Poi and Taro

Poi is from Hawaii. It is a Hawaiian food. Poi is made from the taro root. It's steamed or boiled before it is pounded into a paste. On the food pyramid, poi belongs with the Bread, Cereal, Rice,and pasta group. It is a carbohydrate. Poi is healthy and good for you because it has vitamin B, calcium, phosphorus, provides fiber, some protein and is non-allergenic. There are only 95 calories in an adult serving.

The Story of Taro

Long ago a Hawaiian god had a baby. It was crippled,and deformed. It died a few day's later. The dad buried it in the back of the house. It started to grow into a plant. The parents tasted it and it tasted good. Then they had another son which they thought was the gift of the gods and they told that son to take care of the older son. The first son became the taro plant.

Poi is grey and it is pasted togther with taro like staple of the starch of the Hawaiians. Poi is made from taro and it is one of the Worlds oldest cultivated crops The bulbous underground corm of the taro

I found these websites useful.

Taro, Gift of the Ancient Gods http://www.coffetimes.com/taro.html,Tapping the roots of taro
http://coffetimes.com.taro2.html, Kalo
http://www.hookele.com/canoeplants/kalo.html, Taro Plant in Hawaii
http://www.folklife.si.edu/vfest/hawaii/taro.html and
http://kalama.doe.hawaii.edu/~laakea/class/maikai/taro.html