Ukukhunjulwa kwama-apula aseBrithani
Izinkumbulo eziningi zobuntwana zihlotshaniswa nama-apula. "Ukukhwabanisa" (ukweba ama-apula esihlahleni) kuyimidlalo yasebusuku ngasekupheleni kuka-Agasti noSeptemba futhi yini ibhokisi lezinsuku zokudla kwasekuseni lingenalo i-apula? Angikaze ngikhumbule ukuhambisa ama-apula ami phezu kothisha, izimo ezinomsoco ezikhuthazayo ezidingekayo zidingekayo ukuze ngikhuleke.
Njalo ngonyaka ugogo wayenomdlandla wokubamba ama-apula emthini wakhe ephephandabeni futhi ebaxosha emgodini we-attic (insalela yokulinganisa impi ngicabanga).
Isikhathi esisodwa sikababa sokuzama ukwenza cider sasingakaze siphindwe; umama eqaphela ukuthi wayezithanda 'izithelo' zomshikashika wakhe kunalokho.
Ingabe ngiphutha noma ngabe lezo apula zithande kangcono? Mhlawumbe ukuntuleka kwezinhlobo zemvelo ezitholakalayo manje okwenza umehluko.
Izinhlobo ze-Apple yaseBrithani noMlando Omncane
AmaRoma kuqala aletha i-apple e-UK. Yeka ukuthi kunzima kanjani ukucabanga indawo yethu ngaphandle kwesivuno noma izingadi ngaphandle kwesihlahla sama-apula. Noma kunjalo, uma sivumela izinto ziqhubeke ngendlela abanayo ngayo ezikhathini zamuva, lokhu, ngokudabukisayo, kuyoba ngokoqobo. Ukufika kwezithelo ezithengi ezithengisiwe ezithengiswayo - abakhohlisi abaphucuziwe ne-EU yabo abafake ukuma nobukhulu - kuye kwabangela ukwehla okusheshayo kwezinsimu eziningi zemifino ngokulahlekelwa kwezinhlobo eziningi zama-apula endala.
Kunezinhlobo eziningi zama-apula omdabu wokudla, ukupheka, kanye nokwenza i-cider nokukhanda ama-apula wokukhamba. Zinegama lokuthakazelisa: i-Acklam amaRussets, i-Barnack Ubuhle, i-Nutmeg Pippin, i-Robby Russet ... nokunye okuningi.
Naphezu kwalokhu, abalimi abaningi balingisa izinhlobo ezimbalwa zezohwebo, basishiya sinokukhetha okuncane.
Siyabonga ngakho wonke amaphrojekthi ezweni lonke ukugcina izithelo zemifino kanye nama-apula ethu. I-Apple Collection yase-Brogdale Horticultural Trust e-Faversham ineqoqo lezinhlobo eziningi eziqinisekisiwe emhlabeni wonke ngezinhlobo ezingu-2 500 futhi kufanelekile ukuvakashelwa.
I-Common Ground yosizo, yaqala i-Apple Day ngo-1990, manje ibanjwe njalo ngonyaka ngo-Okthoba 21. Usuku lwe-Apple lubonakala kulo lonke izwe ngemikhosi ye-apple, imincintiswano yemicimbi - I-Longest Peel - kodwa ngokuyinhloko usuku luphakamisa ukuqwashisa ngama-apula amahle esinayo.
Isikhathi sase-British Apple
Ama-apula akakaze avuthiwe futhi alungele ukudla konke ngesikhathi esifanayo. Ama-apula waseBrithani ahlukana abe izinhlobo ezine: izindlebe zivuthwe ngo-Agasti kuya ekuqaleni kuka-Septhemba; phakathi nonyaka kusukela ngoSepthemba kuya ku-Okthoba; Isikhathi sekwephuzile, sokudla ngo-Okthoba kuya kuDisemba, futhi sekwephuzile isikhathi eside, sokudla ngoDisemba kuya kuMeyi. Ngakho-ke, kodwa izinyanga ezimbalwa, ama-apula angokwemvelo ayatholakala ukuze adle futhi apheke unyaka wonke.
Ukukhetha ama-apula
Khetha ama-apula angaphazanyiswa noma aphikisiwe. Ukuphunga okusheshayo kwe-apula ngokuvamile kuvamise i-apula esisha futhi - njenge-melon - ubunzima obukhulu esandleni. Gcina ama-apula esitsheni sesithelo, hhayi esiqandisini. Uma kufanele usebenzise i-friji, susa amaminithi angu-30 ngaphambi kokudla futhi ulethe ekamelweni lokushisa ngaphandle kwalokho izithelo ziyoba nokudla okushisayo.
Noma yisiphi isithelo esiye sahlala isikhathi eside esitsheni sesithelo sisesekulungele ukucubungula nokusebenzisa esaladini lesithelo, ukupheka noma i-juicing.
Ezempilo
"I-apula ngosuku igcina udokotela kude."
Ama-apula aqukethe amavithamini namaminerali abalulekile ukusiza ukuvikela uhlelo lomzimba.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ziwumthombo omuhle we-fiber yokudla kanye ne-vitamin C. Ngokufaka ama-apula ezitsheni zansuku zonke, uzofaka izingcezu zezithelo nemifino yakho emihlanu ngosuku.
Ukupheka ngama-apula
Ama-apula, njengamatamatisi ungomunye wezithelo ezihlukahlukene kakhulu ezinazo. Ziyiphunga elimnandi noma eliphekwe izitsha ezinomsoco noma ezinomsoco. Bangezela ubumnandi kuma-chutneys kanye nama-jellies, futhi abacebile ku-pectin, i-apula eyongezwe ekamelweni elenziwe ekhaya liqinisekisa isethi esihle.