Editing Tuvalu (section)

===Cuisine===
{{Main|Cuisine of Tuvalu}}
The [[cuisine of Tuvalu]] is based on the [[Staple food|staple]] of [[coconut]] and the many species of fish found in the ocean and lagoons of the atolls. Desserts made on the islands include coconut and [[coconut milk]], rather than animal milk. The traditional foods eaten in Tuvalu are [[pulaka]], [[taro]], bananas, [[breadfruit]]<ref>Morris, Rachel, "To the Lifeboats," in ''Mother Jones,'' November/December 2009</ref> and coconut.<ref name="CHC">[[#Hedley|Hedley]], pp. 60–63</ref> Tuvaluans also eat seafood, including [[coconut crab]] and fish from the lagoon and ocean.<ref name="FRFSP" /> [[Flying fish]] are also caught as a source of food.<ref name="CH-GA">{{cite journal |ref=Hedley |last1=Hedley |first1=Charles |title=General account of the Atoll of Funafuti |url=http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/16686/487_complete.pdf |year=1896 |journal=Australian Museum Memoir |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=1–72 at 65 |doi=10.3853/j.0067-1967.3.1896.487 |access-date=28 September 2013 |archive-date=15 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015112253/http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/16686/487_complete.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="PIM34-9"/><ref name="IGT">{{cite journal |author1=Turbott, I. G. |title=Fishing for Flying-Fish in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20703275 |date=December 1950 |volume=59 |issue=4 |journal=The Journal of the Polynesian Society |pages=349–367 |jstor=20703275 |access-date=7 April 2024 |archive-date=7 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407031033/https://www.jstor.org/stable/20703275 |url-status=live}}</ref> Another traditional food source is [[seabird]]s (''taketake'' or [[black noddy]] and ''akiaki'' or [[white tern]]), with pork being eaten mostly at ''fateles'' (or parties with dancing to celebrate events).<ref name="Bennetts"/>

Pulaka is the main source for [[carbohydrate]]s. Seafood provides [[protein]]. Bananas and breadfruit are supplemental crops. Coconut is used for its juice, to make other beverages (such as [[Palm wine|toddy]]) and to improve the taste of some dishes.<ref name="Bennetts"/>

A 1560-square-metre pond was built in 1996 on Vaitupu to sustain [[aquaculture in Tuvalu]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Fishery and Aquaculture Country Profile: Tuvalu |publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization |url=http://www.fao.org/fishery/countrysector/FI-CP_TV/en |access-date=2 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326031726/http://www.fao.org/fishery/countrysector/FI-CP_TV/en |archive-date=26 March 2009}}</ref>

[[Flying fish]] are also caught as a source of food;<ref name="CH-GA"/><ref name="PIM34-9">{{cite web |last= |first= |work=V(2) Pacific Islands Monthly |title=Life on Nanomanga |date=21 September 1934 |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-311547727/view?partId=nla.obj-311551615#page/n26/mode/1up |access-date=27 September 2021}}</ref><ref name="IGT"/> and as an exciting activity, using a boat, a [[butterfly net]] and a spotlight to attract the flying fish.<ref name="Bennetts"/>