Food is vital in our world because in order to live we need to eat. Modern food today is very diverse from the way we prepared and cooked dishes from back then, foods we ate in the past is the same foods we eat now but enhanced. We often use food as a way to be social or have social gatherings. Many families get together and bring food that has an importance to their culture. Food recipes are generally passed down from generation to generation. The recipes usually stay the same but people will tweak the recipes to their own liking. I found two food that has rich cultural in hawii and they are poke bowl and Spam. The Hawaii Poke bowl originated in Hawaii. The poke bowl consists of Raw seafood, vegetables, rice and seasonings. Most people will
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The dish name is Poke because the word Poke means sliced or cut and the bowl consist of raw fish that is sliced or cut into smaller pieces. In Hawaii, the cubed fish is eaten either on its own or over a bowl of sushi rice henceforth the bowl part of the name. It is seasoned with sesame oil and soy sauce. It is what Hawaiian’s eat at almost every social gathering. Local natives will say you can’t have a party without it. Distinctive food landscape, and poke, a product of the indigenous native Hawaiian culture, is one of the most favorite menu items. It is so popular in Hawaii that you will find it in every grocery store or deli counter. Because Hawaii is surrounded by water seafood is a big part of Hawaiians lives. The Poke was founded by Native Hawaiians centuries ago. …show more content…
The original SPAM came out in 1937, and since then there have been 10 additional flavors that have been added to the SPAM family. There are approximately 6 million cans of SPAM eaten each year in Hawaii only. This averages around 5 cans per person in Hawaii. The Hawaiian people eat so much spam that the store limit how many spams you can buy. Stores limit the people to 5 cans or stores will have a shortage. People who are not raised or live in Hawaii wonder why Hawaiians are so fond of SPAM and have questions like isn’t this a poor man’s food? Doesn’t if taste bad? Research shows there are 3 reasons why Hawaiians really love SPAM. There is a long history involving SPAM and Hawaii as follows: There was a large military presence in Hawaii, after World War II. There were many soldiers that had to eat every day, and it was the responsibility of the government to ensure they were fed. However, it was extremely difficult to get fresh meat out to Hawaii. So, the soldiers ended up being fed a lot of SPAM. SPAM is cheap and non-perishable, it is canned and basically has not expiration date, it lasts for many, many years. Spam was a way to stay fed just like Bread was in Florentine (Arund the Tuscan Table pg 64)( There were so many cans of SPAM shipped to Hawaii to feed the soldiers that many of the cans ended up being sold in stores to non- military citizens. At this same time, Hawaii had a large
The dish name is Poke because the word Poke means sliced or cut and the bowl consist of raw fish that is sliced or cut into smaller pieces. In Hawaii, the cubed fish is eaten either on its own or over a bowl of sushi rice henceforth the bowl part of the name. It is seasoned with sesame oil and soy sauce. It is what Hawaiian’s eat at almost every social gathering. Local natives will say you can’t have a party without it. Distinctive food landscape, and poke, a product of the indigenous native Hawaiian culture, is one of the most favorite menu items. It is so popular in Hawaii that you will find it in every grocery store or deli counter. Because Hawaii is surrounded by water seafood is a big part of Hawaiians lives. The Poke was founded by Native Hawaiians centuries ago. …show more content…
The original SPAM came out in 1937, and since then there have been 10 additional flavors that have been added to the SPAM family. There are approximately 6 million cans of SPAM eaten each year in Hawaii only. This averages around 5 cans per person in Hawaii. The Hawaiian people eat so much spam that the store limit how many spams you can buy. Stores limit the people to 5 cans or stores will have a shortage. People who are not raised or live in Hawaii wonder why Hawaiians are so fond of SPAM and have questions like isn’t this a poor man’s food? Doesn’t if taste bad? Research shows there are 3 reasons why Hawaiians really love SPAM. There is a long history involving SPAM and Hawaii as follows: There was a large military presence in Hawaii, after World War II. There were many soldiers that had to eat every day, and it was the responsibility of the government to ensure they were fed. However, it was extremely difficult to get fresh meat out to Hawaii. So, the soldiers ended up being fed a lot of SPAM. SPAM is cheap and non-perishable, it is canned and basically has not expiration date, it lasts for many, many years. Spam was a way to stay fed just like Bread was in Florentine (Arund the Tuscan Table pg 64)( There were so many cans of SPAM shipped to Hawaii to feed the soldiers that many of the cans ended up being sold in stores to non- military citizens. At this same time, Hawaii had a large