Mai nā wā kahiko loa a hiki i kēia lā, ʻo kekahi o nā moemoeā nui o ke kanaka e aʻo pehea e mālama ai i ka meaʻai i ka wā hiki loa. I ka wā kahiko, pili pono ke ola i kēia mau mākau, a i kēia lā ʻaʻole pono ka mālama ʻana i nā meaʻai i ka hoʻonele kālā, akā hiki nō hoʻi ke hoʻoweliweli i ke olakino. ʻAe, he mea ʻoluʻolu ʻole ka lāʻau make ʻana, akā, eia naʻe, ʻaʻole kākaʻikahi.
ʻO ke ala mua loa o ka mālama ʻana i ka meaʻai, i haku ʻia e ko mākou mau kūpuna mamao, he maʻalahi loa - e hoʻomaloʻo ia. ʻO nā mea kanu maloʻo, nā lau, nā hua a me nā meaʻai i mālama ʻia no kekahi mau mahina ma hope o ka hana ʻana, ʻo ia hoʻi ua hāʻawi lākou i ka poʻe i ka meaʻai i nā mahina hoʻoilo a me nā wā o ka holo ʻana o ka hopu holoholona.
I India kahiko, ma muli o ke kiʻekiʻe o ka wai a me nā kiʻekiʻe o ke ao, ʻaʻole maikaʻi kahi hoʻomaloe ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i nā meaʻai. No laila, ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻekolu kaukani mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua haku nā India i ka hana mua o ka mālama ʻana. He mālama mea ʻala ia, kahi ala maʻalahi, wikiwiki a me ka pono e mālama pono i ka meaʻai no kekahi mau lā i kahi mau mahina. Pepper, ginger, turmeric, and curry were most used as preservative mea ʻala. Pono e hoʻomaopopo ʻia ua hoʻolaha ākea ʻia kēia ala o ka mālama ʻana ma nā wahi ʻilihune o India a ma kekahi mau ʻāina ʻAsia.
Akā ma ʻAigupita, e mālama i nā huahana, ua kau ʻia lākou i loko o kahi amphora a i ʻole jug a ninini ʻia me ka ʻaila ʻoliva. He pōkole loa kēia ʻano o ka mālama ʻana i ka meaʻai, akā hiki iā ʻoe ke mālama i ka ʻono a me ka ʻala o nā huahana kokoke i ko lākou ʻano kumu.
ʻO ka papa aʻe i ka hakakā o ka poʻe no ka palekana o ka meaʻai ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka paʻakai. Aia mākou a pau i nā pickles, Tomato, sauerkraut, a pēlā aku.
ʻO ka mea kupanaha, akā ʻo kekahi o nā mea hoʻoikaika no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā ʻenehana no ka mālama lōʻihi o nā huahana ua lilo i mau kaua he nui. No ka laʻana, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Napoleon i kahi hoʻokūkū kūikawā e hana i ke ala maikaʻi loa e mālama ai i ka meaʻai. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, pono kāna pūʻali i ka meaʻai i ka wā o nā hoʻolaha lōʻihi. Ua lanakila ka ʻepekema Farani ʻo Nicolas Francois Appert i kēia hoʻokūkū. ʻO ia ka mea i hoʻoholo e kau i nā huahana i ka mālama wela a laila hoʻokomo iā lākou i loko o nā pahu hermetically sila.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, he nui nā hana hoʻopunipuni e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻolōʻihi i ka hou o nā huahana, no ka mea, pono ka mea hoʻokipa maikaʻi e ʻike pehea e pale ai i ka spoilage o nā huahana, a, no laila, pono ʻole ka hoʻolimalima. Eia kekahi o kēia mau hana hoʻopunipuni: i mea e pulu ai ka paʻakai, pono ʻoe e hoʻohui i kekahi mau hua raiki a i ʻole kahi mākū liʻiliʻi. ʻO kahi ʻāpana ʻāpala e hoʻolōʻihi i ka hou o ka berena no kekahi mau lā a ʻaʻole e ʻae ia e pala. Pono e mālama ʻia ka tiihi, inā hiki, i loko o kahi pahu plastik, e hoʻokomo i kahi ʻāpana kō i loko. E ʻae kēia iā ʻoe e mālama i ka ʻono o ka cheese no ka manawa lōʻihi. Akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka mālama ʻana i nā mea kanu a me nā huaʻai ma kahi mahana o kahi hoʻohui 1-3 degere.
I kēia mau lā, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka mālama ʻana i ka meaʻai. Aia nā ʻenehana like ʻole o ka canning, pasteurization, freezing, etc. Akā ʻo kēia mau huahana ʻoihana, a pehea e mālama ai i ka meaʻai ma ka home? Maʻaneʻi, hiki mai kahi pahu hau kahiko maikaʻi a me nā mea hou, palekana a maʻalahi hoʻi e hoʻopakele. He akua wale nō kēia no kēlā me kēia wahine hoʻokipa. No ka laʻana, ʻo ka mālama ʻana i ka pasta i loko o kahi pahu plastik kūikawā e hoʻonui nui i ko lākou "ola", ma kahi o kekahi mau mahina - hoʻokahi makahiki holoʻokoʻa. Nui loa, e ʻae ʻoe. A ʻo kēia ka pono o ka ipu plastik.
I kēia lā, ʻo kekahi o nā alakaʻi o ka mākeke i ka hana ʻana i nā ipu plastik ʻo ia ka hui Lūkini "Bytplast", i hana maikaʻi ʻia mai ka makahiki 2000. Ua hāʻawi ʻia nā huahana o kēia hui i ka makana "100 Best Goods of Russia" ma 2006. ʻO ka hui o ka hui "Bytplast" aia ma mua o ʻelua haneli mau huahana. He mau ipu kūpono loa kēia no ka mālama ʻana i nā cereals a me nā huahana nui, nā lemona a me nā aniani, nā mea ʻaila compact a me nā kīʻaha cheese, nā ipu no ka friji a me ka umu microwave, nā waihona puke, nā ʻano kīʻaha plastik a me nā mea hou aku. A i kēia mau lā, ua hōʻike ʻia kahi pūʻulu hou o nā ipu "Phibo– E ʻai ma ka home", kahi papahana hui o ka hui "Bytplast" a me "Eat ma ka home!", i ka manaʻo o nā mea kūʻai.
Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā ipu Bytplast e kahi hoʻolālā ʻālohilohi o kēia manawa, ʻo ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe a ʻae iā ʻoe e hoʻonui i ke ola o ka papa a me ka hou o nā huahana e 3-4 mau manawa. Me nā huahana o ka hui "Bytplast" hale mālama hale e lilo i mea leʻaleʻa maoli!