b:

Cooking Modes

Ground oven —- UM - The ground pit is fueled by a coconut shell or husk
fire.
Rocks are then added to cover the coals.
When the
rocks have been warmed the food is placed in.
The pit is
covered over with banana leaves, canvas or a heavv rubber
sheet.
Weights are added.

(2) Stove Type Cooking - is alwavs done either over a kerosene stove or an
open fire fueled by coconut shells or husks.

a) boiling - using rainwater, brackish water when rainwater
supply is low.
b) frying - using Crisco, other shortenings, occasionally
pig grease, rarely if, ever coconut oil.
c) steamed Roasting - is done over a coconut shell or husk fueled fire, when it
has turned to coals.
ec:
Description of the Food Types
1. Breadfruit - MA
(1)

Awanjin - green breadfruit roasted on coals until skin is black.
The
outside is then scraped with pieces of broken glass or
shell.
Approximately 1 hours to cook.

(2) Steamed ~- fill the iron pot with water up to metal disk.

Cooking time
varies according to type being cooked.
a) bwiro ~ 2 hours to steam on fire
b) raw breadfruit (whole) 30 minutes by stove

(3) Boiled ~ wash green breadfruit leave whole and boil.
(4) Kopjar - baked breadfruit in ground oven.
(5) Jokkwapin Ma - Breadfruit soup is made by removing the core and skin,
cutting the rest into pieces which are boiled, mashed,
mixed with coconut milk and salted to taste.

(6) Fried - Cut the ripe breadfruit into slices removing the outer green peel.
Soak the wedges in salt water or salt them before frying.
Cooking time approximately 10 minutes on each side until

brown or french fried.

(7) Kalo - very ripe breadfruit mixed with coconut milk.
(8) Mijiwan - a type of breadfruit which is eaten raw when it is very ripe; as is
or with coconut milk.

(9) Kwolejiped ~ name of nuts (kwole) cooked.

They are roasted on coals or

taken out of a steamed, baked, or boiled Mijiwan Breadfruit.

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