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Whataroa potato (taewa), an example of a Māori potato. Potatoes originate in the Andes and temperate Chile, and were introduced into Europe in the second half of the 16th century, as part of the Columbian exchange. [7] Māori traditions maintain that taewa were cultivated well before Europeans first visited New Zealand.
Sweet potatoes for sale, Thames, New Zealand. The word "kumara" has entered English from Māori and is widely used, especially in Polynesia. Dutch linguists and specialists in Amerindian languages Willem Adelaar and Pieter Muysken have suggested that the word for sweet potato is shared by Polynesian languages and languages of South America.
It is created by boiling and mashing potatoes, then adding flour and sugar. [4] Māori potatoes (taewa) are commonly used for this purpose. [5] Kūmara, or sweet potatoes, may also be used. [6] The mixture is then allowed to ferment from one to several days, depending on the ambient temperature and humidity. [7]
Boil-up traditionally is a broth/soup made from a balanced combination of meat and bones (e.g. pork), with greens such as pūhā, watercress or cabbage, and kūmara or potatoes, boiled together, along with flour dumplings known as "doughboys". [5] [6]
Northeastern Ohio was originally inhabited by nomadic paleo-Indians who hunted animals like deer, wild turkeys, and bears and gathered plants like nuts and berries. Between the year 1000 and 1600 CE, the indigenous people in the area increasingly lived in villages where they grew plants like corn, squash, and beans.
Taputini, a pre-European cultivar of sweet potato (kūmara) from New Zealand. Sweet potato cultivation in Polynesia as a crop began around 1000 AD in central Polynesia. The plant became a common food across the region, especially in Hawaii, Easter Island and New Zealand, where it became a staple food. By the 17th century in central Polynesia ...
Beer is the most popular alcoholic drink in New Zealand, accounting for 63% of available alcohol for sale. [46] New Zealand is ranked 27th in beer consumption per capita, at around 64.7 litres per person per annum.
In Māori tradition, the canoe Horouta was one of the great ocean-going canoes in which Polynesians migrated to New Zealand approximately 800 years ago.. The story goes that Kahukura, a man from Hawaiki, introduced kūmara (sweet potato), to the locals who had never had anything like it before.