I-Filé powder, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-gumbo filé, i-powder ye-herbal eyenziwe ngamaqabunga omisiwe nomhlabathi omuthi we-sassafras (i-Sassafras albidum), ohlala enyakatho yeNyakatho Melika. Izimpande kanye namagxolo alo mshini owodwa kwakuyisisekelo sokuqala sebhizi yezimpande. Kwakuvame ukugonywa ngabantu ngoba isitshalo sine-carcinogen ebuthakathaka ebizwa ngokuthi "safrole." Kodwa-ke, kunqunywe ukuthi, ngenkathi izimpande kanye namagxolo ama-sassafras aqukethe inani elincane le-safrole, amaqabunga aqukethe i-safrole eyanele ukuze atholakale ngokuhlolwa okujwayelekile, futhi i-filé powder ibilokhu ivikelekile ukusetshenziswa komuntu.
Umlando wokupheka
Amaqabunga e-sassafras enamandla aqale asetshenziselwa ukupheka amaNdiya aseChoctaw aseSouth of America Lapho amaCajuns (ama-Acadians) efika e Southern Southern Louisiana, aqala ukusebenzisa le spice njenge-thickening and flavouring emasobho abo, emagqumeni, nasezigumbini. Akuzona zonke iziphequluli ze-gumbo ezibiza ikholidi, kodwa "i-filé gumbo" yeqiniso kufanele ibe nefayidi ne-okra (Igama elithi gumbo lisho okra.).
Igama Isiqalo
I-word filé ivela ku-"filer" yesiFulentshi, okusho ukuthi "ukucubungula izintambo." Ngempela, i-filed powder, uma ifakwe esitsheni ngesikhathi sokupheka, iba yinto enzima futhi iyinhlamba futhi ingabhubhisa i-gumbo ehlukile. Kumele ifakwe ku-gumbo ekushiseni ngaphambi kokukhonza, noma ukuyikhonza etafuleni izivakashi ukuze zifafaze phezu kwegumbo yazo.
Ukuthenga i-Filé
Ungathola i-filé powder ezitolo ezinkulu nezitolo eziningi ezikhethekile zokudla. Uma kungenjalo, hlola abathengisi bokudla be-intanethi.