To build a earth oven or imu you will have to put kindling wood in the middle of a hollow, larger pieces of wood building around and over the kindling. Then a layer of stones would be arranged over the wood and the kindling lighted. A length of a bamboo stick is a blower to direct the breath in fanning the fire into flame. The process of cooking in the imu or earth oven then you are cooking it in a kalua (a hole).

Sweet Potato- The Sweet Potato is sweet to the taste. The sweet Potato is grown on the Kula lands which is unsuitible for kalo(taro). The Hawaiian name for Sweet Potato is 'uala or 'uwala. The scientific name for Sweet Potato is Ipomoea batatas. The Sweet Potato has a purple kind of color inside. The Sweet Potato would take about two hours to cook in the earth oven or imu.

Kalo- The kalo (taro) would probally take about three or four hours to cook, in order to break down the calcium chloride crystals which could cause irritation of the mouth and tongue if the cooking periods is not long enough.

Pig- The pig is very good for food. The Hawaiian name for the pig is pua'a. The pig is good when it is roasted and cooked. It is also good at a luau. The Pigs have tracks that looks like a deer. The pigs were cooked whole with the addition of the red hot stones in the parts of the stomach and chest cavities.

Sugar Cane- The Hawaiian name for sugar cane is ko. The sugar cane plant was chewed by the Hawaiian people because of its rich and sweet taste. It was also used for brushing teeth because it would clean your teeth as you chew on it. It was used for brushing teeth because there was a lot of fibers in it.