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Show POI HAWAIIAN NATIONAL? DISK Is Being Introduced Into the United States and Is Said to Ba Meeting Meet-ing With Favor. Hawaii Is making a food-saving contribution con-tribution In the shape of pol, its national na-tional dish made from the bulb of the taro plant Until 20 years ago pol was made under primitive conditions, the bulbs being peeled, boiled and pounded pound-ed In a wooden trencher until a semi-liquid semi-liquid paste was formed. But today modern Banltary machinery is used t manufacture the product, under en pervision of health authorities in th Island, and five factories at Hllo now turn out several tons dally. This new form of pol is being sent to the United Stales, reaching markets mar-kets as far away as New York city, and a demand which began with Ha-wallans Ha-wallans who had come to the United States is generally being extended te Americans who have learned to like the dish. Pol is frequently used In Hawaiian hospitals in the diet of patients whose stomachs are too weak to digest other food, and the war interest in substitute substi-tute foods Is expected to lead to Its wider Introduction elsewhere. |