- What are some foods that grow naturally in the Pacific Islands?
Some food that grows in the islands are Taro breadfruit, bananas, coconuts and yams.
- What is an umu or lovo used for?
An Umu or Lovo is a underground oven using hot stones.
- What is your favourite food from your own culture?
My personal favorite food is my mums macaroni and cheese or beef stroganoff.
- How do people share meals in Pacific communities?
a wedding, a funeral, or a village festival, people
come together to prepare large meals. Cooking is often done by the whole community, and
there is always enough for everyone even unexpected guests.
- What is palusami or kokoda made from?
palusami taro leaves filled with coconut cream. In Tonga, people enjoy lu pulu meat and taro leaves wrapped and cooked. Fijians might serve kokoda, a dish of raw fish marinated in lime juice and coconut cream.
- Why do people cook lots of food at big events?
Food is a big part of celebration in the islands either if its a wedding funeral or village festival there will always be food to go around and feed the people of there island.
- What is something new you learned about Pacific Island food?
Something new i learnt about there food is that it brings them together to celebrate share and connect.
How do festivals help people enjoy food together?
By bringing them all together to enjoy quality time and food together and possibly making new friends and meeting new people well enjoying all the yum food at the festivals.
- What happens when people eat less traditional food?
The food/cultural food could be forgotten about or pushed aside.
- Would you like to try food from the Pacific Islands? Why or why not?
Yes i would like to try some food from the pacific islands because i would like to see what it would taste like/what it would look like cause some of it sounds interesting like Taro.