Kei ngā whakamatau rongoā, e whai pūmanawa ana ngā tari whakapūtanga waiwai i te mea he āheinga rite ki te hoko i ngā hākupu waiwai e āhatia nei ngā rongoā nō te whenua rānei ko ērā. Hangahia hei tirohanga anō mō ngā whakamatau rongoā, ka mahi ake ēnei tari i te wā kaiwhakahaere hoki i te wā o te hoko hākupu. Ko te waewae noa iho te wāhi mō te hoko hākupu, ka whakaaeke i te wā o te hoko hākupu. Kei ō tātau tohu tatai rahi, kei ngā tohu waiwai tātau, kei te whakatakoto i ngā hākupu me ngā kawe i runga i ngā wāhi pai rawa. Ki te nui ake ngā tangata e whakaaro ana ki ngā momo whakamatau kore-tauawhi, he nui ngā whiuwhiu hangarau mō ngā whakamatau rongoā - kāreti e pai ana mō ngā tohunga rānei, mō ngā tangata rānei.