As Kenney felled each plant, you could see the water pooling at the cut edges. The stalks smell like and are the color of honeydew. Kenney layered the banana tree stumps over the hot rocks and then prepared the meat for the imu.
The sheep was already butchered and marinating in achiote and oranges, a take on cochinita pibil with mutton instead of pig. Except, surprise! There was a pig, too. Someone had dropped off a whole pig, raised by the father of one of the interns. He loaded the pan of sheep onto a repurposed wire fence lined with banana leaves, then hoisted the pig next to it.
A hot lava rock was placed inside the pig; in the short time it takes four people to lower the meat into the pit, the air already smelled of roast pork. It was getting really hard to believe that this particular cooking session would not end well, despite Kenney's insistence it wouldn't be perfect. Once in the imu, everything was covered with banana leaves, wet burlap, and soaked blankets, giving new meaning to pigs in a blanket.
Then, the entire mound was sealed with a plastic tarp. Five minutes later, the tarp was already puffed up, like a balloon inflated with steam. I touched the surface of the tarp; it was so hot I couldn't keep my hand on it for longer than a few seconds. And with just that brief contact, my fingers smelled of smoke. I couldn't believe how quickly the smoke permeates everything. Think of what six hours in that smoke sauna would do to the meat.
Six hours later, Kenney and a crew of others uncovered the imu, unleashing a poof of steam. They peeled back the layers. Hangi preparation begins by collecting stones. The stones must be selected so that they do not split during heating, therefore volcanic ones are best suited for this. They must be thoroughly steamed or boiled to keep them clean. To prepare a hangi, a pit is dug in the ground which is big enough to fit the stones and wood as well as the food.
For instance, for 25 people a pit with a diameter of 1 meter is filled by half a meter with stones. Wooden branches are placed in the hole which act as a base and a tunnel to suck in the oxygen which fuels the fire. Following that volcanic stones are placed on top of the branches and firewood.
This is then set on fire altogether and left to burn for hours, till the fire burns out and the rocks become white from the heat. Why is it called a hangi? What is it called when you cook meat and vegetables underground with hot coals? What does hangi food taste like? How is steam created in a hangi? How long does it take to prepare an umu? What does Umu stand for? What is New Zealand famous food? Who invented hangi? What is New Zealand's national animal? What is a typical breakfast in New Zealand?
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