Mary Allen
ʻO nā maple he mau lāʻau lau me nā lau e like me ke ʻano o ka lima. Aia ma kahi o 100 mau ʻano maple i ka huina. Hoʻohui pū lākou i ka genus o nā maple. Loaʻa lākou ma ka ʻāpana ʻākau o ka honua. Ke ulu wale nei lākou ma kahi ʻaʻole wela loa, ʻo ia hoʻi ma ʻEulopa, USA a me Kanada, a me nā ʻāpana o Asia.
ʻO ka maple ʻo Norewai kekahi o nā lāʻau maʻamau i ko mākou mau kūlanakauhale. I ka pūnāwai ua pua ia ma mua o nā kumulāʻau ʻē aʻe a hāʻawi i kahi ʻōmaʻomaʻo hou. I ka hāʻule, ʻo ia ka mea hope loa i nalowale nā lau.
ʻO ka ʻano maple maʻamau ma Central Europe ʻo ia ka maple sycamore. Hiki iā ia ke ola a hiki i 500 mau makahiki a ulu aʻe ma nā Alps ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 2000 mika. He nui na enuhe, nalo, nalo nalo, a me na pepeke e ae e noho ana maluna ona a me kona wahie. Ua laha no hoi ka maple mala ma Europa.
ʻO kahi hiʻohiʻona kūikawā o ka maple nā hua. Ke kau nei kekahi ʻēheu mai kēlā me kēia hua. Ke lele ʻo ia i lalo, wili ʻo ia e like me nā lau o ka helikopter. Ma kēia ʻano lele lākou i kahi mamao loa mai ke kumu a hiki ke hohola i ka lāʻau a puni.
Hoʻohana nui ʻia ka lāʻau maple no nā lako. He kūpono loa ka lāʻau no ke kūkulu ʻana i nā mea kani a mea pāʻani paha. Hoʻohana ʻia ka maple syrup e ʻono i nā kīʻaha. Loaʻa ia mai ke kohu o ka lāʻau maple kō, i loaʻa ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau, no ka laʻana ma Kanada. No ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kohu, ʻoki i ka ʻili a kau i kahi bākeke ma ke kumu. Hāpai ʻo ia i ke kohu maple. E lilo ia i viscous ke hoʻolapalapa ʻia a hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i loko o ka lumi kuke e like me ke kō. Makemake kekahi e kau ma luna o kā lākou pancakes. Kapa ʻia ka syrup maple syrup. ʻO ka maʻamau he amber ka waihoʻoluʻu a ʻono ka māmā a ikaika paha, ʻano like me ka caramel.