I kēia lā e hele mākou i kahi huakaʻi pōkole a puni ka honua, a ma kēlā me kēia huakaʻi e kali ana mākou no ... kahi mea kupanaha o nā meaʻai kuʻuna kūloko! ʻO ka maikaʻi o ka lele ʻana a puni nā ʻāina a pau o ka honua, e ʻike i nā kamaʻāina, e ʻike i ka ʻuhane o ka ʻāina, e hoʻāʻo i ka meaʻai maoli. No laila, nā mea ʻono meaʻai mai nā wahi like ʻole o ka honua!
ʻO kahi mea ʻai ʻai India mai ka mokuʻāina hikina o Odisha (Orissa). Mai ka ʻōlelo Urdu ua unuhi ʻia ʻo Rasmalai ma ke ʻano he "nectar cream". No ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana, lawe ʻia ka paʻakai paneer India porous, kahi i hoʻomoʻi ʻia i ka ʻaila kaumaha. Hāʻawi mau ʻia ʻo Rasmalai i ke anu; ʻO ke kinamona a me ka saffron, i kāpīpīʻia i kekahi manawa ma luna o ia mea, e hoʻohui i kahi meaʻono kūikawā i ke kīʻaha. Ma muli o ka meaʻai, hoʻohui pū ʻia nā ʻalemona grated, pistachios lepo a me nā hua maloʻo i ka rasmalai.
I ka makahiki 1945, ua holo mua ke kanaka kālai'āina a me ke alakaʻi pūʻali koa ʻo Brigadeiro Eduardo Gómez no ka manawa mua. Ua lanakila kona helehelena maikaʻi i nā puʻuwai o nā wahine Brazilian nāna i hoʻāla kālā no kāna hoʻolaha ma ke kūʻai ʻana aku i kāna mau meaʻai kokoleka punahele. ʻOiai ua lilo ʻo Gomez i ke koho balota, ua kaulana ka lole a ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ma muli o Brigadeiro. E like me ka truffle kokoleka, hana ʻia nā brigadeiros mai ka waiū condensed, ka pauka koko a me ka pata. ʻOlokaʻa ʻia nā pōpō palupalu a momona i nā lāʻau kokoleka liʻiliʻi.
Pono ʻo Kanada i ka makana no ka mea ʻai meaʻai maʻalahi loa o ka honua! Hoʻomākaukau nui ʻia nā toffees haʻahaʻa a me ka momona i ka manawa mai Pepeluali a ʻApelila. ʻO ka hau a me ka maple syrup wale nō kāu e pono ai! Lawe ʻia ka syrup i kahi ʻeha, a laila ninini ʻia i ka hau hou a maʻemaʻe. ʻO ka paʻakikī, lilo ka syrup i lollipop. kula haʻahaʻa!
ʻO ka ʻono hikina kaulana loa paha i hoʻāʻo ʻia e ka palaualelo! A ʻoiai ʻaʻole maopopo ka moʻolelo maoli o baklava, ua manaʻo ʻia ua hoʻomākaukau mua ʻia e ko ʻAsuria i ka kenekulia 8 BC. Hoʻohana ka poʻe Ottoman i ka meaʻai, hoʻomaikaʻi iā ia i ka mokuʻāina i loaʻa ai ka ʻono i kēia lā: ʻo nā ʻāpana lahilahi o ka paila palaoa filo, kahi i hoʻomoʻa ʻia nā hua ʻoki ʻia i ka syrup a i ʻole ka meli. I ka wā kahiko, ua manaʻo ʻia he leʻaleʻa, hiki ke loaʻa wale i ka poʻe waiwai. A hiki i kēia lā, ma Turkey, ʻike ʻia ka ʻōlelo: "ʻAʻole wau i waiwai nui e ʻai i ka baklava i kēlā me kēia lā."
No Peru ke kīʻaha. ʻO ka ʻōlelo mua ʻana o ia mea ua kākau ʻia i ka makahiki 1818 ma ka New Dictionary of American Cuisine (New Dictionary of American Cuisine), kahi i kapa ʻia ai ʻo "Royal Delight mai Peru." ʻO ka inoa pono'ī i unuhiʻiaʻo "ka kanikau o ka wahine" -ʻo ia ke kani āu e hana ai ma hope o kaʻonoʻana i ka leʻaleʻa Peruvian! Hoʻokumu ʻia ka mea ʻai ma luna o "manjar blanco" - ka waiu keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo (ma Sepania he blancmange) - a laila hoʻohui ʻia ka meringue a me ke kinamona lepo.
A eia kahi ʻāina ʻē aʻe mai Tahiti mamao, kahi o ke kauwela mau loa a me nā niu! Eia naʻe, ʻo ka niu i loko o ka Poi kekahi o nā mea nui. ʻO ka mea maʻamau, hāʻawi ʻia ka mea ʻai i ʻōwili ʻia i ka ʻili maiʻa a kālua ʻia ma ke ahi ola. Hiki ke hana ʻia ka poi me nā hua a pau i hui ʻia i loko o ka puree, mai ka maiʻa a i ka mango. Hoʻohui ʻia ʻo Cornstarch i ka puree hua, kālua ʻia, a hoʻopaʻa ʻia me ka ʻaila niu.