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Food and Pictures

The local staple food is the sweet potatoes. kau kau(pronounced - cow, cow) kai kai (say it same as english) is food. There are 4 main kinds of sweet potatoes. How ever the locals say there are lots of kinds of potatoes.

kaukau-x.JPG kau kau dug up from the ground.

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kaukau-2-x.JPGCooking kau kau on the fire.

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Bananas are good here off the tree and ripened. The are a little small but not by much. They cover them up so they will grow larger and to keep the bugs off.

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Bananas on the porch make it handy!

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Garlic right out of the garden!

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You will get a kick out of this! They bring the chickens to the market then tie them to stick then put the umbrella over them to keep them cool!

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Coconut and Cabbage at the market

 

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Cucumbers sold at the market.They split some open after washing for people to purchase for eating. This meri is putting chicken bouillon on the cucumbers for tast.

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Purple green Beans!

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