Kuyini ukusika u-suey? NgesiShayina, izinhlamvu ezimbili ze- chop suey zibizwa ngokuthi "tsa sui" ngesiMandarin noma ngesiCanton "shap sui," okusho ukuthi "ukuxuba okuncane" noma "ukungafani nokuphela." Njengesikhathi se-culinary, i-shap sui ibhekisela enhlobonhlobo yesobho esenziwe ngezithako eziningi ezahlukene ezihlanganisiwe ndawonye. U-Shap wahamba ngokulandela kuqala wafika e-United States ngamagagasi abafuduka baseShayina abanjwe ezindaweni zasegolide zaseCalifornia.
Iningi lavela ePearl River Delta laseNingizimu South Coast futhi ikakhulukazi edolobheni laseToishan. Ngama-1870, amaShayina aphonswa eMelika yaseMelika ngebudlova ngokobuhlanga, athuthela emadolobheni afana neFiladelphia, eBoston naseNew York. Lapho baseMelika baqala ukuqaphela isidlo esibizwa ngokuthi "chow-chop-suey."
Izindawo zokudlela zaseShayina zokuqala zaseNew York zathinteka iqembu labaculi nabalobi ababiza ngokuthi amaBhohemiya. Ngama-1880, abambalwa babo bafika eMett Street ukuze badle:
"I-Chow-chop suey yayisiyinto yokuqala esiyihlasele. Yisitshalo sezinyosi, esakhiwa amahlumela ebhontshisi , ama-gizz's gizzards kanye nama-livers, ama-calf's tripe, izinhlanzi ze-dragon, ezomisiwe nezingeniswe eChina, ingulube, inkukhu nezinye izithako ezihlukahlukene behluleka ukwenza. "
Bamangala lapho bejabulela lokhu okuhlangenwe nakho:
"Ukudla kwakungewonaveli kuphela, kodwa kwakungcono, futhi ukukhishwa kwesibhamu kwakungamashumi angamashumi ayisithupha nantathu kuphela!"
Ngokushesha izinkulungwane zabangewona amaShayina zazivame ukwenza uhambo oluya eMott Street ukuba zidle i-chop suey.
Amakhasimende aseShayina nawo avula ama-eateries angaphandle kweChinatown, ekhonza ukudla okufaniswa nokuthanda kwamakhasimende angewona aseChina. I-suey ye-suey yayifakwe esimweni esinqunyiwe sezilwane ezibonakala kalula eziphekwe ngamahlumela ebhontshisi, anyanisi, isilimo esidliwayo esinamagatsha anamanzi, nama- bamboo amahlumela . Ngama-1920, isidlo sasisakazeke ngaphesheya kwe-United States, sithandwa njengezinja ezishisayo kanye ne-apula pie.
Kodwa-ke, amahemuhemu asakazwa ukuthi i-chop suey ayengeyona isiShayina ngempela. Izindatshana zatshengisa ukuthi zakhiwe yindlu yokubholisa yaseSan Francisco yaseShayina yokupheka besebenzisa ama-scraps asuswa emfucumfuceni. "Ochwepheshe" abaxoxela lezi zindaba babevame ukuba abadijimathi baseShayina noma abafundi abazondla ukuthi lesi sizwe saseThoishanese asikho "isiChina" nhlobo.
Ukudla kweShayina-Amamerika kwavela eminyakeni yama-1950, inkathi "eyodwa evela ekholomu A nobili kusukela kukholomu B" yokudla komndeni. I-suey isuke ishibhile, ukudla okududuza okujwayelekile. Kwakuthi futhi ukhathele. Abapheki bebelokhu belungiselela i-su suey isikhathi eside kangangokuthi bebengasakhathaleli ngemiphumela. Izindawo zokudlela zaseShayina naseMelika zilahlekelwa kancane kancane emakethe amakhemikhali kanye nama-fast food hamburger. Emadolobheni amakhulu, ama-gourmets akhetha izindawo zokudlela ezintsha zaseChina ezikhonza udada wePeking noma izitsha zomlilo zaseSichuan . Futhi ngo-1972 uMongameli Nixon waya eBeijing, kanti baseMelika banquma ukuthi bafuna ukunambitha ukudla "kwangempela" eChina. "Inkohliso" yokunquma i-suey yinto eyedlule.
Namuhla, izitsha ezifana ne- Kung Pao shrimp kanye nenkukhu ene-broccoli (efana "yangempela" njenge-chop suey) ilawula amamenyu okudlela ase-Chinese. I-suey suey cishe ifile njengevaudeville, mhlawumbe ngaphesheya kwemvuselelo. Kodwa uma wehlela eChinatown, thola umpheki weToishanese, futhi umqiniseke ukuthi ufuna ukulandela isitayela seShayina, uzothola ukuthi ingaba isitshalo sezinyo.