Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1891-10-21
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The following extract from a private
letter written from Honolulu by DR.
Geo II. Andrews gives nm entertaining
account of novel feast,
|, The great feast was a novel sight. An
awning of sails covered In space Of
about sixty by ono hundred feet under
which wore laid tables> aud the Wanda
cooked In Hawaii. were laid on them
A. provision was made for ono thou.
sand people an account of tho cooking
may be OF Interest There were pro-
vided forty-ive haif-xrown pigs, two
bccvcs. ios chickens. several hundred
tsh. bushels of swcet potatoes. etc
The larger pigs were cut into Fragments
and tied In bundles OF banana aud dra.
c@na leaves. OF pound or two weight
each The beef was served In tho same
way, also tho chickens Tho smallcr
pigs werc wrapped whole In the leaves.
Preparations for tho cooking were made
the day before. -Four holes were dug.
one ten 10y four feet ono six by four
feet and tho others about three feet
Wide and two feet deep A quantity OF
wood was placed In the grotto aud
upon this were piled largo stonos a foot
deep Ono fire was lighted early Ia tho
morning of the day before and tho 400
ond about ono o'clock. AZ three o'clock
the wood VIVA burned out and tho bot.
tom was mass of rcd-hot stones.
Upon those were nprcad "a layer OF
crushed fresh banana stcgns ak Inches
thick. and upon these wcro piled tho
small bundles OF meat two or three
feet high and tho size of tho hole. over
them were placed mass of fresh
banana leaves several Inches thick.
over this mating and then dirt n foot
thick and the imu was finished and L. n
Co steam until the next morning. Al
five I'm tho evening tho big one was
sinilarly filed with the remainder OF
the meat and the trusscd pigs and also
covered. Ono can imagine what n de-
lightful heat would bc brought To- bear
upon the contents OF the imu aud how
dclicatcly the contents would DO cook
cd during the long hodrs OF the night
Early in tho morning OF tho feast day
the two small linus were filled with tho
ilsh tied up in leaves and sweet potatoes
and covered. The large ovens covered
the day before were opened during tho
morning and the contents taken out
and covered TO keep hot
The tables seated between two hun
drcd and three hundred Mt time. Poi,
the native food, paste made from the
calocoscn csculcntum and sourcd, was
put In small water-tight baskets along
tho center of each table 40 that four
persons could reach ench one with the
fingers (isnives and forks arc cschcwcd
Mt "A luan). Each table was also gay
with crimson floshed wntcrmolons cut
In fancy shapes. various rclishcs OF raw
sea urchins, meat scawccd, raw
shrimps and pounded kulsui nuts and
salt Conveniently nj hand were fern
leaves, and the vlands upon leaves,
gourds and wooden bowls and plat
ters.
The guests rccline at their ease on tho
left side and eat with the right sand.
Each one has IA bowl OF fair water 10
clcnsc the fingers. Tho method OF cat
Ing Is not disgusting The natives use
their fingers dextcrously and dalntlly
and not piggishly. though they are
rather gormandizing in their native
state.
After the feast came tho literary en-
tcrtainmcnt, and very entertaining
were the speakers, ancient Punahon
boys recalling the pleasures the es-
capadcs, the sorrovn of schoolboy life
IL was well worth listening 90. - Detroit
Free Press.