had a laugh. I think that was the reaction he was expecting and pushing for, he wouldn't tell me how it tasted before I tried it. I wondered why he ate something that didn't have much taste. Looking back, it seems he had just made that batch because it didn't have any taste of fermentation. Haven't had it since, though I do enjoy cooking with taro. Especially baked treats, I find it really delicious whipped into a custard. Funny how a simple video can being up old memories. And all over a bowl of poi no less!
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I've had it in Hawaii on a visit and fell in love with it. There is a company called Taro that sells powdered taro on Amazon that approximates fresh taro very closly. There's also some Asian stores that might have the fresh frozen in their freezer.
if i ever move to mainland US, im gonna miss getting fresh poi. maybe i'll just grow some in my backyard loi
I had it in Oahu. It's definitely an acquired taste. 😉
Did you try it fresh or sour?
jackass123491 most places have it not fresh which isn’t bad in at all. and it isn’t sour like a warhead. it has like a fermented tang which doesn’t come in until a few seconds of putting it in your mouth
@@urugly5118 I'm from Hawai'i. I love poi fresh or sour but my personal preference is sour poi because of that tang you mentioned. The older the better in my opinion. I buy it fresh and let it age. Just tonight I was saying poi is like wine in that it gets better with age. The reason I asked if she tried it fresh or sour is because some people prefer fresh and some people prefer sour. If she didn't like it fresh then she might like it sour and vice versa.
Cat Woman
to each their own. if you hawaiian or even just from hawaii, we grow up eating poi from baby time
I actually liked it the first time 😂
What a beautiful and educational video! :)
I've never tried poi, but my twin flame is from Hawaii and constantly tells me how much she misses it. Got my hands on some taro root here in my town and can't wait to make some homemade for her. She doesn't think I'll like it, but I want to try it anyway.
Thank you for the brief tutorial. Oloha!
I'm not hawaiian but I can say that looks delicious!
As a mid western guy, I had my first poi in salt lake City Utah with some Hawaiian and Fijian and Samoan friends I met while there. It was heavenly, kinda reminded me of mashed taters but better...also the first time I ever had hog cooked in the ground🥰🥰🥰
I love watching how traditional foods are made.
I really want to go Hawaii and try Poi as well as the craft beer.
I really wanted to try this and I was born in the island of Oahu!
I’ve been eating poi since I was a baby I still love it ! ❤️
What’s the flavor profile
That Scooby Doo movie made this look so good
You should do an updated video...its been years
The video is great and gives a view into traditional culture. Thank you! I haven't seen a tuber that has very low protein. Interesting. I was assuming it was a standard starch with considerable protein.
I'm on a plant based diet now, and eat wheat bread, beans and rice and potatoes.
then Rally ainst trumps nu...
I love taro anything, next time I make poi Imma dip it in lemon and Tamari. I think that would be poi ascension.
I am curious what was the variety of taro that you got a purple corn after steaming it.Thanks
Nope. Real poi is not grainy. You gotta mix it up a lot longer than that brada
Was thinking, He didnt seem Pacific island
Pa' i ai. Poi can be eaten in chunks bradda smh.
He’s Hawaiian through and through. Each Kalo is different, so gotta treat um different every time you kui. Could tell some of the Kalo he wen kui kinda smashed a little too easily-could be the Kalo, could be the cooking time-but it doesn’t make it “fake” poi. He obviously is also giving a short (you could even say condensed) version of the process to allow the guest a snapshot view of it and they did a lot of editing to shorten the video. But just cuz get the little chunks inside, don’t mean it’s not poi.
Yes, I agree wit u, it really takes time to make poi But cmon brada...how can he fit that in a 2 min video hahaha
@@ohreally62 reason the Kalo smashed easily is because it was steamed
wanted to see the whole plant and especially the root.
