Mary Allen
ʻO ka niu ka hua o ka pā niu. ʻAʻole maoli ka niu i ka nati, akā he hua pōhaku e like me ka cherry a me ka peach. Hiki ke ulu mai kahi niu hou inā hāʻule ka hua i ka lepo kūpono. Hiki ke holoi ʻia e ke kai a ulu ma ke kahakai kokoke loa.
ʻIke mākou i ka niu mai ka hale kūʻai kūʻai me ka pūpū paʻakikī. Ua wehe mua ʻia ka papa niu mānoanoa a puni. Mai ia mea, hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i nā mea pono e like me ke kāpeti, moena, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe he nui.
Makemake nui mākou i ka ʻiʻo o ka hua. He keʻokeʻo a paʻa. Hiki ke ʻai ʻia a hoʻohana ʻia paha i ka kuke ʻana. Loaʻa ʻia ka momona niu mai ka ʻiʻo o ka hua. He kūpono kēia no ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻiʻo a me nā meaʻai ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā niu mai ʻAsia mai, ʻoi loa mai Indonesia, Philippines, a me India. Akā ua ulu pū lākou ma Brazil a me Mexico. ʻO ka hapaʻumi o ka ʻaila i unuhi ʻia mai nā mea kanu o ka honua mai ka niu mai.
He aha kā mākou ʻai a inu ai i ka niu?
ʻO ka mea nui ka ʻiʻo keʻokeʻo. ʻO ka hapalua o ia mea he wai, ʻo ke koena ka momona a me kekahi protein a me ke kō. Ke maloʻo, kapa ʻia ka pulp ʻo "kopra". Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻai pēlā. I loko o nā hale kūʻai, ʻike pinepine ʻia i loko o nā ʻeke. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana iā ia e kālua i nā mea ʻono, no ka laʻana, nā kuki liʻiliʻi.
Hiki ke hana ʻia ka ʻaila niu a i ʻole ka momona niu mai ka pulp. Ma ka lumi wela, he keʻokeʻo kēia momona, melemele iki paha. Pono mua ʻoe no ka ʻala a me ka palai hohonu, akā no ka kuke ʻana. Hiki ke hana ʻia i nā ʻano huahana like ʻole a hoʻohana ʻia i wahie i nā kaʻa.
Nui ka wai niu i loko o nā niu ʻōpiopio, a hiki i ka lita o kēlā me kēia hua. He mea koʻikoʻi kēia ma nā ʻāina ʻaʻohe wai inu maʻemaʻe. Ma kahi o ka wehe ʻana i ka ʻōmole wai mineral e like me mākou ma ʻaneʻi, wehe ka poʻe ma ia mau ʻāina i kahi niu ʻōpio. ʻElua a ʻekolu paha i ka lā e inu ai.
ʻAʻohe waiu niu ma ke ʻano. Ua hana ʻia i loko o kahi hale hana mai ka pulp a me ka wai. Hana ʻia ka ʻuala niu ma ke ʻano like. Ua kaulana loa nā mea ʻelua i ka poʻe hiki ʻole ke ʻae i ka waiū bipi.
Pehea e ulu ai ka niu?
He ʻano mea kanu ka lāʻau niu. No ka ʻohana pāma lākou. Ke ulu nei lākou a puni ka honua ma nā ʻāina pāpū. No laila pono e wela. Pono lākou i ka wai kūpono a hiki ke kū i nā wā maloʻo pōkole wale nō. Makemake lākou i ka lepo me ka nui o nā meaʻai.
Hoʻokumu nā lāʻau niu i nā kumu lāʻau ʻole. Piʻi lākou a hiki i 30 mika ke kiʻekiʻe. He lahilahi loa nā kumu no kēia kiʻekiʻe. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia he kumu lāʻau ka lāʻau niu. I ka hihia o nā lāʻau pāma ʻē aʻe, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kumu he lau wili.
