HILO — Ua hāʻawi ʻia nā hale ʻaina a puni ka mokuʻāina i ka manawa e lawelawe ai i ka ʻuala ma ke ʻano he ʻaoʻao ʻaina awakea i kēia Mei. Ma kahi o 372 paona o ka ʻuala ʻOkinawa kūloko i māhele ʻia i 91 mau kula i komo.
He waiwai ʻo ʻUala i nā huaora A, C, a me B6, a me nā antioxidants a me ka fiber dietary, e kākoʻo ana i ke ola kino, ka ʻike a me ke olakino digestive. Ma Hawai'i kahiko, mahi 'ai ka po'e mahi'ai ma kahi o 200 'ano 'uala. I kēia lā, ua lilo ka ʻuala ʻOkinawan i hoʻokahi o nā ʻano ʻano liʻiliʻi i ulu ʻia ma ke kālepa ma nā mokupuni. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā antioxidants ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe ma muli o kona kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka anthocyanin, kahi e hāʻawi ai i ka mea kanu i kona waihoʻoluʻu ʻulaʻula.
Hāʻawi ke kula ʻo Hilo Union i ka ʻuala ma ka ʻaoʻao o kā lākou ʻaina awakea puaʻa BBQ kalua.
"Ua maikaʻi loa kā mākou hoʻokele a kākoʻo i kā mākou hale ʻaina ke hāʻawi mai ko mākou luna i kēia mau hanana kūikawā like ʻole e hiki ai iā mākou ke komo no nā haumāna," wahi a April Weber, ka luna lawelawe meaʻai kula o Hilo Union. "Makemake mākou i ka hoʻolauna ʻana iā lākou a manaʻo wau he manawa kūpono loa ia no lākou e ʻike, ʻono, a lilo wale i ʻāpana o kēia."
He mea hoʻohauʻoli ka pop o ka poni ma nā papa a nā haumāna no ka poʻe kamaʻāina i ka mea kanu a hoihoi i nā haumāna e hoʻāʻo ana no ka manawa mua.
“Makemake au i ke kala o ia mea,” wahi a ke keiki papa ʻehā o Hilo Union ʻo Declan Robinson, ʻaʻole i loaʻa ka ʻuala ma mua. “He ʻano ʻokoʻa… ʻoluʻolu ke nānā aku.”
ʻO Isabella-Marie Wells ka papa ʻeono, ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, ua hauʻoli i ka ʻike ʻana ma ka papa ʻaina awakea. "Makemake wale au i ka ʻuala. He mea ia aʻu i aloha mau ai a e aloha mau ai. I kēlā me kēia manawa he ʻuala koʻu makuahine ma ka home, ʻo ia kaʻu mea mua e hopu ai a kau i kaʻu pā."
Ua hele pinepine ka ʻuala i nā papa kula i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ma kona ʻano mahu e like me kēia mahina, a i ʻole ma nā kīʻaha kūikawā e like me ka pai ʻuala ʻOkinawa, ka ʻuala mash, a me nā kīʻaha yogurt ʻuala. ʻO ka makahiki kula aʻe, e ʻike nā haumāna i ka ʻuala ʻuala ʻOkinawa ma kā lākou papa ʻaina awakea a me ke kīʻaha ʻuala ʻuala ʻOkinawa ma kā lākou papa ʻaina kakahiaka.
ʻO nā kula aupuni o Hawaiʻi ka mea kūʻai nui loa o ka mokuʻāina i nā huahana meaʻai, e lawelawe ana ma luna o 100,000 mau meaʻai haumāna i ka lā. Ke hoʻomau nei ka 'Oihana i ka hana pū me nā mea kūʻai kūloko a puni ka moku'āina e ʻike i ke ʻano o ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o nā huahana kūloko hou ma nā kula āpau i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
