Hawaiian Culture Video: The Tradition of Poi Making

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Few things are as sacred to Hawaiian people as taro. Historically, most families grew taro in their backyards, pounding it into poi by hand. Modern life is very different, but Hawaiians still love poi—even if they don’t grow it themselves. Watch how it was done in the olden days.

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I’m from Hawaii and was introduced to poi when I was 3months old w/ a little sugar. As I grew up I started loving it more fresh and grainier and tart. Absolutely no sugar and a few days old!!! Sour poi and lomi salmon w/ a choke fat lau lau is my go to!!! But gotta admit, I still buy 4-6 taro pies from McDonald’s 😂😂😂😂

bradmuromoto

Kalo (taro) is extremely important to the Native Hawaiian people. It is our creationist story, our genesis, from this plant grew the Hawaiian people:

Wakea and Papahanaumoku had a beautiful daughter named Ho’ohokulani.
Wakea and Ho’ohokulani together conceived a child, but the child was stillborn.
This child, a son, was named Hāloa. Wrapped in kapa cloth, Hāloa was buried.
As Ho’ohokulani grieved the loss of her son, in time, a plant, Kalo, grew from the grave site.
The Kalo was fragile and tender but also strong and healthy, far reaching and long.
Soon after Ho’ohokuokalani was with child again. This time she gave birth to a healthy baby boy.
The parents called this boy Hāloa for his older brother, the Kalo.
Hāloa was a very important child, for he was the first Hawaiian.
All Hawaiians are his descendants...until the end of time.

jerryakamuadams

Same preparation as African swallows. For swallows, the starch/ root is steamed and then pounded, with water added. Beautiful to see similar preparations around the world.

lotusholistichealing

0:55 "after a day poi will start to sour", thats the good kine cuz, like John Cruz said in his song "my grandma, she like the poi real sour"

jerryakamuadams

Poi looks so beautiful. I live in Canada and will probably never taste it. Such a splendid, sacred food. Aloha to you.

Trund

I'm a Haole from North Carolina but love Hawaiian culture and food and I've liked poi since I was first introduced to it at a luau I attended near the North Shore on my first trip to Hawaii a few years ago.

chris

Wow! It is incredible to find similarities between Poi and the cultural dish "Po'w" or "Achu" from Cameroon's West and Northwest regions. Thanks for sharing. 😍 It must be creamy, and satisfying just like our Po'w!

InvisionHopeHealthyLiving

1:20 - 1:30 You take two fingers... 👀 DAMN! He knows what he's doing!

MarkyMat

I've never tried poi, but my twin flame is from Hawaii and constantly tells me how much she misses it. Got my hands on some taro root here in my town and can't wait to make some homemade for her. She doesn't think I'll like it, but I want to try it anyway.

Thank you for the brief tutorial. Oloha!

AarcadeUSA

I love watching how traditional foods are made.

szee

As a mid western guy, I had my first poi in salt lake City Utah with some Hawaiian and Fijian and Samoan friends I met while there. It was heavenly, kinda reminded me of mashed taters but better...also the first time I ever had hog cooked in the ground🥰🥰🥰

Hikingwithredbeard

Taro is news to us mainland but it's a daily food in most other warm weather countries like India.
Hawaii is just one of those tropical places that eat taro.

sunnysgadgetreviews

What a beautiful and educational video! :)

lucasmmourao

I've had it in Hawaii on a visit and fell in love with it. There is a company called Taro that sells powdered taro on Amazon that approximates fresh taro very closly. There's also some Asian stores that might have the fresh frozen in their freezer.

GiGiGoesShopping