Hoʻohui maʻamau ka nui o mākou i nā huaʻai me ka ʻono a me nā mea kanu me nā mea ʻono. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole kūlike ka hoʻohālikelike botanical me kēia ʻike. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana inā he hua ʻai, ʻoiaʻiʻo, pili ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kona kumu botanical.
Ma ka ʻōlelo botanical, ʻo ka hua he hale e hoʻohua ai i nā hua i loko. Hana ʻia kēia hana i loko o ka ovary o kahi mea kanu pua. ʻO ka mea ʻē aʻe, loaʻa nā mea kanu mai nā ʻāpana mea kanu like ʻole e like me nā lau, nā aʻa, a me nā ʻōpala, ʻaʻole nā hua e mohala mai nā pua o ka mea kanu.
Hōʻike kēia hiʻohiʻona botanical i kahi ʻoiaʻiʻo kamahaʻo - kekahi mau meaʻai a mākou e hōʻailona maʻamau ai ʻo nā huaʻai, ʻoiaʻiʻo, nā hua! No laila, i ka manawa aʻe e noʻonoʻo ai ʻoe i ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu, e hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole ia e pili ana i ka ʻono wale nō akā i nā hana botanical e hana nei i loko o ka mea kanu.
Hua a i ʻole ka meaʻai?
He mea maʻalahi paha ka nīnau inā he huaʻai paha kekahi mea, akā ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī ma mua o ka mea i ʻike ʻia. Ma nā huaʻōlelo botanical, ʻo ka hua ka ʻāpana o ka mea kanu e hoʻopili ana i kāna mau ʻanoʻano, aʻo ka mea kanu e hoʻopili i kekahi ʻāpana mea kanu hiki ke ʻai koe wale nō kāna hua a me nā ʻanoʻano.
Eia nō naʻe, ua hoʻopili ʻia kēia ʻike botanical i ka makahiki 1893 i ka wā i hui pū ai ka hihia o ka ʻAha Kiʻi. Ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻo John Nix & Co., kahi mea kūʻai kūʻai nui ʻo Manhattan i ka uku ʻai meaʻai i kau ʻia ma nā tōmato Caribbean. Ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻo Nix ʻaʻole pono nā ʻōmato, nā hua botanically, e kū i ka uku mea kanu. ʻOiai ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo botanical, ua hoʻoholo ka ʻaha kūʻē iā Nix, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana ua mālama ʻia nā ʻōmato ma ke ʻano he mea kanu ma ka ʻōlelo maʻamau a me nā ʻano ʻai.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Justice Horace Grey, "Ma ka ʻōlelo botanika, ʻo nā tōmato ka hua o ke kumu waina, e like me nā kukama, nā ʻeke, nā pī, a me nā pī. Akā ma ka ʻōlelo maʻamau o ka poʻe, ʻo nā mea kūʻai aku a i ʻole nā mea kūʻai aku i nā meaʻai, he mau mea kanu kēia a pau.
Mai ia manawa, hoʻomau ka huikau hua-versus-mea kanu.
He mea nui anei ka ʻokoʻa? ʻOiai e ʻōlelo paha kekahi, "He ʻono ka rose ma kekahi inoa ʻē aʻe," manaʻo nui ka poʻe. No nā meaʻai, nā māla, nā ʻōlelo, a me nā mea hoʻopili no ka pololei, he mea nui ia. I loko o kahi honua kahi i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ai ka poʻe he nui mai kā lākou kumu meaʻai, ʻo ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka mea a mākou e ʻai ai ʻaʻole i pili.
No ka hoʻomālamalama ʻana i kēia mea, e huli kākou i ka ʻike o ka mea ʻepekema meaʻai a me ka mea kākau ʻo Harold McGee mai kāna puke kaulana, "No ka meaʻai a me ka kuke ʻana: ka ʻepekema a me ka lore o ka lumi kuke” (2004 edition). ʻIke ʻo McGee i ke kumuhana o "Fruits Used As Vegetables," e hāʻawi ana i nā wehewehe kikoʻī no kēlā me kēia.
ʻO nā huaʻai āu i manaʻo ai he lauʻai
1. ʻO Tomato
ʻO nā'ōmato ka mea maʻalahi loa e hoʻomaopopo i waena o nā hua. ʻOiai ka manaʻo o ka poʻe he mau mea kanu, he hua ʻiʻo nō nā ʻōmato a kaulana loa. Ma mua, he mau hua ʻawaʻawa lākou i loaʻa ma nā wao nahele kahakai o ʻAmelika Hema, miliona mau makahiki i hala. I ka hala ʻana o ka manawa, hoʻomohala ʻia nā ʻano ʻano momona a loaʻa ka makemake, e hoʻololi ana i nā ʻōmato ʻono a mākou e hauʻoli nei i kēia lā. I kēia mau lā, ulu nui kēia mau huaʻai ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, e hōʻike ana i nā ʻano kala a me nā nui.