He lahilahi nā aʻa o ka niu, akā hiki ke ulu a hiki i ʻehiku mika ka lōʻihi. Hoʻopaʻa maikaʻi ka pama niu iā ia iho i ka lepo a hiki ke ola i ke kai eʻe. Ma muli o ka ulu nui ʻana o nā aʻa i ka lepo, hiki pinepine lākou i ka wai o ka lepo.
He mau lau wale nō ma luna o nā mika. Kapa ʻia kēia ʻāpana ʻo "Schopf" a i ʻole "Krone". Ma kahi o 15 mau lau e ulu ana i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Kū pololei lākou i ka makahiki mua a i ka makahiki ʻelua. I ke kolu o ka makahiki, hāʻule lākou a hāʻule i lalo i ka lepo.
Mai ka makahiki ʻeono paha o ke ola ʻana o ka pā niu, ulu nā pua. Nui nā pua kāne ma mua o nā pua wahine. ʻO nā ʻōpala like ʻole a me ka makani pollinate i nā pua.
Noho ka germ i ka pulp. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike iā ia me ka maka i aʻo ʻia. Ua like ʻo ia me kēlā mea liʻiliʻi me ka pī. He aʻa e ulu mai ana. Komo ka pūpū paʻa i ke aʻa ma kekahi o nā kiko ʻekolu i ʻike ʻia ma waho. Kapa ʻia lākou he "germ holes".
No ka mea, ʻaʻohe kau ma ka ʻāina ʻāina, ulu mau ka pā niu i nā pua e ulu ai nā hua. Aia ma kahi o kanakolu a 150 i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Pili loa ia i ka ʻano like ʻole, ka ʻāina, a me ka lepo kahi e ulu ai ka niu.
He aha ka mea i hana ʻia mai ka pulu niu?
Hiki ke loaʻa ka fiber mai ka papa waho o ka niu. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana iā lākou ma nā ʻano like ʻole. Aia ia i ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo o ka niu i ka wā i ʻohi ʻia ai a i oʻo paha.
Hiki ke loaʻa i nā fiber mai ka papa fibrous o ka hua ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻole. Ua wili ʻia lākou e like me ka hulu hipa. Mai ia mea, hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i ke kaula, ka moena, ka ʻeke, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. No ka laʻana, ma mua o ka plastic, ua hana ʻia nā moena papahele a pau me ka pulu niu. Hana ʻia ka hapa nui o ka niu ma Sri Lanka.
ʻOi aku ka nui o nā mea e like me ka lāʻau ma ka papa fibrous o nā hua pala. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke wili i nā kaula mai ia mea. Akā, hoʻopiha ʻoe i nā moena a me nā upholstery me ia a i ʻole ʻoe e kaomi iā lākou i loko o nā lau. Pono ʻoe iā lākou no ka insulation thermal i nā hale.
He aha hou aʻe e hoʻohana ai ke kanaka mai ka niu?
Ua kūkulu mau nā kānaka i nā hale mai ka lāʻau o nā kumu lāʻau. A i ʻole, paʻakikī ka hana ʻana me kēia lāʻau no ka mea he fibrous loa. Ma hope o ka hana ʻia ʻana o nā pahi maikaʻi, ua hoʻohana ʻia ka lāʻau niu e hana i nā moku, nā lako, nā kīʻaha, a me nā mea like ʻole o ka hale.
Hiki ke nakinaki ʻia nā lau a hoʻohana ʻia e uhi i nā kaupaku. Hana mākou i kekahi mea like ma ʻEulopa me ka mauʻu a me ka ʻohe. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia nā lau no ka ulana ʻana i nā paia hale a i ʻole nā hīnaʻi.
Hiki ke loaʻa ke kohu ʻono mai nā pua o nā lāʻau pāma he nui, me ka pā niu. Hiki ke hoʻolapalapa ʻia i kahi ʻano koʻikoʻi o ke kō, ke kō pāma. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻae e like me kā mākou hua waina, a laila lilo ia i mea inu me ka waiʻona, ka waina pāma.