ʻO ka kanu Parsnip (Latin Pastinaca sativa) kahi mea kanu biennial mai ka ʻohana celery, me kahi aa koʻikoʻi, ka lipi pua a me nā lau cirrus. Nā pua kahakaha i nā pua melemele liʻiliʻi. Kūkulu ʻia ka mea kanu i nā ʻāina he nui, akā ʻo Central Europe, a me ka Altai Territory a me nā ʻaoʻao hema o nā Urals, kahi āu e ʻike ai i nā parsnips i ka nahele, i manaʻo ʻia ʻo kona ʻāina. He mea paʻa ʻole ke ʻano kanu ʻole o ka mea kanu, ʻo ia ka mea i wehewehe pono ai i kona kaulana i nā makahiki he nui. ʻO ka huaʻai Parsnip, a i kekahi manawa ua lilo nā greens i ka culinary o nā ʻāina ʻē. A hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana o ʻAmelika ke hoʻopiha ʻia me ʻEulopa me nā ʻuala, ʻo parsnip ka kumu ʻai nui ma ka hapanui o nā ʻāina ʻo ʻEulopa. Ua ʻike ʻia kēia mea kanu me nā Roma kahiko, nāna i hoʻomākaukau i nā mea ʻono mai nā huaʻai, ka meli a me ka hua pā parsnip, he ʻano ʻono, ʻono, ʻono like me ka kāroti.
Parsnip lulu (Parsnip)© ʻO Goldlocki
I ka wā kuke hou, hoʻohana nui ʻia ka parsnip i kahi mea kuʻuna. ʻO ka aʻa maloo o ka parsnip he ʻāpana o nā manawa he nui, akā hoʻohana ʻia, ka ʻoluʻolu no nā kīʻaha lau, nā mea ʻala. Hoʻohana nui ʻia kēia mea kanu no ka lawe ʻana.
Hoʻopili atu i nā mea momona nani a me nā hiʻohiʻona momona, he nui nā lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā mea pale i pā ai ke ʻano. Loaʻa iā ia ka ascorbic acid, kahi nui o nā pāharea, kaleta a me nā aila koʻikoʻi. Hoʻohana ka hoʻohana ʻana o ka parsnip i ka meaʻai i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka hana a me ka ʻōnaehana uila, a me ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana i ka wai mai ke kino. Eia kekahi, noho ana kēia mea kanu i kekahi o nā wahi alakaʻi i waena o nā hua kanu i ka nui o nā mea i maʻalahi e hoʻemi ʻia i nā mea momona i loko o laila. Mai ka wā kahiko, ua hoʻohana ʻia ʻo parsnip me he tonic maikaʻi loa.
He kiʻi hoʻohālikelike o Jacob Sturm mai ka puke "Deutschlands Flora ma Abbildungen", 1796