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2. Kukama
No ka ʻohana cucurbit ka ʻukama, e like me ka ʻukena a me ka ʻōpala. Ua kaulana loa lākou, no laila e kamaʻilio kaʻawale kākou. Hiki mai kēia mau mea salakeke i nā ʻano like ʻole. He paʻa a ʻawaʻawa kekahi, he ʻili palupalu kekahi me ka ʻono ʻono, a maikaʻi kekahi no ka pickling. ʻOiai ko lākou ʻono, he mea nui e hoʻomaopopo ʻo nā kukama he hua ʻenehana, ʻaʻole nā mea kanu.
3. Nā Pepa ʻono, Chilli, a me Capsicum
No ka ʻohana hoʻokahi ka bele ʻono, ka chillies, a me ka capsicums. Ua like ka Capsicum me nā hua me nā hua i loko. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo hoihoi: Ua kapa ʻo Columbus iā lākou he 'pepa' no ka mea ua hoʻomanaʻo ko lākou ʻala i ka pepa ʻeleʻele. Ua kapa mua ka poe Aztec ia lakou he chilli. Hiki mai nā Peppers i nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole, mai ka ʻono loa a hiki i nā mea ʻono a mākou e makemake ai i nā salakeke. He mea kupanaha, akā, he mau huaʻai maoli nō, ʻaʻole mea kanu.
4. ʻO ka ʻumeke a me ka ʻuala
No ka ʻohana cucurbit ka ʻukena a me ka ʻōpala, ʻo ia hoʻi ka ʻōpala hoʻoilo, ka ʻōpala kauwela, ka ʻukini/zucchini, ka kukumba, ka gherkin, a me ka melon. Ua like kēia me nā kaikunāne me nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole. No loko mai o nā pua o ka mea kanu me he kumu waina lā a hiki ke kolo ma ka honua a piʻi paha i luna.
Me he mea lā e ulu ana lākou ma nā ʻano like ʻole akā pili mau. Nui nā ʻano like ʻole o ka ʻukena a me ka ʻōpae, kēlā me kēia me kona mau hiʻohiʻona ponoʻī. Makemake kekahi e hohola ma ka honua, a makemake kekahi e piʻi i luna. No laila, he ʻohana nui me nā koho he nui a he moʻolelo ko kēlā me kēia!
5. ʻOliva
Mai ka ʻāina Hikina Hikina, ʻoliva nā hua maoli! ʻO ka mea kupanaha, ʻawaʻawa loa nā ʻoliva hou. I mea e leʻaleʻa ai, pono lākou e hoʻōla me ka wai a i ʻole brine i hana ʻia me ka paʻakai a me ka wai, a i ʻole ka paʻakai, ka vīneka, a me ka wai, a i ʻole ka paʻakai wale nō. He mea nui kēia ʻano hoʻōla no ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka hui oleuropein kumu ʻawaʻawa, e hoʻololi i nā ʻoliva i mea ʻono. He mea hoihoi ka ʻike ʻana he hua ʻoliva, ʻaʻole mea kanu.
6. Eggplant
Inā ʻoe e kapa ia aubergine a i ʻole eggplant e pili ana i kou wahi i ka honua. ʻOiai ua kaulana ʻia no kona waihoʻoluʻu ʻeleʻele, he hua maoli ka eggplant. Hele mai ia ma nā ʻano like ʻole, ka nui, a me nā kala ma mua o ka hue poni maʻamau. ʻO kahi hoʻohana kaulana o ka eggplant aia ma ka Middle Eastern dip i kapa ʻia ʻo baba ganoush.
ʻO kona ʻano ʻiʻo e like me ka ʻiʻo e lilo ia i mea pani maikaʻi no ka ʻiʻo ma nā kīʻaha like ʻole. Me kona maʻalahi a me nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole, hoʻohui ka eggplant i kahi paʻi kūʻokoʻa i nā hana culinary a puni ka honua.
7. Kānaʻono
Ua ʻike hou au i kekahi mea kupanaha e pili ana i ke kulina ʻono – he hua maoli nō! ʻO kēlā me kēia 'palaoa' liʻiliʻi ma ka pū kulina i manaʻo ʻia he hua. He melemele maʻamau ka kulina momona, akā hiki ke loaʻa ma nā ʻano keʻokeʻo, uliuli, ʻulaʻula, a me ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo.
He mea hoihoi ka noonoo ana i ke kulina momona ma ke ano hou. ʻIke pinepine mākou he mea kanu ʻono, akā ʻo nā hua liʻiliʻi ma luna o ka cob he mau hua maoli. He mea ʻokoʻa kēia i ka kulina momona, ʻoiai mākou e hoʻopili pinepine ai i nā huaʻai me nā mea e like me nā ʻāpala a i ʻole nā hua. ʻO nā ʻano kala like ʻole e komo mai i ka hoʻopiʻi. ʻAʻole ia he ʻono wale nō, akā hāʻawi pū kekahi i kahi ʻulaʻula i kā mākou mau papa.
