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Chop suey (usually pronounced / ˈ tʃ ɒ p ˈ s uː i /) is a dish from American Chinese cuisine and other forms of overseas Chinese cuisine, generally consisting of meat (usually chicken, pork, beef, shrimp or fish) and eggs, cooked quickly with vegetables such as bean sprouts, cabbage, and celery, and bound in a starch-thickened sauce.
The Tongan, Tahitian, and Samoan variants are essentially identical in that the raw fish is briefly marinated in lemon or lime juice until the surface of the flesh becomes opaque. The fish is then mixed with coconut milk and diced vegetables (most commonly cucumber, tomato, carrots, onion, green onion, and spicy peppers).
The cuisines of Oceania include those found on Australia, New Zealand, and New Guinea, and also cuisines from many other islands or island groups throughout Oceania. Since the region of Oceania consists of islands, seafood is a prominent part of the diet, with vegetables such as potatoes , sweet potato , taro and yams being the main starch.
In Japanese Chinese cuisine, the dish kani-tama (かに玉 or 蟹玉) is similar, using crab meat instead of ham or other meats. Egg foo yung or kani-tama on plain rice draped with thick savory sauce is called Tenshin-han (天津飯, Tianjin rice ), even though no such dish is known in the actual Chinese city of Tianjin .
In the waters in and around New Zealand, 77 living species of crabs (and 10 species of crab-like Anomura) have been recorded, along with a further 24 species of fossil crabs (marked with an obelisk). [1] Of the extant crabs, 37 are endemic to New Zealand (marked in boldface).
Sina and the Eel is a myth of origins in Samoan mythology, which explains the origins of the first coconut tree. [1] In the Samoan language the legend is called Sina ma le Tuna. Tuna is the Samoan word for 'eel'. [2] The story is also well known throughout Polynesia including Tonga, Fiji and Māori in New Zealand. [3]
In New Zealand there are more than 60 known species of hermit crab, [5] predominantly found along the coastline in tidal rock pools and estuaries. [10] Pagurus novizealandiae is mainly found in the intertidal zones right throughout both the North and South Island, however this species is mostly found in the South Island, or on the Auckland Islands 465 km south-east of New Zealand.
Cyclograpsus lavauxi is a small, temperate crab in the Grapsidae family. [2] The adult males average 28 mm and females average 26 mm. [1] The shell, or carapace, is polished [3] and is wider than it is long. [4]