poi is a food

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.

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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

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.

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%