He whakapāhunu kē pea koe i te kimi i te mātāpuna i tōu wharepaku e hiahi ana koe? He whakapāhunu rawa, nē? Heoi anō, he raru tēnei ka taea te whakatika i te wā poto! Ki te tae mai ana, he pai ngā pōhewa hei whakaputu i āu ake rākau mātāpuna. He whakamahi rawa ēnei pōhewa, ā, āwhina hoki i te āhua o tōu wharekai! He pai ki te whakaputu i āu mātāpuna, hei āwhina i a koe ki te rapu i ngā wā kai ana koe. Kei te whakapai ake i te āhua o tōu wharekai, āwhina ana i tōu wharekai ki te āhua "designer coffee maker"!
He nui ngā rāwekenga o ngā pota hiriwa e wātea ana, e toronga ana ki te rahinga o ngā taonga hāngai e hiahia koe. Kei te pai ngā pota iti ki te heke noa ngā taonga hāngai. Heoi anō, mō ērā e nui ana te taonga hāngai, kātahi pea koe e hiahia ki ngā pota e taea ai te kīhai i te nui. Kei te tāone te nuinga i te pota hiriwa, pōtā heke rānei me te pāpaku ki runga, engari ētahi pea he āhua pāpaku atu (pērā i tētahi e tāwhai ai, me tētahi motuhake ka taea ai e koe te whakakaha i ngā taonga hāngai ki ā koutou kai). Ka taea hoki e koe te whiwhi i ngā pota kua tohua kia whai ai te whakamāmā ki te mea kei roto i te pota. Whakamahia ngā pota hiriwa hei whakarara i ā koutou taonga hāngai... pērā i tētahi kaihautū!
Ko tētahi kauta kāore i te whakarahi e āhua whakapāhunu ana, ā, he uaua ki te kimi i te mea e hiahiatia ana. Kei te mōhio koe ki te ahua o te āhua...kei hea kāore koe i te kite i te mea e rapu ana koe? Ki te kore he kaihoko ranei e whakapāwhara ana i tōu huihuinga kai [kei te mārama koe, me nōho koe i waho ake] kei te pērā anō ki ahau. Engari ki ētahi kaihoko taro kia pai ai, ka tū tonu te katoa. Kātahi ka tangohia ngā taro katoa, he nui te wāhi e herea ai, engari he pāwhara te taro hiriwa nā te mea... Arā, he iti ake te wāhi e herea ana i ngā kōpaki pāpaku nui, ka whakamāmātia ai tōu kauta.
Ko tētahi o ngā huarahi māmā ki te kōaro i āu tōpuni ko te wehewehe i ia tōpunu ki te momo miriro me te raupapa a-z. Hei tauira, ka tīmata koe ki āu miriro "A". Ko te tikanga tēnei mō te kānga piripiri; te anise, te rēwena rānei. Kātia, ka haere koe ki ngā miriro B - ngā rākau lauril (bay leaves) me te piripiri māwhero; te rēwena anō ka tīmata. Mēnā ka panaia tēnei, ka taea e koe te rapu tūturu i ngā miriro kei hea ina rapu kai hei whakaputu, me te āhua whakapehapeha anō hoki o tōu pātīpū.

Kei te āhua āwhina ngā pōhī rēwena e tō ana ki tō kauta, pērā i ngā rēwena me te tae e tāpiri ana i te raru ki te kaihaka, i ērā anō hoki ngā hoahoa māmā e tō ana ki a koe. E ēke ana ētahi pōhī ki te āhua hōu, ki te āhua rāwhara rānei, ko ētahi ka tū ki te ma purea—e tō ana ki te āhua o te kauta katoa. Ina tākotoria e koe ngā manuhiri, he mea hōu hoki hei kōrero mā te whakakīia ki te whakakaha i tōu pōhī rēwena motuhake. Ko tō kauta ka tū hei mahi me te whakapapa ki te whakakaha i ngā pōhī rēwena āhua e whakapono ana koe i te whārangi o te mōhini kai!

He mea matua te rēwena hōu hei whakapai ake i te reka o tō kai! Arā, kāore koe e whakapāhunu ana i te rēwena tawhito, i te rēwena parurenga rānei e pa ana ki te reka o tō kai. Anō hoki, ka taea e koe te kite i te rahinga rēwena kei roto i te pōhī rēwena. Ko te tikanga, ka mōhio koea noa ka taea e koe te whiwhi atu kia kaua e mutu i ngā wā e hiahiatia ana.

Ko ngā pōhewa tarakihana (katoa) te pai rawa hei whakapakari i tōu hōrōhutu, karika me te awhetā. Ko ngā mātāpuna e tāpiri koe ki te wharepaku e āhua hua nei koe ki te wā kua tuhono koe ki te wāhanga 2! Ka taea hoki e tēnei te whakatū koe ki te hanga i tētahi rāwekenga ritenga—pērā i te "Chef John's Italian Seasoning." Āe, ka tūhono katoa ngā pōhewa mātāpuna ki te whakapai ake i te wāhi e wātea ai, ā, he aha katoa ki te kite i te āhua o ngā wāhi huna huna o ngā tohunga kai katoa!
Kei te māia a Minghang ki te whakaratonga i ngā whakaeke paraita ritenga mai i te whakaaro ki te hua mutunga. Ki te 15 tau ki pānga ki te mātauranga, kei te whakarato mātou i ngā ratonga whānui e ārahi ana i a koe ki ia wā. Kei te whakatirotiro ngā tohunga whakapakanga i te whakawhanawhitinga o ā mātou hua ki ōu hiahia e whakarato āwhina ritenga me te ratonga pōhewa huka huka hau teitei.
Kiri kawau mātāpuna mai i tō mātou whare hanga whakangao ki Jiangsu, Haina. Ko Minghang he whare whakaputanga e 3 miriona kiringa tapawhā. Kei te whare whakaputanga e ono ngā rārangi whakaputanga me ngā kaiwhakaputa pēnei i te 150 e whakarato pūmahara kiri kawau, kiri kawau hoki mō ngā kai, inu, rongoā mākutu, me ētahi atu. Kei te whakaritea tonu te kounga me te whakaiti i ngā utu whakaputanga.
Kei te whakarato mātou i ngā tauira koreutu o ngā kiri kawau mātāpuna kia mātua whakamātau koe ki tō mātou kounga i mua i te hoko nui. Ahakoa e hiahi ana koe ki ngā pūmahara noa rānei ki ngā hoahoa ritenga, ko ā mātou tauira ka tuku ia koe i te whakamātau i tō mātou mahi. Tukuna mai ō kaiwhakauru hoahoa, me ā mātou whakapae ki te whakautu ritenga ki ōu hiahia.
Kei Minghang, kei te whakamana tonu mātou i te "Whakapono Tuatahi, Ko te Kounga Koiora, Ko te Mahi Kaihoko". Ko ta mātou whai mōhio he whakapai ake i te takotoranga o ngā whakapapa hanga here, e whakarato ai i ngā whakaeke pakonga e tautoko ai i te taiao. Me te hiahia a te kaihoko kei te puku o o mātou whakahaere, kei te whai mātou kia hangaia tētahi anamata whakapapa tahi mā te mahi tahi me te angitu tārua.