Ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Baoshan, ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Tengchong, ma ka moku ʻo Yunnan, hoʻomaka ka poʻe he nui i ko lākou lā me kahi pola o ka pea porridge. ʻAʻole wale ka pea porridge e hoʻomāʻona i nā ʻono o ka poʻe Tengchong akā ke hoʻolaha nei hoʻi i ka moʻomeheu meaʻai o kēia ʻāina.
He ʻano gula ko ka porridge pea Tengchong a he ʻano palupalu. I ka ʻai ʻana, e ʻō i kahi punetune o ka porridge gula ma luna o kahi pōpō noodles laiki, e kāpīpī me ka ʻaila chili ʻala, a kāpīpī me nā scallions hou i ʻoki ʻia a me nā pīni i kuʻi ʻia. I kou kāwili ʻana, e lele ana ke ʻala o nā pīni, nā scallions, a me ka ʻaila ma ka lewa. ʻO kona ʻano laumania a me kona waihoʻoluʻu ʻōlinolino he mea hoʻoinu wai waha.
ʻO nā mea hana no ka porridge pea he wai a me ka pi wale nō, akā ʻaʻole maʻalahi ke kaʻina hana hoʻomākaukau. ʻO ka mea mua, ua koho ʻia nā pi kiʻekiʻe, ua hoʻomoʻa ʻia, a ua wili pono ʻia. Hoʻohui ʻia ka palaoa pi maikaʻi me ka wai e hana i kahi paʻi mānoanoa iki. A laila hoʻomehana mālie ʻia kēia paʻi i loko o ka ipuhao. I ka piʻi ʻana o ka mahana, hoʻololi ka hoʻoulu mau ʻana i ka paʻi i kahi hui palupalu a palupalu, e hoʻopuka ana i kahi ʻala pī māmā. ʻO ka hope loa, ua hui pū ʻia me nā mea ʻono kūikawā e like me ka ʻaila chili, ka ʻaila pepa Sichuan, ka ʻaila ʻōmole sinapi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, nā pīni i kuʻi ʻia, a pēlā aku, e hōʻike ana i kahi pola o ka porridge pea Tengchong e ʻoluʻolu ai i nā manaʻo i ke kala, ka ʻala, a me ka ʻono.
ʻO ka pī porridge i hana ʻia ma kēia ʻano he ʻono momona akā ʻaʻole momona, me kahi ʻala pī ikaika akā ʻaʻole ikaika loa. Hāʻawi kēlā me kēia nahu i ka ʻano palupalu a palupalu o ka palaoa pī, me he mea lā e hula ana ma ka piko o ke alelo. Hoʻohui nā mea ʻono kūikawā i nā papa o ka ʻono—ka ʻala o ka ʻaila chili, ka manaʻo hoʻomānoino o ka ʻaila pepa Sichuan, a me ka hou o ka ʻaila ʻōmole sinapi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e hana i kahi ʻono poina ʻole.
Nui nā ala e ʻono ai i ka pea porridge. Makemake kekahi iā ia he "maʻemaʻe," me kahi paʻakai wale nō e mālama i kona ʻono mua a ʻono i kona momona mau. Makemake kekahi e hoʻohui i nā mea hoʻohui like ʻole. ʻO ka poʻe akamai i hoʻomaopopo i ke ʻano o ka pea porridge e hoʻokaʻawale i ka porridge i ʻelua ʻāpana: hoʻokahi me nā mea ʻala a hoʻokahi me ka ʻole. I ka ʻai ʻana, ʻohi lākou i nā noodles laiki mai ka ʻaoʻao i kālua ʻia, a inā lilo ia i mea ʻala loa, inu nui lākou mai ka ʻaoʻao i kālua ʻole ʻia—he ʻike leʻaleʻa maoli! Eia kekahi, hiki ke hoʻohui ʻia me nā keke laiki, nā poloka laiki, a i ʻole nā lāʻau palaoa palai, ʻo ia mau mea āpau he ʻono loa. ʻO ke ʻano palupalu akā palupalu o nā lāʻau palaoa palai a i ʻole ke ʻala wela o nā poloka laiki i kālua ʻia, i hui pū ʻia me ka ʻono hou a momona o ka pea porridge, e hoʻomāʻona i kēlā me kēia moemoeā e pili ana i ka meaʻai i hoʻokahi nahu.
Ma Tengchong, ʻaʻole wale ka pī porridge he kīʻaha akā he ʻano nohona. Ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻia ʻo kēlā me kēia kamaʻāina Yunnan e noho mamao ana mai ka home e paʻa ana i kahi pola o ka pī porridge wela i loko o ko lākou puʻuwai. Inā ʻoe e kipa aku iā Tengchong no ka manawa mua, no ke aha e hui pū ʻole ai me ka lehulehu kakahiaka a ʻono i kēia ʻono hoʻoilina o ka nostalgia, e ʻike ana i ka mehana a me nā loina kūloko o ka poʻe Tengchong?
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Mei-13-2026
