"Kodi ndi chakudya chotani chomwe anthu omwe amapita ku Puerto Rico ayenera kuyesa?" Ndili ndi mwayi wopempha funso la otsogolera angapo omwe anali kutenga nawo gawo pa phwando la Saborea, lomwe limagwiritsidwa pachaka kumapeto kwa chaka cha San Juan.
Ophika anayi anali ochokera ku Puerto Rico: Giovanna Huyke, "Julia Child wa ku Puerto Rico" amene tsopano akuthamangira khitchini ku malo odyera ku Latin America Mio ku Washington DC; Elvin Rosado, mphunzitsi wa dziko la Puerto Rico wokhala ndi zophikira komanso mkulu wolemba zapamwamba ku Texas de Brazil ku Sheraton Puerto Rico Hotel & Casino ; Edwin Robles, mtsogoleri wa ku Range ku Washington DC; ndi Christian Quiñones, woyang'anira wamkulu wa Trattoria Italiana ndi Crudo Bar ku Intercontinental Hotel Isla Verde.
Yankho lawo linali chimodzimodzi: " mofongo ." Chifukwa chake? Kusiyanitsa pamutu:
"Ndizofunika kwambiri ku Puerto Rico."
"Zimapita ndi zonse."
"Ndiko kununkhira kwachikhalidwe ku Puerto Rico."
"Mbiri ya izo ... momwe ife timachitira izo ..."
"Palibe amene amachita izo monga ife timachitira."
Mofongo imachokera ku fufu , chakudya kuchokera ku Africa. Fufu amapangidwa kuchokera ku nyani zophika zophikidwa mu ufa. Akapolo a ku Africa m'mayiko atsopano a ku Spain anayamba kuphika ku Caribbean kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1600.
Mofongo imasiyana ndi fufu chifukwa imapangidwa ndi zomera zokazinga, zomwe zimakhala zochepa ku Puerto Rico. Mitengo yobiriwira yobiriwira imasungunuka, pamodzi ndi msuzi, nkhumba za nkhumba kapena nyama yankhumba, ndi mchere, monga mtengo wamatabwa ndi pestle, ndiyeno umafalikira mozungulira kuzungulira mbalizo. Kodi zotsatira zake ndi chiani chomwe chimapanga kuthamanga kwakukulu kwazakudya za mbale, zomwe zimakhala ndi nyama, nsomba, masamba, ndi msuzi kapena msuzi.
Mofongo kawirikawiri imaphatikizana ndi mitsempha-makamaka mphodza ya mbuzi-ndi lechoni (yokazinga nkhumba).
Ngakhalenso oyang'anira apamwamba a ku Puerto Rican amavomereza kuti malo abwino kwambiri oti apeze mofongo kawirikawiri amakhala odyera aang'ono, amayi ndi apamwamba omwe amakonza mbaleyo mwachizolowezi komanso mwachikhalidwe. Komabe, Quiñones anapereka malingaliro angapo osiyana siyana a mofongo, kuphatikizapo trifongo , opangidwa ndi mizu ya cassava ndi zipatso zobiriwira ndi zobiriwira; ndi mofongo de pana , mofongo yokhala ndi zipatso zamtengo wapatali, wowuma omwe ndi ofunika kwambiri m'madera otentha.
Casa Lola Criollo Kitchen, malo okongola omwe amawotchedwa ndi Chef Robert Trevino mumzinda wa Condado mumzinda wa San Juan, amagwiritsa ntchito mitundu itatu ya mofongo pamodzi ndi sangria. Tinalamula mofongo nsomba pamaganizo a seva yathu: chipolopolocho chinapangidwa kuchokera ku yucca ndipo chimadzaza ndi pulasitiki ndi scallops, shrimp, ndi squid. Mabaibulo ena amagwiritsa ntchito msuzi wa msuzi, magazi vieja (shredded flank mu tomato msuzi), nyama yankhumba ndi tamarind msuzi; komanso zakudya zosakaniza zamasamba, zopangidwa ndi mizu ya cassava ndi zophikidwa ndi nyemba, bowa, anyezi, tsabola, sukulu ya Swiss, ndi tomato yamatchire.
Pamene tikudikira dongosolo lathu, ine ndi mnzanga tinamwa sangria, tinaseka, tinakambirana ndi bartender, ndikujambula zithunzi, ndikukhala ndi nthawi yosangalatsa. Ndiye mbaleyo inabwera. Ndinaika foloko yanga pamtunda wolimba wa mofongo. Ine ndinapondereza pansi, ndipo izo zinakhala ngati zinaswa. Anandikumbutsa za kuphwanya chipolopolo cha crème brûlée. Mofanana ndi mchere wachikale wa ku France, kudula chipolopolo cha mofongo chimasonyeza kukoma kwa zomwe zili mkatimo, koma chipolopolo chomwecho ndi chodabwitsa kwambiri.
Ndinayamba kudya mofongo. Zinali zosayembekezereka: kusakaniza kwa osowa bwino, maonekedwe omwe anadzutsa pakamwa panga.
Zakudya zam'madzi, msuzi, ndi zowonjezereka zimagwirizana bwino. The mofongo ili ndi umami wokondweretsa komanso wokhutiritsa, mofanana ndi fungo lake losangalatsa.
Ikhala chete. Ndinayang'ana kwambiri. Ndinali ndi cholinga. Ichi chinali chochitika chofunikira. M'kupita kwa nthawi, mnzanga wapereka ndemanga. "Simunanene mawu kuyambira mutayamba kudya."
Iye sanakokomeze. Chifukwa chiyani mungalankhule mofongo?
(Dziwani kwa anzanga ndi abwenzi anga: potsiriza, iyi ndi njira yondikhalira chete: Ikani mbale ya mofongo patsogolo panga.)
Ndadya chakudya chilichonse chomaliza. Ndinayesedwa kuti ndikunyoze mbaleyo, koma ndimamvetsa ndipo nthawi zambiri ndimakhala ndi zikhalidwe zoyenera. (Ngakhale kuti nthawi zonse ndakhala ndikuganiza kuti ndizomwe ndikuyamikira kwambiri kupereka wakuphika.)
Mofongo ndi zakudya zabwino za ku Puerto Rico, zomwe zimagwiritsa ntchito chigawo chonse cha dera kukhala mbale yosavuta koma yosavuta, yosangalatsa komanso yokhutiritsa.
Nditabwerera kunyumba, funso lokhalo la mzanga ndilo: "Kodi muli ndi mofongo zambiri?"
Ine ndinalibe zambiri. Ndikukhumba ndikadakhala ndi mwayi wolawa zambiri. Ndili mndandanda wa zifukwa zomwe ndidzabwerera ku Puerto Rico.
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