ʻO ka manawa aʻe e ʻoliʻoli ai ʻoe i ka lawelawe ʻana i ke kulina ʻono, e hoʻomanaʻo ʻoe e ʻai ana ʻoe i kahi meaʻai huaʻai me kēlā me kēia nahu. He mea kupanaha ka hoʻopūʻiwa ʻana o ke ʻano iā mākou me kona hoʻokaʻawale ʻana, e hoʻohuli ana i kahi mea kanu maʻamau i ʻohi o nā hua liʻiliʻi hiki ke ʻai.
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8. Pākena
ʻO ka ʻAvocado, he huaʻai momona i aloha ʻia, he huahekili mai ʻAmelika Waena a no ka ʻohana laurel. ʻO ka mea kupanaha, ʻo kona inoa mua, ʻo 'ahuacatl,' i loaʻa mai ka ʻōlelo Aztec, ua like loa ia me ka ʻōlelo Sepania 'aguacate' no ka avocado. ʻO ka mea hoihoi, ʻo ka 'ahuacatl' ka unuhi ʻana i ka 'testicle' e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka hua, e like me ke anatomy kāne.
ʻO ke ʻano momona a me ka momona o ka avocado he mea punahele ia i waena o nā mea he nui. Hoʻomaka ʻia ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, he lālā kēia hua o ka ʻohana laurel. ʻO ka mea kupanaha, ʻo kona inoa kumu, 'ahuacatl,' mai ka ʻōlelo Aztec a ua like kona kani me ka ʻōlelo Sepania 'aguacate.' ʻO ka mea hoihoi, 'ahuacatl' 'o ia hoʻi, 'testicle,' he inoa i hāʻawi ʻia i ka hua ma muli o kona ʻano.
9. Piʻi ʻōmaʻomaʻo
ʻAʻole like paha nā hua ʻōmaʻomaʻo me nā huaʻai, akā mai nā pua o nā mea kanu pi. Leʻaleʻa ka hapa nui o mākou i ka ʻai ʻana i nā ʻōpala ʻōpiopio me kā lākou piʻi ʻoi ʻole, inā i puhi ʻia, sautéed, a i ʻole ka maka. Eia nō naʻe, inā ʻae ʻia ka piʻi e oʻo, hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i ka protein kiʻekiʻe, nā piʻi paʻakikī e like me nā pīni ʻeleʻele a i ʻole nā pino beans ma ka haki ʻana i nā ʻōpala. Loaʻa i kēia mau pīni ka maikaʻi o ka hiki ke mālama ʻia no ka manawa lōʻihi.
Aia i loko o kēia ʻāpana he mangetout, kahi e hoʻopuka ai i nā pī palahalaha, a me nā pī a me nā pī holo. No laila, i ka wā aʻe e leʻaleʻa ʻoe i kēia mau meaʻai ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻono, e hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻono wale i nā mea kanu - ke hoʻohauʻoli nei ʻoe i ka honua o nā hua piʻi ʻōmaʻomaʻo kūʻokoʻa a like ʻole.
ʻO nā huaʻai ʻē aʻe i hoʻohana ʻia e like me nā huaʻai
ʻO nā huaʻai ʻē aʻe i hoʻohana pinepine ʻia e like me nā lau ʻai, ʻo ia nā tomatillos, ʻawaʻawa, chayote, peas, a me ka okra nā laʻana o ia mau hua.
ʻO Tomatillos nā hua liʻiliʻi, ʻōmaʻomaʻo me nā ʻōpala i hoʻohana mau ʻia i ka ʻuala a me ka salsa. Hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻumeke ʻawaʻawa, ʻike ʻia no ko lākou ʻono ʻawaʻawa, i nā kīʻaha like ʻole a manaʻo ʻia he mau pono olakino. ʻO Chayote, he hua ʻōmaʻomaʻo, wrinkled, maʻalahi a hiki ke kuke ʻia i nā ʻano like ʻole, e like me ka ʻono a me ke ʻano o nā mea kanu.
ʻO ka pī, ʻoiai i manaʻo mau ʻia he mau mea kanu, ua helu ʻia ma ke ʻano he hua. Hoʻohana nui ʻia lākou i nā kīʻaha like ʻole a hoʻohui i kahi ʻono ʻono i nā kīʻaha. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ʻo Okra, kahi hua ʻai ʻē aʻe ma ke ʻano he mea kanu, i nā sopa a me nā stews no kona ʻano ʻano a me kona ʻono.
ʻO kēia mau huaʻai, ke hoʻohana ʻia i loko o nā kīʻaha ʻono, hōʻike i ko lākou versatility, blurring i ka laina ma waena o nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu i nā hana culinary.
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