A lava rock poi pounder dated from the 18th century or earlier. (From the Honolulu Museum of Art's collection)A Hawaiian poi dealer. Photograph by Menzies Dickson dated to between 1860 and 1870Pounding taro into poi. Taro plants can be seen growing in the background below the banana leaves
Native Hawaiian cuisine refers to the traditionalHawaiian foods that predate contact with Europeans and immigration from East and Southeast Asia. The cuisine consisted of a mix of indigenous plants and animals as well as plants and animals introduced by Polynesian voyagers, who became the Native Hawaiians.