Mary Allen
ʻO ka bale ka palaoa e like me ka palaoa a me ka raiki. Hoʻopau ka hua bale i ka lōʻihi, ʻoʻoleʻa e like me ka lauoho, nā awns. E moe ana nā ʻōpuʻu pala ma ka ʻaoʻao a i ʻole ke kū i lalo.
ʻO ka bale he mauʻu ʻono e like me nā kīʻaha a pau. Ua ʻike mua ʻia i ka wā kahiko a mai ka Hikina mai. Ua ʻai nā kānaka i ka bale ma kahi o 15,000 mau makahiki. Ua puni ʻo Barley ma Central Europe mai ka wā Neolithic.
I ka Middle Ages, hoʻohana nui ʻia ka bale i mea hānai holoholona. Hana ʻia kēia i kēia lā me ka bale hoʻoilo. Hele nui ia i ka puaʻa a me ka pipi.
Pono nui nā kānaka i ka bale puna no ka hana ʻana i ka pia. ʻO ia ke kumu i kapa ʻia ai ka pia he wai bale. Aia kekahi mau mea kūikawā, e like me ka soup bale Bündner. I ka wā ma mua, nui ka poʻe ʻilihune i hoʻolapalapa i ka bale me ka wai e hana ai i ka ʻai i kapa ʻia ʻo groats.