ʻOiai he ʻoiaʻiʻo ka paʻakikī ʻana o ka kuke ʻana i ka ʻeke lacquered Pākē kaulana a koi ʻia i kekahi mau mea i ʻole i loko o kahi lumi kuke, pono mākou e poina i ka manaʻo he paʻakikī ka hana o nā meaʻai Kina. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā pā i ka Pākē Hawaiʻi ʻaʻole lākou e koi i nā ʻanuʻu a i ʻole nā lako pono piha. ʻO ka maʻalahi ka mea huna o ka meaʻai Kina, kahi meaʻai i hoʻokumu ʻia ʻekolu ala kuke:
El pūlehu ʻia. ʻAʻole ia e hoʻomoʻa ʻia nā ʻohana Kina āpau ma ka home, he ʻano kuke kuke kēia no nā hale ʻaina, ʻo ia hoʻi nā mea i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ka gastronomy Cantonese. I ka hoʻomoʻa ʻia i nā mea āpau āpau i marino ma mua a ma hope e hele lākou i ka umu a i ʻole ka pā ma ka wela pono. Pēlā e mālama ai nā mea hana i kā lākou wai momona, no ka mea huli lākou mau a ʻo kēlā mau ʻāpana me ka ʻili, moa a moa paha, no ka mea laʻana, crunchy. ʻO kekahi ʻano kuke kuke ʻē aʻe i ka meaʻai Kina ka paila, ʻo ia hoʻi, kuke i ka meaʻai i ka wai paila akā me ka ʻole o ka hana ʻino. ʻO ia, hoʻohana ka meaʻai Kina i ka wai paila akā ʻaʻole i kahi baila pahū. Eia hou, he ʻanuʻu hoʻokahi wale nō kēia i ka kuke ʻana no ka mea he mea ʻē aʻe ka meaʻai ma mua o ka hiki ʻana i ka papa.
A ʻo ka hopena, i ka gastronomy Pākē aia kāwili ʻana me ka momona liʻiliʻi a ʻaʻole wela nui loa. Hoʻokiʻoki ʻia nā mea hana i nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi, nā mea kanu, a me nā ʻiʻo e like me ka moa a me ka iʻa. ʻO ka ʻaoʻao e hōʻike ʻia i ka ʻaina ʻaina e palai mua ʻia a laila ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻoiai ma kēia ʻano e hoʻohana ʻia ka aila maʻemaʻe. Ma hope wale nō e hoʻohui ʻia nā sausa.
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