U-Idaho ungumnyango wendawo yasekhaya yase-Oregon, futhi ngaphezu kokunye okuhle okumangalisayo okuseMelika eNyakatho Melika, i-Idaho iphinde ibe nabantu abangaba yizigidi noma ezimbili abantu abanobungane, abajabulayo.
Futhi kungani kungabikho? Phela, bahlezi phezu kwentaba yamazambane. Abalimi base-Idaho bavuna amahektare angu-320 000 amazambane minyaka yonke, okuyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-13 zamakhilogremu. Futhi iningi labantu - amaphesenti angu-94, eqinisweni - yiziqu zama-baking ezinamabala omnyama, aziwa ngokuthi ama-roasted amazambane, noma ama-apula ama-Idaho amane nje.
Njengomuntu oqeda amandla, ngihlale ngichaza igama elithi "russet" ukuze libheke kumazambane. Kodwa "russet" empeleni igama lombala, ikakhulukazi umthunzi obomvu ovame ukuhambisana nalokho amazambane ethu ahloniphekile e-Idaho. Ngakho-ke, igama elithi russet alilona igama.
I-term Idaho amazambane ngaleyo ndlela ibhekisela kunoma yikuphi amazambane akhule endaweni enkulu ye-Idaho, nakuba isetshenziselwa ukuchaza ama-russets, ngoba yilokho okuyinhloko i-Idaho ekhula khona.
Into efana neyesibili kwezintathu zamazambane eziqala emhlabathini ovuthiwe we-Idaho ekugcineni njengamafriji amaFrith, ama-brown kanye nezintambo ezinamanzi, kanye nemikhiqizo enomdlandla njengamazambane angama-scalloped noma amazambane ashubile.
Bonke abanye bakhethwe ngokucophelela ngendlela yabo yokufanisa futhi benza indlela yabo ezitolo ezinkulu nezindawo zokudlela.
Uma kwakudingeka ukhethe ezihlukahlukene zamazambane ukumela zonke amazambane e-Idaho, kuzodingeka kube yi-rusbank russet.
Ebizwa ngokuthi i-horticulturist uLuther Burbank, owawuthuthukisa ekuqaleni kwawo-1870 ukuphendula indlala yase-Ireland, ama-Burbank russet ngokuyinhloko emelana nokulimaza, yilokho okwabangelwa indlala.
I-Burbank russets inkulu, amazambane anesitashi esinesikhumba esibomvu nomzimba omhlophe. Ngenxa yokuqukethwe okune-starch ephezulu, amazambane ase-Idaho angcono ekubhaka nasekuseni kanye nokwenza amafrimu aseFrance .
Isihluthulelo samafriji amaFrench amahle, ngaphezu kokuqukethwe kwamanzi nesitashi njengoba kushiwo ngaphambili, okuqukethwe kokushukela. Ushukela uphenduka obomvu uma uwupheka ( inqubo yamakhemikhali eyaziwa ngokuthi i-caramelization ), futhi amafrimu ama-brown ama-brown ayingcosana yokuvala. Okuqukethwe okushukela okuphansi yilokho okunika amafrimu aseFrance igolide, kunobumnyama obomvu, umbala.
Into eyodwa i-russets ayisetshenziselwa ukwenza ama-chips amazambane. Amapipi amazambane akhiwa okuthiwa "amazambane," ngamagama anjenge-Atlantic, Snowden, Pike ne-Ivory Crisp. Bangabantu ababi kakhulu kunama-russets, yingakho, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uyiphi iresiphi oyisebenzisayo noma uhlobo luni lwe-rigamarole ozama ngamafutha akho okuthosiza, ama-chips akho amazambane akho azothatha ukunambitheka njengalabo owathenga esikhwameni.
Ekugcineni, indlela engcono kakhulu yokupheka amazambane e-Idaho ukuwabheka noma ukwenza amazambane ahlambulukile nawo.