Mary Allen
He meakanu ka onion. Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa iā lākou ma ke ʻano he kīhāpai ʻonika ma nā papa meaʻai ma ka supermarket. Ua kapa ʻia lākou he aniani kīhini a i ʻole nā aniani papa ʻaina. Ua pili ia i ka leeks, keleka, a me kekahi mau mea kanu like.
He ʻōmaʻomaʻo a keʻokeʻo iki paha nā ʻō a me nā lau. I ka makahiki mua, hāʻule nāʻanoʻano i ka lepo, a hoʻomaka e ulu, e hana i kahi puʻupuʻu liʻiliʻi. Kūʻai pinepine ʻia lākou ma ke ʻano he ʻonika a kanu ʻia i ka lepo. I ka lua o ka makahiki, ulu ia a lilo i aniani nui e ʻai ai ʻoe. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻohi iā lākou, e ulu aʻe nā ʻōpala. Hoʻokumu ʻia kahi pua me nā pua, nā hua hope. Hāʻule lākou i ka lepo a no laila hoʻomaka hou ka pāʻani i ke kolu o ka makahiki.
ʻO ka mea maʻamau i manaʻo ʻia e ka huaʻōlelo "onion" e oʻo ma lalo o ka lepo: kahi ʻano mālama no nā meaʻai. Me ka nui o nā ʻano aniani he nui, hiki ke ʻai ʻia ke aniani. Akā ʻo nā tulip a i ʻole nā daffodils a me nā pua ʻē aʻe he mau puʻupuʻu no ka hoʻoilo a hoʻohua hou.
Hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻonika e like me nā mea kanu. Honi lākou a ʻono ikaika. Ua ʻike mua ʻia ka ʻonika e ko ʻAigupita kahiko a laila ko Roma. No ka mea he mea kanu wao nahele ka ʻonika, pono ka wai liʻiliʻi.