Kalua Pig
by James Temple
Title
Kalua Pig
Artist
James Temple
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Anyone who has experienced a contemporary Hawaiian lu'au (feast) will find kalua pig a main part of the menu. The pig is cooked in an underground pit. The shredded pork is tender and moist with the flavors of Hawaii. The word kalua refers to the process of cooking in an earth oven. This means of cooking is still very common here on Moloka'i.
Throughout Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and even the Americas, traditional underground ovens have been utilized to cook and steam food. The Hawaiians used a pit oven, called an imu, to steam whole pigs, breadfruit, bananas, sweet potatoes, taro, chicken, and fish. The imu was essentially an underground steam cooker. Due to the amount of time and labor to prepare the imu, most earth oven cooking was done for group meals, festivities, or religious ceremonies. This is a combination of 13 photos showing the process of cooking the Kalua Pig.
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March 15th, 2010
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