Samoans not only cook up these intricate dishes, but they as well make simple variations on a theme, like coconut cream covered taro, coconut cream covered yams, & coconut cream covered potatoes. The ingredients are actually quite flexible, adaptable to any local produce and meats therefore giving Samoans the wide variety of dishes.
If you ever did visit the Samoan Islands, you would never see a microwave or a stove. Instead, every morning, Samoans go out and set up an umu which is an earth oven of hot stones. This oven is set up every day, three times a day for every meal. Also, no oils, additives, or artificial flavours are used. Instead they wrap banana leaves around the food to seal in the heat & two hours later, the food is taken out.
Overall, Everything the Samoans use is natural and freshly picked, therefore resulting in better and healthier eating habits. When visiting the Samoa Islands, not only do you get to try out new dishes & relax in its calming clear waters, but as a bonus, you get a tour of the To Sua Ocean Trench. Trench literally meaning, "Big Hole". The To Sua Ocean Trench is a big hole about 30 Meters deep filled with clear blue waters. It's as if it was a nature made pool! Tourists from all around the world have gone to the Samoan Islands just to see the Ta Sua Ocean Trench!
As People in Samoa are very positive (population: 1,089)
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