Old time Hawaiians and their work . ind apointed stick of hard wood and a dry hau branch and try to make how quickly the wood becomes heated. \ FIRE AND COOKING 43 Tell how to make an //////, or oven. Make one in the sand pile, usingsmall stones and pieces of leaves and of taro with the sand. How was taro baked? How was luau made?- What wdiS paiai?How was it made into poi ? Play that you are pounding poi. Let twochildren pound together. Can you sing the song about the poi man, ormake up a song that will help you in pounding ? Describe a lamp; a candle. How did the candles burn ? Fi
Old time Hawaiians and their work . ind apointed stick of hard wood and a dry hau branch and try to make how quickly the wood becomes heated. \ FIRE AND COOKING 43 Tell how to make an //////, or oven. Make one in the sand pile, usingsmall stones and pieces of leaves and of taro with the sand. How was taro baked? How was luau made?- What wdiS paiai?How was it made into poi ? Play that you are pounding poi. Let twochildren pound together. Can you sing the song about the poi man, ormake up a song that will help you in pounding ? Describe a lamp; a candle. How did the candles burn ? Find somekukui nuts, bake them slightly, shell them, and make a candle. How wasa torch made ? When did people need a fire in their houses ? GOURDS AND CALABASHES Suppose you had lived long ago and could not buy yourdishes. If you had wanted to cook your food over the fire,it would have been necessary to bake clay dishes. If youhad failed to learn how to do this, you would probablyhave cooked over hot stones, using gourds and coconuts. Decorated Gourds and wooden dishes to hold the food. That is what theHawaiians did. They never learned to make dishes thatwould not burn. They raised the bottle gourd, and also a large gourdthat would sometimes hold ten or fifteen gallons. 44 GOURDS AND CALABASHES 45 The Hawaiian women had one advantage in growingtheir own dishes. They often tied bandages on the youngfruit and made it grow in the shape which they wanted.
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