I am indigenous Montagnard Jarai I
Love Poi we have bean eaten for centuries the stems leaves we make soup so delicious
i totally love poi it’s so good!!! bein Hawaiian Filipino makes me love my cultures so much!! 🤙🏽
Do you speak Tagalog? I want to know more about POI. Is it like mashed cassava with butter?
I had poi at Germaine's Luau on Oahu. It wasn't thrilling but sure was filling
The host looks like my fam doctor
What does it taste like ?
Can someone tell me what the bowl is made from
makes the dough more elastic to make donuts?
I WANNA TRY IT SO BAD
U go cuzin 🤙🏽😎🌺
Omggg i love purple taro 🤤🤤🤤
Can you try PALUSAMI pls that would be nice!...
it's called laulau over there.
I know some of the taro plants can make your throat and tongue itch due to high calcium oxalate, I personally suffered from mild itching when I tried it as a kid. Does this particular type of taro does not have that high level of calcium oxalate then , or they are just cooked (boiled,baked whatever) more thoroughly.? I am curious.
Why is it purple ??? Did they add coloring ???
Sooo basically it's just mashed taro right?
is it probiotic?
Is Poi supposed to be a little sour? I bought some at a food court and it was sour and watery
If you don't mind me asking, is that wooden board you're mashing the poi on, Hawaiian Koa wood? Coming from W. Virginia, I'd love to try some Hawaiian food.
Given the fine grain of the wood, and the color, I would say yes, that very much looks like Koa. I buy pieces of Koa everytime I visit Maui, for making knife handles.
The board he is using (which is called papa kui ai) is most likely made from Mango or Monkey pod, they are the most common types of wood used to make the boards.
How long is it steamed for?
When done in imu, usually 6-8 hrs. Pressure cooker usually 4-5
I just found out today Poi was Gluten free
I got to try some on my trip to Oahu. Dip your pua in your poi my Guide said or in Hawaii they say dip your pu pu in your pi pi
lol Nice. I love it
I wanna try it but sometimes I have problems with texture
I wonder if the taro we grow in Southeast Asia can be grown like that.
Onolicious? Yeeeaa brah
Here from Stardew Valley
Can you make some luau with Montoya please I am a samoan
Jane Ili i am a samoan to but Hawaiian poi looks yummmy.
do you add sugar?
You can, but not usually done.
Some do, but usually not recommended-lol
This almost reminds me of fufu!
both are starches, so that’s probably why they look similar
PAN PAKA PAN!
Nanodesu~
Mmmm... 😘
I would like to buy a board and a stone.
Does it taste like mashed potatoes?
Aloha scooby doo brought me here
Poi
i tired it at a luau, but i found it to be sour. it was a shame because i thought it would’ve been better
@John Kekoa it was edible, but i didn’t love it. i have to tired the sweet version next time.
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Someone Feed Phil brought me here
It’s actually pretty tasty
Bro can you send me some poi serious
He did not explain how to make it
You use two fingers, take it from the center..... Hmmm...x
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This man forgot so much information in this video.
That can be toxic
Can’t tell me Hawaiians don’t descend from west Africans. Poi is just Fu Fu. Just different root vegetable.
butter does the same thing-I won't eat soured butter
oh no-poi is nut Soy____
Mmmm yeah oh no lol
I realize that Poi is very nutritious but after having tried it a few times I'm still not a fan. It is visually unappealing and it's flavour follows suit. #hardpass
it looked disgusting but it probably tasted good
Mya Lackey shut up whitey
Your profile pic looks disgusting you dumb haole
ignore them, you were just stating your honest opinion
wow, where's the spirit of Aloha?
That’s not how you pound poi! City Hawaiians 🤦🏽♂️
I use the same two fingers on my girl that is a friend of mine and I put it my mouth the same way
wow am i Hawaii?
Poi is nasty. That's why you can't find it at Hawaiian BBQ restaurants like L&L BBQ or Ono Hawaiian BBQ. Native Hawaiians may ahve been raised eatting it but Non-Hawaiians do not like the taste.