Last week me and my class had a hangi. At first I was assigned to help dig the hole to put the food in. It was really fun because it was like digging for treasure. Where we were digging there used to be a house there. We were uncovering old driveway pieces, even an element off of a stove top. When we made sure the hole was deep enough we had to dig another hole to pile over top of the hangi. After that I decided to have a break from digging and help with the food prep. The hole was basically finished when I came out to check on everyone so I went and did some dishes.
The next day it was late afternoon. Me and my family went down to the hangi I wasn't there in time for digging the hangi up but when I got there it smelt good. By the end my stomach was filled right up to the brim it was so good. My Favorite thing there was the pork and potatoes. and I hope to do it again sometime.
Hi Nikau, thanks for sharing your recount about your class hangi experience. I can see you really enjoyed being a part of this. I also thought the hangi food was delicious and it was great to meet many of your teachers, classmates and their extended whanau. Maybe next time you could add more detail about the process of preparing, laying and cooking the hangi as like many people this is not something I have been lucky enough to experience. Keep up the great work. Love mum x
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ReplyDeleteWow this must have been a fun day, good on you for helping out! What did you wrap the kai in? It's been a while since I had Hangi from being cooked in the ground. My local school has a steamer for preparing Hangi which is pretty good but I think it misses that real earthy taste.