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Chapter XXXIX: Appendix: A Maori Dinner

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For those who would make trial of Maori dishes, here is a native bill-of-fare, such as can be imitated in the South of England:

HAKARI MAORI--A MAORI FEAST.

_BILL-OF-FARE._

SOUP.

KOTA KOTA Any shell-fish.

FISH.

INANGA Whitebait (boiled in milk, with leeks).
PIHARAU Lamprey (stewed).
TUNA Eels (steamed).

MADE-DISHES.

PUKÉKO Moor-hen (steamed).
KOURA Craw-fish (boiled).
TUI TUI Thrush (roast).
KÉRÉRU Pigeon (baked in clay).

ROAST.

POOKA Pork (_short_ pig).

GAME.

PARÉRA Wild Duck (roasted on embers).

VEGETABLES.

PAUKÉNA Pumpkin.
KAMU KAMU Vegetable Marrow.
KAPUTI Cabbage (steamed).
KUMATA Sweet Potatoes.

SWEETS.

TATARAMOA Cranberries (steamed).
TANA Damsons (steamed with sugar).

DESSERT.

KARAMU Currants.

PIKAKARIKA, _Dec._ 1866.

END OF VOL. I.

GREATER BRITAIN.

_A RECORD OF TRAVEL_

IN

ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES

DURING 1866-7.

BY

CHARLES WENTWORTH DILKE.

VOL. II.

WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

PHILADELPHIA:

J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.

LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO.

1869.

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