A Staple For Food. Primarily eaten withKalua puaa or roast pork It is made by steaming and baking the starchy taro tubers then. A staple food product or activity is one that is basic and important in peoples everyday lives.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP authorized stores must sell a variety of food items from the four staple food categoriesVariety means different types of foods within the staple food categories such as apples cabbage and squash in the fruits or vegetables category. Food staples are eaten regularlyeven dailyand supply a major proportion of a persons energy and nutritional needs. The staple food of the people here is the Ga kenkey a traditional meal enjoyed by all including other tribes.
Some of the uses for taro include poi table taro steamed and served like a potato taro chips and luau leaf to make laulau.
Food staples vary from place to place depending on the food sources available. Rice is the staple food of more than half the worlds population. Poi is the primary staple food of Polynesia and it came to Hawaii with the first Polynesian settlers. You would have to eat 500 servings of garlic a day to get the daily amount of 2000 calories as each serving of garlic has 4 calories.
