Ngati mukukonzekera ulendo wopita ku South Africa, yesetsani kuona biltong kulikonse kumene mukupita. Biltong ndi chakudya chokondweretsa cha South Africa komanso gawo la chikhalidwe cha dzikoli. Zimagulitsidwa m'magetsi, magalimoto akuluakulu, pamabwalo a zinyamuliro komanso m'malesitilanti am'mwamba. Koma ndi chiyani?
Kodi Biltong ndi Chiyani?
Kwenikweni, biltong ndi nyama yomwe yachiritsidwa ndi youma. Amagwiritsidwa ntchito mu magawo kapena matayala osiyanasiyana, ndipo akhoza kupangidwa pogwiritsa ntchito nyama zosiyanasiyana.
Ngakhale nkhuku komanso nyama ya bacon biltong imakhalapo, nyama ndi nyama ndizo nyama zomwe zimakonda kwambiri. Masewera (otchedwa venison ku South Africa) amatanthauza nyama zakutchire - kuphatikizapo impala, kudu, wildebeest ndi nthiwati. Ambiri Achimereka amapanga kulakwitsa kuti biltong ndi yankho la ku South Africa kuti likhale losavuta - koma kwenikweni, liri ndi zowonjezera zokhazokha, chilengedwe, chikhalidwe ndi mbiri.
Mbiri ya Biltong
Anthu a ku South Africa akhala akusunga nyama mwa mtundu umodzi kapena wina kwa zaka zikwi. Popanda friji kapena maofesi osungira kuti nyama zisawonongeke, osaka nyama ankakonda kuvala nyama ndi mchere asanawapachike pamitengo kuti ziume. M'zaka za zana la 17, anthu othawa kwawo ochokera ku Ulaya adasintha njira imeneyi, koma anawonjezera vinyo wosasa ndi saltpetre (potassium nitrate). Cholinga chake chinali kupha mabakiteriya mu nyama, motero kuchepetsa matenda.
M'zaka za m'ma 1900, alimi a ku Dutch omwe ankadziwika kuti Voortrekkers anasiya minda yawo ku Cape, pofuna kuthawa ulamuliro wa British Colony. Ankafuna chakudya chosawonongeka, chosakhala chowonongeka kuti chiwathandize pakupita kwawo kumpoto, chomwe chinadziwika kuti Great Trek. Nyama yochiritsidwa inali njira yothetsera vuto, ndipo zambiri zomwe zimachokera ku Voortrekkers zimakhala ndi luso lokonza biltong, potero timapanga chotukuka monga tikudziwira lero.
Momwe Biltong Amapangidwira
Masiku ano, njira yopanga maulendo opangidwa ndi bilt amakhalabe ofanana kwambiri ndi ogwiritsidwa ntchito ndi Voortrekkers - ngakhale ndi zochepa zamakono. Kusankha nyama yamtengo wapatali ndi sitepe yoyamba. Kawirikawiri, mukamapanga ng'ombe zowombeza, zasiliva kapena mabala apamwamba ndi zabwino kwambiri. Kenaka, nyamayo iyenera kudulidwa, musanagwiritsidwe kapena kuthira mafuta mu viniga. Kenaka, mapulogalamuwo amawakonda ndi zonunkhira, zomwe kawirikawiri zimaphatikizapo mchere, shuga, mbewu za coriander ndi tsabola wakuda.
Kawirikawiri, zokololazo zimatsalira kuti zilowerere kusakaniza msanga usiku, musanamangidwe kuti muumire pamalo abwino. Masiku ano, makina oyanika mwapadera amachititsa kuti pulogalamuyi ikhale yosavuta, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti wopanga biltong awononge kwambiri kutentha ndi chinyezi. Mwachizoloŵezi, malo oyanika amatha masiku 4; ngakhale magetsi okwera magetsi angagwiritsidwe ntchito mofulumira kwambiri. Kwa biltong purists, komabe njira zakale ndizo zabwino kwambiri.
Ubwino Wathanzi wa Biltong
Ngakhale kukhala mbali yofunikira ya chikhalidwe cha South Africa, biltong ndi njira yabwino yowonjezera zakudya zopangira zakudya monga chips ndi kuviika. Ndizochokera puloteni yabwino kwambiri, pafupifupi 57.2 magalamu pa 100 gm kutumikira.
Njira yowuma mmalo mophika imatanthawuza kuti nyama imakhala ndi zakudya zambiri, kuphatikizapo mchere wofunikira ngati chitsulo, zinc ndi magnesium. Kwa iwo owerengera zakudya, maseŵera a mchenga nthawi zambiri amakhala ocheperapo kuposa nkhumba zowombeza, ndipo chifukwa chake ndi bwino kusankha.
Kumene Mungayesere Biltong?
Ku South Africa ndi mayiko akumalire ngati Namibia, sampling biltong ndi yosavuta monga kunyamula paketi yosindikizidwa yochokera ku sitolo yapafupi. Ngati muli kutsidya kwa nyanja, komatu kupeza biltong wanu kungakhale kochepa. Mizinda yambiri yayikulu ku UK ndi US ili ndi masitolo a South Africa, monga Jonty Jacobs ku New York ndi San Diego; kapena Jumbo South African Shop ku London. Pambuyo pake, mudzapeza malo odyera pamodzi ndi zakudya zina za ku South Africa monga tiyi ya Rooibos, a Mrs. Ball's chutney ndi Wilsons toffee.
Mwinanso, pali mawebusaiti angapo omwe amatha kutumiza biltong ndi katundu wina waku South Africa, kuphatikizapo South African Food Shop ku US, ndi Barefoot Biltong ku UK. Ngati mukukumva bwino, mungayese kupanga biltong yanu kunyumba. Pali ma webusaiti ambiri omwe amapereka maphikidwe ndi malangizo kuti apange batchi yabwino - ngakhale kuti ndizojambula, ndipo muyenera kuyembekezera kuti mupereke mayeso angapo musanafike zotsatira zabwino. Pofuna kuti zinthu zikhale zosavuta, ganizirani kukonza zokometsera za biltong komanso kuyanika kabati kuchokera ku UK UK.
Nkhaniyi idasinthidwa ndikulembedwanso mbali ndi Jessica Macdonald pa October 26, 2016.