Tarihin Nutmeg da Mace

Nutmeg ba shine kayan yaji ba, amma biyu. Ana samun macen daga 'ya'yan itacen nutmeg. Kayi amfani da nutmeg a yawancin kayan zina da kayan zaki, amma yana aiki sosai a cikin girke-girke. Dubi tarihin mai ban sha'awa da kuma jin dadin naman daji, kafin zuwan girke-girke da kuma mace.

Tarihin Nutmeg da Mace

Kwayar da ake kira Myristica fragrans , itace bismeg ne ya fito ne a Banda, mafi yawan tsibirin tsibirin Mukocca na Indonesia.

Kalmar Ingilishi nutmeg ta fito ne daga latin nux , ma'ana kwaya, da kuma muscat , ma'ana musky.

A karni na farko AD, marubucin Roman Pliny yayi magana game da 'ya'yan itace mai laushi tare da dadin dandano biyu. Sarkin sarakuna Henry VI yana da tituna na Roma da aka shafe su tare da kullun kafin a rufe shi. A cikin karni na shida, 'yan kasuwa Larabawa sun kawo kwalliya zuwa Constantinople. A cikin karni na sha huɗu, rabin kilogram na farashin nutmeg kamar raguna uku ko saniya.

Yaren mutanen Netherlands sunyi yakin basasa, ciki har da kisan gilla da bautar da mazauna tsibirin Banda, don kawai su sarrafa kayan noma a gabashin Indiya. A shekara ta 1760, farashin nutmeg a London ya kasance 850 na shillings a kowace laban, farashin da ake amfani da su a matsayin ƙaura ta hanyar harshen Holland wanda ke cike da cikakken kayan ajiyar kayan abinci a cikin Amsterdam. Yaren mutanen Dutch sun mallaki tsibirin tsibirin har yaƙin yakin duniya na biyu.

Pierre Poivre, mutumin Faransa, ya kawo kayan lambu zuwa Mauritius inda suka bunkasa, yana taimakawa wajen kawo karshen ƙwararren Holland na kayan ƙanshi.

Kamfanin Birtaniya na Indiya ta Gabas ya kawo itacen tsami zuwa Penang, Singapore, Indiya, Sri Lanka, West Indies, kuma mafi yawan Grenada, inda shi ne alamar kasa kuma ya nuna girman kai a kan launin ja, ja, da kore.

Itacen bismegge yana da tsalle, tare da ƙananan tsirrai mai launin kwai-ƙananan da ƙananan, ƙararrawa-kamar haske mai launin furanni wanda ya ba da ƙanshi mai ban sha'awa a lokacin da yake cikin furanni.

'Ya'yan itacen shine rawaya mai launin rawaya tare da ja da alamun kore, kama da apricot ko babban plum. Yayin da 'ya'yan itacen ke matsowa, rufewar jiki (wanda shine candied ko zaba kamar abincin da ke cikin Malaysia) ya taso don bayyana nau'in. An rufe nau'in da launin fata da ake kira aril, macen mace na nutmeg. An toshe kwaya don har zuwa watanni 2 har sai injin ciki ya rushe a cikin harsashi. An kuma sake ta don bayyana gaskiyar abincin da aka yi da kwai wanda shine gishiri. Kwayoyi na biyu sun guga man man, wanda aka yi amfani da shi a turare da kuma masana'antun abinci.

Ƙarin Game da Nutmeg da Mace da Recipes:

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• Nutmeg Recipes
• Mace Recipes

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• The Concy Modern Encyclopedia of Herbs da Spices: Yanayi na Duniya Kayan Gida
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