{"id":9152,"date":"2022-06-09T14:05:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T02:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.myfoodbag.co.nz\/?p=9152"},"modified":"2023-08-09T12:43:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T00:43:49","slug":"celebrating-matariki-with-stacey-morrison-qa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/2022\/06\/09\/celebrating-matariki-with-stacey-morrison-qa\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Matariki With Stacey Morrison: Q&A"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As part of our Matariki celebrations, we’ve partnered with Stacey Morrison, where she brings her delicious Chicken H\u0101ng\u012b Parcels recipe to our My Choice range to share with our foodies! We recently caught up with Stacey to talk about her celebrations, traditions, and what Matariki means to her, and of course we had to get her to try our special Matariki range of Kitchen goodies!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stacey Morrison enjoying our special Matariki menu range!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What does Matariki mean to you? How do you celebrate? Do you have any family traditions?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matariki is very conveniently placed around my birthday! But beyond that, Matariki is a time for celebration and rejuvenation of our practices, and I guess things that we lost, or nearly lost. It feels really special that Matariki is a public holiday now, thanks to the work of a lot of people. It\u2019s unique to us here in Aotearoa. Where people would previously do a mid-winter Christmas, this resonates on a much deeper level. 
Matariki gives us time to be in touch with our environment, to have a chance to reset, think about what\u2019s happened, who we\u2019ve lost and who\u2019s missing, but we can plan ahead and look forward, and set our intentions for the year ahead.  Hiwa i te rangi – \u2018the wishing star\u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I was growing up, I didn\u2019t know why but Matariki just felt like a really special time to me. It\u2019s got a nice symmetry of being in the middle of the year, with the M\u0101ori calendar being based on the moon and the stars. 
It\u2019s also an opportunity for us to really celebrate and embrace our seasons. We adapt Christmas with Santa, even though it doesn\u2019t suit our seasons. So with Matariki being in winter, we eat winter kai, allowing us to really celebrate seasonal kai!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are your favourite things to cook or eat over Matariki? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s all about comfort kai – winter food! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few favourites are H\u0101ng\u012b parcels \u2013 which is where my recipe for My Food Bag<\/a> came from!
Steamed pudding – I don\u2019t make it but my aunties make it amazingly! It\u2019s made in a box or old tin, and has a caramel type flavour. The batter is put in steam boxes and it\u2019s then steamed from under the ground. Then served with plenty of custard and cream – delicious! 
I also can\u2019t go past my aunties amazing fry bread, or r\u0113wena! R\u0113wana is a type of sourdough made with a potato starter \u2013 everyone in the family has their specialties or thinks theirs is the best – it\u2019s just delicious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s one of your favourite traditional M\u0101ori ingredients that you would love to see more widely used or recognised?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kamokamo. This is a type of squash, and a favourite M\u0101ori food. It\u2019s often eaten young and immature.
Traditional herbs. There are so many herbs that are used for their medicinal properties. Such as horopito and kawakawa. They are both amazing and good for you but also taste really good!
And of course k\u016bmara – it\u2019s a core ingredient for so many but it\u2019s still so celebrated. It\u2019s humble! We have a saying that goes something like \u2018the k\u016bmara does not speak of its own sweetness\u2019 which I love!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you really enjoy a meal, what\u2019s your go to expression in Te Reo to express that?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reka! Meaning: \u2018sweet, yum, delicious!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can find Stacey’s Chicken H\u0101ng\u012b Parcels with Broccoli & Watercress B\u00e9arnaise<\/strong> recipe, as well as the rest of our curated Matariki recipes as part of our My Choice range!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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