Title: Poi
Categories: Hawaii Vegetable Side dish
Yield: 4 Servings

		Some cooked taro corms
		Water

Break cooked corms into pieces. Place a few on a poi-pounder board or a shallow, heavy pan. Break taro into very small pieces with a poi ponder or potato masher. Wet your other hand. Slip it under taro and turn it over it won't stick to the board or pan. When taro is in small pieces, wet the bottom of ponder. Continue to mash and turn the taro until it is smooth and thick. Keep you hand and pounder wet. Scoop up this thick poi and place in a bowl. Add a little water at a time. Mix it into the poi with your hands and fingers. Keep adding a little water at a time. Mix the water in until poi is as thick or thin as you like it.

From _Made in Hawai'i_ by Jane Fulton Abernethy and Suelyn Ching Tune From: Laniakea@aol.Com (Laniakea)

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