Ukondla ngokomoya, iya ekhitshini
Ukubhaka isonka kunokuba sisifundo sasemoyeni esinzulu.
Ndinento entsha ephilayo-ngenxa yokungabikho kwexesha elingcono-ukondla ekhaya. Yisiqalo sam somuncu omuncu, umxube ocoliweyo, oxutywe ngomgubo wengqolowa, amanzi kunye nemvubelo ehlala kwisitya seglasi ngasemva kwefriji. Kanye ngeveki undwendwela ikhawuntara yasekhitshini, apho agcinwe khona ngamanzi, umgubo kunye neoksijini. Ngamanye amaxesha ndiyahlulahlula ndisebenzise isiqingatha saso xa kusenziwa amaqhekeza omuncu okanye i-focaccia.
Ndihlala ndibuza abahlobo ukuba bangathanda na isibheno, kuba ulondolozo lwabo lubiza kakhulu. Veki nganye, kuya kufuneka ulahle ubuncinci isiqingatha senkonzo ukukhusela intlama yakho emuncu ekukhuleni ngendlela eya kuthi ithathe ulawulo lwazo zonke iishelufu kwifriji yakho kunye neziqwenga zokugcina kwigunjana.
Ezinye "iintloko zezonka" ziqhayisa ngezibheno ezinemigca ebuyela "kwiLizwe eliDala", izibheno ebezityiswe ngaphezulu kweminyaka eli-100. Isibheno sam ndasinikwa nguPeter Reinhart, umbhali weBread Baker's Apprentice (Ten Speed Press) uJames Beard Award, emva kwesifundo endisithathileyo.
Ndenza izonka zesideki ngeveki nganye kulandela indibaniselwano yemiyalelo yabanye abapheki kunye ne-intuition yam. Isonka ngasinye sahlukile, imveliso yezithako, ixesha, iqondo lobushushu kunye nezam izandla - kunye nonyana wam. Isonka sokubhaka bubugcisa bamandulo endabuguqula ngokukhokelwa kunye nobulumko babona bapheki babalaseleyo ngokumamela umoya wam nokuphendula kwiimfuno zosapho lwam.
Ikhitshi lam lendlu liguqulwe laba yinanobakery ikakhulu njengokukhangela incwadi endiyibhalayo malunga nokomoya wesonka kunye noMthendeleko. Khange ndiqonde ukuba kwanangaphambi kokuba kuphekwe i-oveni, ukupheka kwam kunika usapho lwam izinto ezininzi zokucinga. Kwaqala kunyaka ophelileyo xa sasisiya kwintshona yeMichigan siyokutyala ingqolowa ye-heirloom kwifama encinci yendalo eyayiza kuvunwa kunyaka olandelayo emva koko yajika yangumgubo wesonka sobudlelane kunye nezonkana ezisicaba.
Ngentsasa yenyanga ka-Okthobha ebingayi kuba lusuku oluhle ngakumbi lwasekwindla, sicinezele izandla zethu emhlabeni, sikusikelela kwaye sibulela uThixo ngako konke okuya kubonelela ngembewu - izondlo zokukhula kunye nendawo yokuthatha iingcambu. Siqokelele amaqunube amaqunube wengqolowa kwisivuno sangaphambili - isangqa esingaqhekekanga- kwaye sawaphulula emhlabeni ikakhulu kumgca othe tye.
La mava anike usapho lwam ithuba lokunxibelelana nomhlaba ngokwasemzimbeni, ufunde okungakumbi malunga nezolimo kunye nokwabelana ngobudlelane nabo banobizo kukhathalelo lomhlaba. Unyana wam omncinci wabuqonda ubunzulu bezenzo zethu. Naye wabeka izandla zakhe phantsi wacimela wathandaza.
Ithuba lokubonakalisa ngokwasemoyeni lalikhona kwikona nganye, lilungele ukucingisiswa ngabantu abadala nabancinci ngokufanayo: kuthetha ntoni ukuba ligosa loMhlaba? Singabahlali njani basezixekweni, hayi amafama, siwukhathalele lo mhlaba, siqinisekisa ngelungelo elifanayo lesonka kwizizukulwana ezizayo?
