Orca Cooking Club!!!! Did you guys hear Zaiah talking about Puligi? It is a Samoan steamed pudding served with a custard sauce and in her family they steam the pudding in a pillowcase. So cool. Zaiah was skeptical about researching the historical/political roots of recipes but did you know that most likely this dish came about due to the influence of New Zealand’s occupation of Samoa from 1914–1962? Still boring? OK, so COLONIALISM (which also brought debilitating inflation, a catastrophic flu epidemic in 1918, etc., etc.) is part of the back-story of this sweet, moist coconut pudding with spices. But what do I know? Zaiah and her family are the ones with the personal connections to Samoan recipes, history and stories. Question of the Week: I started off our club with the question: Why do we eat what we eat? What is YOUR question related to food/food history/food politics? (Or you can reflect on mine.) Comment below. Thank you to Katherine and Iman for setting up this site! You both are very awesome! Oh, and here is a link to one Samoan family's story about puligi:
http://1samoana.com/blog/samoan-puligi-steamed-pudding/
7 Comments
Lauren
1/24/2015 07:22:31 am
We eat what we eat based on accessibility to the ingredients. Also based on what our individual taste buds are a custom to and like.
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Katherine
1/28/2015 12:59:53 pm
We eat what we eat because our bodies sometimes want what the want and we feed it to our bodies. We also eat what we eat because we have a desire to eat something and we eat it.
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Iman
2/12/2015 05:34:32 am
We eat what we eat because it is what we grew up around so our body is use to it.
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iman
2/25/2015 05:36:18 am
1 cup of white rice
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Katherine
2/28/2015 01:51:41 pm
1(10oz) pkg. or stick of pie crust
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Katherine
3/13/2015 04:46:22 am
Katherine’s beans and Cheese topping
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