Ajiye Abinci ga Winter a 1600 - 1700 Acadia
Tare da jin dadi game da abincin da ke cikin kwanciyar hankali a Amurka a kwanakin nan, na yi mamakin yadda aka adana abincin kafin firiji. Mahaifiyata Rose ya gaya mani cewa an sanya kayan lambu (ciki har da madara mai yawa) a gonarmu na iyali a cikin kulle da aka kulle, a ɗaure tare da kirtani, kuma an saukar da shi cikin ruwan sanyi a cikin rijiyar. Sun kasance cikakkun wadataccen shekara a gona a Louisiana, amma har yanzu ina mamakin irin yadda mutane suka ci abinci da daruruwan shekaru da suka wuce, ta hanyar tsoffin Acadia (wanda yanzu ake kira Nova Scotia).
Wannan wani bangare ne mai ban sha'awa na bincike na littafin, A cikin Cajun Kitchen (St Martin's Press, 2006). Dole ne, hakika, mahaifiyar abin da ke tattare da ita kuma ina fatan za ku sami hanyoyin adana abinci kamar yadda nake yi.
- Abincin abinci da hanyoyin dafa abinci a tsohon Acadia. Babban hanyoyin da ake adana abincin da ake amfani da ita sun kasance suna yin brining, daskarewa, bushewa, da shan taba. Mafarin Cajun Boucherie shi ne yanka da aladu da shanu a kowace kaka da wasu makwabta suka raba aikin, sannan su raba cikin jin daɗin nama a duk lokacin hunturu. Wani ɓangare na nama ya daskarewa a cikin dusar ƙanƙara, wasu daga cikinsu an yi salted kuma an bushe, wasu sunyi da ruwa a salted, kuma wasu cuts an kyafaffen su a cikin gidajen hayaki na gida. Cod da herening don amfanin iyali sun kasance salted, eels daskarewa, da kuma herring smoked.
- An ajiye kayan lambu na tushen a cikin ajiyar sanyi a cellars; yayin da masara da wake suka bushe, da za a sake gina su kamar yadda ake bukata. An yi wa wake wake, kamar yadda kabeji da ganye suke. Chives da albasa sun fi amfani da ganye kuma sune kayan ado na farko a yawancin kayan cin abinci mai mahimmanci - kamar yadda albasa, seleri, da barkono barkono su ne farkon kayan abinci a cikin abincin Cajun. An sanya bishiyoyi cikin jam; apples sa a cikin cellars don ajiya sanyi, kamar dai apples ne a yau; cranberries adana a cikin haske brine; da kuma blueberries da apple yanka aka dage farawa a cikin guda Layer kuma dried. An kwantar da kwari a cikin hatsi kuma an sanya shi a cikin cellars don ajiya mai sanyi, kuma an gina man shanu a cikin tubalan kuma an ajiye shi cikin ruwa salted (duba hoton da ke sama).
- Frying da tafasa sune hanyoyi guda biyu na dafa abinci a tsohon Acadia. Kaji soyayyen ya fi so, ana jin dadin kifi ko sanya shi cikin kifi da kuma cinye yayin sabo. Kwai naman gishiri, mai yayyafi, ko kuma man shanu a wasu lokutan su ne masu frying. An yi amfani da tukunya na baƙin ƙarfe don amfani da yawancin abinci yau da kullum, yayin da aka yi amfani da abinci da yawa a kan dogon lokaci don raya su ko kuma hada dadin dandano ta tsawon lokaci, jinkirin dafa abinci. Wannan hanya mai dafa abinci ne mai ƙaddamar da tukunyar tukunyar guda daya, gumbos, furen, da tsararraki waɗanda suke da irin wannan kayan abincin Cajun a yau.
- An dafa kayan lambu, dankali, da kabeji , kamar yadda ya zama wasan daji. Sau da yawa, duk kayan lambu ko kayan naman da aka samo an wanka da daɗewa a cikin tukunyar ƙarfe a cikin tukunyar da za a yi masa daɗa. Sutunansu sun fi ruwa fiye da cajun na yau; sun kasance abin da za mu iya ganin gicciye a tsakanin tsaka da miya. An gurasa abinci da biscuits, kamar yadda aka yanka, da wuri, da kuma tarts. Gurasa wani ɓangare ne na abinci kuma an yi shi ne daga buckwheat, gari-alkama, ko daga hatsi mai hatsi, kuma yana jin dadin tare da syrup ko molasses.
- Idan an mayar da mu zuwa zamanin tsohon Acadia, zamu iya ganin cewa abincin ba shine bambanta da abin da muke ci yanzu ba. Bayan haka, bayan da suka isa Acadia, da kuma cikin gine-ginen da kuma rike da wannan sabuwar al'umma, mutanen Acadian sunyi tsayayya ga harshensu, hanyoyin dafa abinci, kiɗa, labaru, da al'adun addini da al'adun da suka kawo tare da su daga Faransa .
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