Uma UCabanga uHam Hocks namaHush Puppies, Usendleleni Efanele
Igama
Igama elithi "ukudla komphefumulo" alizange livame kuze kube yi-1960. Ngokuphakama kwamalungelo omphakathi kanye nokunyakaza kwabantu abamnyama phakathi nawo-1960, abaningi base-Afrika baseMelika bafuna ukubiza kabusha ingxenye yabo yefa lemasiko laseMelika. Njengamagama afana nomphefumulo womphefumulo, "udadewethu womphefumulo" nomculo womphefumulo "babamba, kwakungokwemvelo ukuthi igama elithi" umphefumulo wokudla "lingasetshenziselwa ukuchaza izindlela zokupheka ezenziwa abantu base-Afrika baseMelika.
Leli gama lingase lisetshenziswe okokuqala ngo-1962 yi-activist yemalungelo omphakathi kanye nomlobi u-Amiri Baraka. USylvia Woods wamvula uHarlem yokudla eSylvia ngonyaka odlule; namuhla, izinkuni zaziwa abaningi ngokuthi "indlovukazi ye-Soul Food." Izindawo zokudlela zeMphefumulo kanye nezincwadi zokupheka zaqhubeka zithandwa phakathi kwama-70s.
Ukudla
Ukudla komphefumulo kuyisisekelo, ukupheka phansi ekhaya kanye nezimpande zawo eNingizimu yasemaphandleni. Okuyisisekelo sokupheka komphefumulo umphefumulo kukhona ubhontshisi, imifino, ummbila (osetshenziselwa ama-cornbread, ama-hush puppies kanye namaJohnnycakes kanye nokugqoka izinhlanzi ezithosiwe) kanye nengulube. Ingulube inezinombolo ezingalinganiselwe zokusetshenziswa kokudla komphefumulo. Izingxenye eziningi zezingulube ziyasetshenziswa, njengezinyawo zezingulube, ama-ham hocks, izindlebe zezingulube, ama-hog jowl nama-chitlins. Amafutha yengulube asetshenziselwa ukuthosa futhi njengesithako emifino ephekwe kancane. Amnandi, iziphuzo ezibandayo zihlala ziwuthanda.
Umphefumulo Noma WaseNingizimu?
Kwabaningi baseMelika, konke lokho kuzwakalisa nje njengokuchazwa kokudla kwaseNingizimu.
Ukuhlukanisa phakathi komphefumulo ne-Southern kunzima ukwenza. Ku-"Soul Food Cookbook" yakhe (1969), uBob Jeffries uyifingqa ngale ndlela: "Nakuba konke ukudla okuphefumulayo kungukudla kwaseNingizimu, akuwona wonke ukudla okuseNingizimu okungukuthi umphefumulo. Ukupheka ukudla komphefumulo kuyisibonelo sokuthi abapheki baseNingizimu Afrika baseNingizimu Afrika abapheka kanjani lokho ababenakho. "
Ukudla komphefumulo kusuka ebugqilini, lapho abantu base-Afrika-baseMelika bekufanele benze noma yini ukudla ababeyitholayo. Eminyakeni eyi-100 eyalandela ngemuva kokuqedwa kobugqila, abaningi base-Afrika baseMelika baqhubeka nokusebenzisa izithako ezishibhile. Yiqiniso, ukudla komphefumulo akuchazwe ngokuphelele ngokuhlukana kohlanga. Ngokomlando, akubanga khona umehluko omkhulu phakathi kokudla okudliwe ngabamnyama abamnyama abaMnyama nabampofu abamhlophe abampofu. UJohn T. Edge, umqondisi weSouth Foodways Alliance, wabhala: "Ukungafani phakathi kokudla kwabamnyama nabamhlophe baseNingizimu Afrika kuyinkimbinkimbi. Ukushisa okukhulu kwe-pepper capsicum, isandla esinzima kakhulu nosawoti kanye ne-pepper kanye nokusetshenziswa okukhulu kwe-offal inyama kuyizinto ezifanisayo zokupheka komphefumulo nokupheka kwezwe. "
Soul Ukupheka Ukupheka
Uma ungathanda ukuzama isandla sakho ekudleni komphefumulo ohlotshisiwe, hlola ezinye izindlela zokupheka ngokulandela lezi zixhumanisi.
Inhlanzi Eyizinhlanzi
Imifino ye-Southern-Style Collard
Johnnycakes
Amantombazane aHush