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Muka is prepared fibre of New Zealand flax (Māori: harakeke). [1] Prepared primarily by scraping, pounding and washing, it is a key material in Māori traditional textiles where it is usually used in tāniko or twined weaving. Some varieties produce different grades or quality of muka that result in characteristics such as strength, whiteness ...
Kaitaka are cloaks of finely woven muka (Phormium tenax) fibre. [31] Kaitaka are among the more prestigious forms of traditional Māori dress. They are made from muka (flax fibre), which is in turn made from those varieties of Phormium tenax that yield the finest quality fibre characterised by a silk-like texture and rich golden sheen. Kaitaka ...
The traditional weaving material is muka, fibre prepared from the New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax) by scraping, pounding and washing. The muka fibre was dyed using natural dyes . There has been a resurgence of tāniko and other Māori cultural practices starting in the 1950s and as part of the broader Māori Renaissance .
Kuih seri muka (Jawi: سري موک ) , sri muka or putri salat (lit. ' pretty face cake ') is a Banjarese and Malay two-layered dessert with steamed glutinous rice forming the bottom half and a green custard layer made with pandan juice (hence the green colour). [1] Coconut milk is a key ingredient in making this kue. It is used to impart ...
Quizlet made its first acquisition in March 2021, with the purchase of Slader, which offered detailed explanations of textbook concepts and practice problems, and eventually incorporated it into its paid platform, Quizlet Plus. [20] [21] [22] In November 2022, Quizlet announced a new CEO, Lex Bayer, the former CEO of Starship Technologies. [23]
In contrast to the anthropological treatments of food, the term foodways aims at a highly cross-disciplinary approach to food and nutrition. For example, the refereed journal Food and Foodways, published by Taylor & Francis, is "devoted to publishing original scholarly articles on the history and culture of human nourishment. By reflecting on ...
Really, the bad-for-you-foods we imagine when we think about food processing are actually ultra-processed foods such as frozen pizza, potato chips, ready-made meals, and cookies.
Kuih (Jawi: کوءيه ; Indonesian: kue; derived from the Hokkien and Teochew kueh – 粿) are bite-sized snack or dessert foods commonly found in Southeast Asia and China. It is a fairly broad term which may include items that would be called cakes, cookies , dumplings , pudding , biscuits, or pastries in English and are usually ...