Mbiri ya Zukini
Zaka zosaposa makumi atatu zapitazo, zukini, omwe nthawi zambiri ankatchedwa kuti sikwashi ya ku Italy, sizinali kudziwika ku United States. Masiku ano, sizodziwika kambirimbiri koma amakonda kwambiri wamaluwa a kunyumba. Ngakhale kuti chiwerengero chake chikukula, chidziwitso chake chimakhala chachikulu chifukwa cha zowonjezera monga masamba komanso chakudya.
Zukini, Cucurbita pepo, ndi membala wa banja la nkhaka ndi mavwende. Anthu okhala ku Central ndi South America akhala akudya zukini kwa zaka zikwi zingapo, koma zukini ife tikuzidziwa lero ndi zosiyanasiyana sikwashi yotentha ku Italy.
Mawu akuti zukini amachokera ku Italy zucchino, kutanthauza sitiroji yaying'ono. Mawu akuti squash amachokera ku India skutasquash amatanthauza "chinthu chobiriwira chomwe chimadyetsedwa." Christopher Columbus poyamba anabweretsa mbewu ku dera la Mediterranean ndi Africa.
A French anagwedeza zukini kwa nthawi yaitali mpaka ophika adaphunzira kusankha zipatso zazing'ono zomwe sizing'ono ndi madzi. Liwu lachifalansa la zukini ndilolumikiza, lomwe nthawi zambiri limagwiritsidwa ntchito mofanana chifukwa cha sikwashi yachikasu.
Ngakhale kuti nyengo yotchedwa sikwashi ingatanthauze mitundu yosiyanasiyana yosiyana malinga ndi omwe mumayankhula, mutha kugwiritsa ntchito mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya sikwashi mosiyana.