Kusunga Chakudya cha Zima mu 1600 - 1700 Acadia
Ndili pafupi-kufunafuna chakudya moyenera ku America masiku ano, nthawi zambiri ndimadabwa kuti chakudya chinasungidwa bwanji asanayambe firiji. Mayi anga aang'ono a Rose adandiuza kuti zotsala (kuphatikizapo mkaka wochuluka) pa famu yathu ya banja zinayikidwa mu mtsuko wotsekedwa kwambiri, womangirizidwa ndi chingwe, ndipo anatsikira m'madzi ozizira m'chitsime. Anali odzidalira pachaka pa famu ya ku Louisiana, koma ndikudabwa kuti anthu adasungira zakudya zaka mazana angapo zapitazo, kudutsa nyengo yovuta kwambiri ya Acadia (yotchedwa Nova Scotia).
Ichi chinali gawo lochititsa chidwi la kafukufuku wanga, Mu Cajun Kitchen (St. Martin's Press, 2006). Ndikofunika, mayi weniweni, ndipo ndikuyembekeza kuti mumapeza njira zotetezera chakudya monga momwe ndikuchitira.
- Kusunga chakudya ndi njira zophika mu Acadia wakale. Njira zazikulu za kusungiramo chakudya zinali kusamba, kuzizira, kuyanika, ndi kusuta. Chotsatira cha Cajun Boucherie chinali kupha nkhumba ndi ng'ombe iliyonse yoyandikana ndi oyandikana nawo omwe angagawanitse ntchitoyo, kenaka nkugawana nawo chisangalalo cha nyama yotenthayo m'nyengo yozizira. Mbali ya nyamayi inali yozizira kwambiri, ndipo ina inali yamchere komanso youma, ina inathira madzi amchere, ndipo kudula kwina kunasuta m'nyumba zosuta. Cod ndi herring for family used salted, eels frozen, ndi herring kusuta.
- Mizu ya masamba imasungidwa ozizira kusungirako m'maselo; pamene chimanga ndi nyemba zouma, kuti ziyanjanitsenso ngati pakufunikira. Ma nyemba amchere amathiridwa mchere, monga kabichi ndi zitsamba. Chives ndi nsonga za anyezi zinkagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati zitsamba ndipo zinali zofunika kwambiri pa zakudya zokoma - mofanana kwambiri anyezi, udzu winawake, ndi belu tsabola ndizo zoyambirira ku Cajun kuphika. Zipatso zinapangidwa kupanikizana; maapulo amaikidwa mu malo osungirako ozizira, monga maapulo ali lero; cranberries yosungidwa mu kuwala kofiira; ndipo blueberries ndi apulo magawo anayikidwa limodzi limodzi ndi zouma. Mazira anali ovekedwa bwino mu oats ndi kuika m'malo osungirako ozizira, ndipo batala unapangidwira mitsuko ndikusungira madzi amchere amchere (onani chithunzi pamwambapa).
- Kuwotcha ndi kutentha ndi njira ziwiri zomwe zikuphikira mu Acadia wakale. Nkhuku yokazinga inkakonda kwambiri, nsomba zinali zokometsetsedwa kapena zopangidwa ndi mikate ya nsomba ndi kuzidya mwatsopano. Mchere wa nkhumba, mafuta a chiberekero, kapena nthawi zina batala anali otentha. Chophika chakuda chachitsulo chinkagwiritsidwa ntchito tsiku ndi tsiku pophika kuphika, monga mbale zambiri zophika kwa nthawi yaitali kuti ziwathandize kapena kuzibweretsa zokometsera kupyolera panthawi yaitali, kuphika pang'onopang'ono. Njira yophikayi idali kutsogolera mphika umodzi, gumbo, yophika kwambiri, ndi fricassees zomwe zili mbali ya Cajun cookery lero.
- Mizu ya masamba, mbatata, ndi kabichi ankaphika, monga momwe zinalili masewera achilengedwe. Kawirikawiri, kaya ndiwo zamasamba kapena nyama zomwe zinalipo zinali zophikidwa nthawi yaitali mu mphika wachitsulo kuti apange msuzi wabwino. Madzi awo anali ndi madzi oposa madzi a Cajun lero; iwo anali zomwe ife tikhoza kuganizira mtanda pakati pa mphodza ndi supu. Mkate ndi mabisiketi ankaphika, monga pies, mikate, ndi tarts. Mkate unali gawo lofunika kwambiri la chakudya ndipo unapangidwa kuchokera ku buckwheat, ufa wa tirigu, kapena tirigu wosakaniza, ndipo ankakonda ndi madzi kapena masewera.
- Tikanatumizidwa ku masiku akale a Acadia, tikhoza kupeza kuti chakudya sichinali chosiyana ndi zomwe tikudya tsopano. Pambuyo pake, atadzafika ku Acadia, ndi kumanga nyumba yonseyi, anthu a Acadian adagwiritsa ntchito chiyankhulo chawo, njira zophika, nyimbo, nkhani, komanso miyambo yachipembedzo yomwe adabweretsa nawo kuchokera ku France .
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