"Sisiphi isidlo esisodwa abantu abaya kuPuerto Rico mabazame?" Ndamfumana ithuba lokubuza lo mbuzo wabaphengululi abaninzi abaye bathatha inxaxheba kumthendeleko wokutya waseSaborea, owenziwa rhoqo ngonyaka entwasahlobo eSan Juan.
Abapheki abane bevela ePuerto Rico: Giovanna Huyke, "uJulia Umntwana wasePuerto Rico" ngoku oqhuba ikhitshi yokudlela yaseLatin American eMo eWashington DC; U-Elvin Rosado, umqeqeshi weqela likazwelonke laseChristian e-Puerto Rico kunye nomphathi wesigqeba e-Texas yaseBrazil eSheraton Puerto Rico Hotel & Casino ; U-Edwin Robles, phantsi kompheki kwiRange eWashington DC; kunye neChristian Quiñones, i-executive under chef of Trattoria Italiana kunye ne-Crudo Bar kwi-Intercontinental Hotel i-Isla Verde.
Impendulo yabo yayifanayo : " mofongo ." Izizathu? Utshintsho kumxholo:
"Isiqhelo sasePuerto Rico."
"Iyahamba nayo yonke into."
"Yinambatho yendabuko yasePuerto Rico."
"Imbali yalo ... indlela esenza ngayo ..."
"Akukho mntu uthanda ngathi."
I-Mofongo ineengcambu zayo kwi fufu , isidlo esivela e-Afrika. I-Fufu yenziwa kwi-starves ebilisiwe ehlambulukileyo ibe yinhlama. Amakhoboka aseAfrika kwiiNtshonalanga zeNtshonalanga zaseSpain zazisa lolu hlobo lokupheka kwiiCaribbean ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-16.
I-Mofongo ihluke kwi-fufu ngohlobo lwenziwe ngohlobo lwe-plantains oluqingqiweyo, oluyintsika yasePuerto Rico. I-plantains eluhlaza edibeneyo ihlambulukile, kunye nomhluzi, i- cocklings cracklings okanye i-bacon, kunye ne-seasoning, kwi- pilón (efana nomthi womthi kunye ne-pestle), kwaye isasazeka ngokubanzi macala. Ziziphi iziphumo inhlama eyenza i-dense crust yokuzaliswa kwesitya, esinokuquka uluhlu lwenyama, intlanzi, imifuno kunye ne-sauce okanye umhluzi.
I-Mofongo ngokuqhelekileyo idityaniswe ne-stews-ingakumbi ibhokhwe-kunye ne- lechon (ihagu egaziweyo).
Nabo aba baphathi abaphezulu bePuerto Rican bathi iindawo ezifanelekileyo zokufumana i-mofongo zidla ngokuba ziincinci, iindawo zokudlela ezinomama kunye ne-pop ezilungiselela ukutya ngokuqhelekileyo nangokwemveli. Nangona kunjalo, i-Quiñones inikezela ngeziphakamiso eziliqela zokutshintsha kwi-mofongo, kuquka i- trifongo , eyenziwe ngeengcambu kunye ne-plantains eluhlaza; kunye ne- mofongo de pana , i-mofongo eyenziwe ngesithelo sezonkwa, isitashi esisisityebi esithe sitshisa.
I-Casa Lola Criollo I-Kitchen, isakhiwo esilungileyo sokuthungela i-Chef uRobert Trevino kwi- Condado indawo yaseSan Juan, isebenzisa iintlobo ezintathu ze-mofongo kunye ne-sangria. Siyalela i-mofongo yezilwanyana zaselwandle kwisiphakamiso somncedisi wethu: igobolondo yenziwe yucca kwaye izaliswe kwi-brim ne-scallops, i-shrimp, ne-squid. Ezinye iinguqu ezibandakanya i-skirt steak, i- blood vieja (i-sped steak in-tomato sauce), i-bacon, ne-tamarind sauce; kunye nenketho yemifuno, eyenziwe ngeengcambu ze-cassava kwaye zifakwe iimbotyi, amakhowe, anyanisi, i-pepper, i-charity yaseSwitzerland kunye neetamatisi ezi-cherry.
Ngelixa silinde umyalelo wethu, umhlobo wam kwaye ndisela i-sangria, ndihleka, ndixubusha i-bartender, ndaza ndithatha imifanekiso yomnye nomnye, nje ngokuba nexesha elihle elixhalabileyo. Kwaza kwafika isitya. Ndabeka ifolokhwe yam phezu kwegobolondo eqinile ye-mofongo. Ndacinezela, kwaye yinto enobungozi. Kwandikhumbuza ukuphula igobolondo ye-crème brûlée. Njengaloo desiki yaseFrench, ukukhwabanisa igobongo ye-mofongo ibonisa ukutya kwezinto eziphakathi ngaphakathi, kodwa igobolondo ngokwayo iyancomeka ngokufanayo.
Ndaqalisa ukutya i-mofongo. Kwakungenangqondo: ukuhlanganiswa kwamagqabhagqabha amnandi, iimpawu ezavusa umlomo wam.
Izilwanyana zaselwandle, i-sauce, kunye ne-starchy crust zidibanise kakuhle. I-mofongo yaqhamuka nomami othakazelisayo kwaye owanelisayo, efanelana nephunga elimangalisayo.
Yathula ngokwenene. Ndacacile. Ndenenjongo. Eli li liva elibalulekileyo. Ekugqibeleni, umhlobo wam wenza ingxelo. "Awuzange uthethe igama ekubeni uqale udla."
Akazange agxilise. Kutheni uthetha, xa ungadla i-mofongo?
(Qaphela abahlobo kunye nosapho: ekugqibeleni, yindlela yokundithula: Faka ipake ye mofongo phambi kwam.)
Ndadla yonke ukutya yokugqibela. Ndade ndilingwa ukuba ndikhohlise ipuleti ecocekileyo, kodwa ndiyayiqonda kwaye ngokubanzi ndihlala nezidalwa zentlalo ezisisiseko. (Nangona ndihlala ndicinga ukuba kuya kuba yincomeko ephezulu yokunika umcuphi.)
I-Mofongo iyona nto ibhetele yokutya yasePuerto Rican, esebenzisa zonke iziqulatho zommandla zibe yidlo yokudala kodwa elula, eyanelisayo neyanelisayo.
Emva kokuba ndibuyele ekhaya, umbuzo kuphela umhlobo wam wokutyelela wam: "Ngaba unayo i-mofongo eninzi?"
Andizange ndifumane amaninzi. Ndiyathanda ukuba ndibe nethuba lokuncedisa ngakumbi. Kuluhlu olufutshane lwezizathu ndiya kubuyela ePuerto Rico.
Hlola amaxabiso asePuerto Rico kunye neeNkcazo kwi-TripAdvisor