How to make a samoan umu by Carlos

A samoan umu is a way of cooking food with hot rocks. They can cook a lot of food this way so it is good for celebration like wedding and funerals. First they put palusami which they put in taro leaves and coconut cream.And they get some fish too. Next the taro and the bananas go on the hot rocks because they take more time to cook.  Then they get lots of bananas leaves and put it in the fire. These keep the heat in so the food can cook.

While they were waiting for the food to cook they were making baskets out of coconut leaves. Then after it cooks they put the umu inside the basket. Finally they put the umu inside the basket to share the umu with the village which is the samoan way and they can have some too for  working hard. An umu is a great way to cook for lots of people.