Today We Had A Hangi

One of the boys that I support had his birthday earlier this week.  My boss decided to bring all the boys we support from the different houses for a hangi.

The traditional Maori way of cooking the hangi is by digging a hole on the ground and use heated stones to cook.  All the pork, beef, chicken, lamb, potatoes, kumara and pumpkin are then placed on top of the heated stones.  Then they are covered with mutton cloth and sacking.  It will take around 2-3 hours before they are cooked.  But this time around, our hangi was cooked using a stainless steel cylinder to simulate the ground.  They say the taste of the food is enhanced using the traditional method.

Well I didn't mind at all.  I was hungry.  I always look forward to events like this, specially when there is food involved.  As an added treat, we also had the traditional raw fish with coconut milk as well as mussels.  Overall it was a good feast, with staff and clients all enjoying the company of each other while partaking of the hangi.