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How did Maori make fire?
Maori made fire by rubbing two
sticks together .The wood used is
the Kaikomako.
More food is added
Water splashed over the hangi to cause steam & covered
Hangi is left to cook 3-4 hours
Some times during the making of the Hangi, sticks were stacked or placed across the rim of the Hangi to to prevent crushing from the weight of the earth on top. A process or term we call rakau korehina. These days, there are many different Hangi methods used. Wire baskets became widely used in the early 19th century with sacking and cloth replacing leaves and bark as the covering of choice.
Hangi Information
Cooking was not done in the main house, but in specially
built sheds called whanau or kauta, or the food was simply
cooked out in the open. Food was generally eaten in the
open, or in a whanau. Distinguished visitors, if sleeping
in the large important meeting house, might be served
with food in the house, but the food must be placed in
the narrow space left in the center as you enter the door
Digging the pit
You dig the Hangi pit according to the size of the basket
you are laying or the number of people you are catering for.
Super heated stones are used as the cooking tool although alternative metals can be used. Wire baskets are used to
hold the food. Traditionally it is the men Ko na ira Tane
who put the Hangi's down as Wahine (women) aren't
allowed to take part in this part of the preparation. The
men and the woman work together in preparing the food
for the Hangi.
Things that are cooked in a hangi.
people cook vegetables such as kumara (sweet potato), pumpkin, carrot, potato, onions and cabbage are normally
Cooked in the hangi.