Okolehao
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okolehao-172-1575289
title:
Okolehao
text:
ʻŌkolehao is a Hawaiian alcoholic spirit whose main ingredient was the root of the ti plant. 'Ōkolehao's forerunner was a fermented ti root beverage or beer. When distillation techniques were introduced by English seamen in 1790, it was distilled into a highly alcoholic spirit. Hawaiians discovered that if the ti root is baked, a sweet liquid migrates to the surface of the root. Chemically, the heat changes the starch in the root to a fermentable sugar. The baked root is then soaked in a vat of
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description:
Hawaiian alcoholic spirit made from the root of the ti plant
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okolehao
date created:
2005-09-01T15:12:03Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T16:47:46Z
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