Ekhaya ndiyapheka ndicinga ngale mibuzo kwaye ndichitha ixesha elininzi, amandla kunye nemali ndisenza umgubo womgubo wengqolowa ekhule ngokuzinzileyo kwaye ivunwa. Isonka sam asisiwo umzimba kaKristu ngexesha leMisa, kodwa ubungcwele bomhlaba kunye nabaphathi bawo baveziwe kum xa ndixuba intlama.
Kwincwadi ethi The Bread Baker's Apprentice, uReinhart uchaza umceli mngeni wababhaki “njengokukhupha amandla akhe apheleleyo kwingqolowa ngokufumana indlela yokutyhila iimolekyuli zesitatshi esingenancasa. . . Ukuzama ukukhulula iiswekile ezilula ezidityanisiweyo ngaphakathi kwiicarbohydrate ezinobunzima kodwa ezingafumanekiyo. Ngamanye amagama, umsebenzi wombhaki kukwenza ukuba isonka sinambitheke kakhulu ngokukhupha ivumba elininzi kangangoko kwizithako zalo. Yenziwe kwinkqubo elula neyakudala, ukubila, ekunokwenzeka ukuba inoxanduva lwemvelaphi yobomi eMhlabeni.
Isonka esisebenzayo sondla iswekile ekhutshwe ziinkozo emva kokuba ifakwe amanzi. Ngenxa yoko, ikhupha igesi kunye nolwelo olumuncu ngamanye amaxesha lubizwa ngokuba yi "hooch". Ukuvumba kuguqula ngokoqobo izithako zisuka kwinto enye ziye kwenye. Umsebenzi wombhaki kukugcina loo mngxilo uphila de kufike ixesha lokubhaka, apho akhupha khona "umoya" wakhe wokugqibela, isonka eso sivusa okokugqibela emva koko sife kwi-oveni eshushu. Igwele liyafa ukunika ubomi isonka, esigqityiweyo kwaye sinike ubomi kuthi.
Ngubani owaziyo ukuba isifundo esisemxholweni kangaka sinokuba namava kwaye sabelane ngaso ekhitshini lakho?
Kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo bendimamele intetho eyayinikezelwa ngumfundi wezakwalizwi uNorman Wirzba, owona msebenzi wakhe ujolise kwindlela i-theology, i-ecology kunye nezolimo zihlangana ngayo. Uxelele abaphulaphuli: "Ukutya ngumbandela wobomi okanye wokufa."
Kwindlela yam yokuziqhelanisa ndifumanise ukuba ekuphekeni nasekutyumzeni isonka sinethuba lokufumana ubudlelwane obuyimfihlakalo phakathi kobomi nokufa ngeendlela ezinzulu neziqhelekileyo. Iinkozo ziyaphila de zivunwe kwaye zisileke. Igwele liyafa kubushushu obuphezulu. Izithako zijika zibe yenye into.
Into ephuma ehovini yinto eyayingabikho ngaphambili. Iba sisonka, ukutya okunesondlo kunye nokutya okunesondlo kangangokuba kunokuthetha nokutya ngokwako. Ngokuyaphula siyitye, sinikwa ubomi, kungekuphela nje izakha mzimba ezifunekayo ukugcina ubomi benyama, kodwa ikwakhona esikufunayo ukugcina impilo yokomoya.
Ngaba kuyamangalisa ukuba uYesu andise izonka ngeentlanzi njengomnye wemimangaliso yakhe evakalisa ubukumkani bukaThixo? Okanye ukuba wayehlala eqhekeza isonka kunye nabahlobo bakhe kunye nabalandeli, nkqu kubusuku bakhe bokugqibela eMhlabeni, xa wayesithi isonka awasiqhekezayo yayingumzimba wakhe, uqhekezelwa thina?
Isonka-sibhakiwe, sanikwa, safunyanwa saza kwabelwana ngaso-bubomi benene.