Ki te whakaaetanga i ngā hokohoko rongoā, ko te tika me te higiene he mea nui rawa. Nā reira, e whai pūtake ana ngā poaka iti whakapī i runga i te whakarite me te whakamahinga i ngā hokohoko rongoā. E whai ake nei ngā poaka i ngā hanganga e mōhio ana ki te whakamāharahara me te whakamutunga, kia iti ai te āheinga o te whakatere ki te mate. Ko te mēkanika o te whakapī he wāhi moe tika me te whakahaere i ngā hokohoko, kia tutuki ai kia tiakina ai ngā hokohoko hei whakapā mai i te noho. Ki te whakaaetanga i te hoko i te toto, i te pipiwharauroa, rānei i ētahi atu wai ō ngā whatu tangata, ka taea e ngā poaka nei te tuku whakaaetanga me te tirohanga pai. Ka taea hoki e ngā poaka nei te tuku i ngā hokohoko rongoā ki ngā raorao mo te tataki, nā te kēmu matua e whakaiti i te tupeka, ka tiakina te mana o ngā hokohoko. Kei roto i tō tātau kāwanatanga, kei te mahi tūpato ki te tuku i ngā momo pai e pa ana ki ngā tikanga whakaeke o te ao rongoā.