Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-11-25
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$50. vooa Prepared in . Now
M.nner for One Thousand eoess.
The following extract from . privaeo
,s,,sr written from Honolulu by 1T;
George P. Andrews outlines no'
feast: ,h
~. ssm; centennial of Oahu college. a
,,r,hsr Of alumni came home from tine
.,s,es among others General 5. q Arm
s,rnnv Of Hampton, Va, and he gave
- s.,n,s grand talks on his work IN the
crsst school there. Rev. William du-
s;ct and wife also are here from their
twenty years work in Spain Inc steas
feast was a,novel sight. An awnins "
sails covered in space about ~ by ~"
Sat under which were laid tables, ana
The yiands. cooked Ia Hawai-. We're
ia,a ON them. As provision was maus
for a thousand people an acconas OF 'he
cooking may be of interest -.
There were provided forty-hve haii
grown pigs, two beeves, 10 cnickehs,
several hundred fish, bushels OF sweet
rotatoes. etc. The larger pigs We're Gu.
INTO fragments and tied in bundles Oh
banana and drachlna leaves OF poaho
or two weight each. The beef was
served in the same way, also the chicS-
ems. The smaller pigs were wrapped
whole in the leaves. Preparations ior
the cooking were made the day before
Four holes were dug, one 10 by iee.,
| one by 4 feet and the others ABOUT
| ,brae feet wide and two feet deep, A
Quantity of wood was placed IN the
arotto and upon this were placed large
| stones foot deep.
One fire was lighted early in the morn,
| inc of the day before and the seconu
about 1 o'clock. At o'clock the wood
| was burned out and the bottom was
mass of red hot stones. Upon these were
snread a laver of crushed fresh banana
stems six inches thick, and upon these
were piled the small bundles of meat two
or three feet high and the size OF the
hole. Over them was placed mass OF
| fresh banana leaves several inches thick,
over this mating, and then dirt loot
thick and the imu was finished ana iei'
to steam until the next morning.
At 5 in the evening the big one was
similarly filed with the remainder OF the
meat and the trussed pigs, and also COW
erred. One can imagine what delight
fnl heat would be brought to bear upor
the contents Of the imu, and how dell
cately the contents would be cooked dur
ing the long hours of the night.
Early in the morning of the feast Gay
the two small linus were filled with the
fish tied up in leaves and sweet potatoes
and covered. The large ovens covered
the day before were opened during the
morning and the contents taken out and
covered to keep hot.
The tables seated between 200 and SOC
at a time. Poi, the native food-a paste
made from the Calocosen. esculentum
and soured-was put in small, water
tight baskets along the center OF each
table so that four persons could reach
each one with the fingers (knives and
forks are eschewed at luan). Each
table was also gay with crimson fieshed
watermelons cut in fancy shapes, various
relishes of raw sea urchins, meat, sea
weed, raw shrimps and pounded kuku
nuts and salt. Conveniently at hand
were fern leaves, and the viands upon
leaves, gourds and wooden bowls and
platters.
The guests recline at their ease on the
left side and eat with the right hand
Each one has bowl of fair water t.
cleanse the fingers. The method of eat
ing is not disgusting. The natives us'
their fingers dexterously and daintily
and not piggishly, though they are
rather gormandizing in their native
state.-Detroit Free Press.