Inkampani ye-oyster enkabeni yeCalifornia iveza ukuthi i-oysters iyalinywa kanjani
Eminyakeni embalwa edlule phakathi nohambo oluya eNingizimu Afrika, ngabona okuthile okuphawulekayo. Ngangihlala emphakathini weKafay Bay, ebizwa ngokuthi "Wild Coast" eMpumalanga Kapa yezwe ngokufanelekayo, lapho omunye wesilisa osebenza endlini yami yezivakashi engibuza ukuthi ngingathanda ama-oysters.
Angizange ngizizwele kakhulu, kepha futhi futhi, ama-oysters ayenjani umbono omubi? "Yebo," ngishaya, ngimomotheka.
Cabanga ngimangala, ngemva kwemizuzu embalwa, lapho ebuya ngesitsha sensimbi egcwele ama-oysters - amanzi ephuma emzimbeni wakhe nezingubo zakhe.
"Utholephi lawo?" Ngibuzile.
Wahleka. "Ulwandle."
Manje, angizange ngibe ngaphansi kokukholelwa ukuthi lena yindlela evamile yokuvuna i-oyster: Ngingahlala ngakwesandla esisodwa inani labantu engibaziyo abangakwazi ukukhulula ukuhambisa, angabi yedwa ekufuneni ama-bivalves. Khona-ke, ngangingazi lutho olwengeziwe ngama-oysters, ngaphandle kokuthi bahlala emanzini anosawoti futhi, ngezinye izikhathi, bakhiqiza amaparele.
Lokho konke kwashintsha ngeSonto eledlule, ngesikhathi sokuvakashela eMorro Bay, CA.
Indaba Yenkampani yaseMorro Bay Oyster
"Wena uphuthumayo," uNeal Maloney, umnikazi weNkampani yaseMorro Bay Oyster, wahleka lapho efika kimi eduze kwedokodo elikhulu lomgwaqo ngemuva komhlaka-6 ekuseni.
Ngagxuma. "Ukuphila kuncane kakhulu ukulala, ikakhulu lapho ama-oysters ehilelekile."
Lapho ngizwa mayelana nokushayela kwami emgwaqweni omkhulu we-Highway 1 Discovery Route, uNeal wayebe nomusa ngokwanele ukuhlela ukuvakasha okukhethekile kwipulazi le-oyster yakhe yenkampani. Wayeze angifumene nami ngaphambi kokuphuma kwelanga - kamuva wangitshela ukuthi akayena muntu obuseduze - ukuze ngibambe lelo pulazi ngokukhanya.
Uthi: "Ngineminyaka engu-boss kusukela mhla ngiqala le nkampani, ngo-2008, ngakho-ke sekuyisikhathi eside ngidinga ukuza emsebenzini ekuseni."
Okusho ukuthi uNeal usuqede isikhathi sakhe. Ngemuva kokuthola i-BS eMarine Biology evela eYunivesithi yaseOregon ngo-2004, uNeal waqala ukusebenza eNkampanini ye-Tomales Bay Oyster, enyakatho yeSan Francisco.
Phakathi neminyaka yakhe emine lapho, akagcinanga ulwazi olunzulu lwezolimo ze-oyster, kodwa futhi nebhizinisi ngemuva kwalo. Ukuthatha umhlalaphansi komnikazi we-TBOC kuqedile isiphepho esiphezulu se-Neal kwakudingeka uqale Inkampani yaseMorro Bay Oyster.
Ipulazi ngokwayo ihlala emanzini angajulile e-Morro Bay endaweni yangasese, emthunzini we-Seven Sisters intaba ye-volcanic caps tower edolobheni, ibheji layo eliyinhloko liziqhenya ngokuziqhenya nge logo le-MBOC, elibukeka lihle kakhulu ngezifiso zokukhanyisa ukukhanya kwe-orange kusuka ngemuva kwalo.
"Ukulungele ukudla kwasekuseni?" U-Neal ubuze njengoba ebophe isikebhe esikebheni.
Hlangana ne-Oyster Gold Gold
Angizange ngimphendule ngamazwi - nje i-gulp. "Ingabe 'i-Pacific Gold' ibhekisela kulezi zinhlobo ze-oyster, noma yilokho nje igama olipha kulokhu okuhlukahlukene?"
"Igama lethu," esho, ephonsela i-oyster eyedwa. "Ukunambitheka nokuthungwa kwala ma-oysters kuhlukile kule ngxenye yaseCalifornia, ngenxa yobuningi be-salinity nokushisa kwamanzi, ngisho namagagasi. Ngakho-ke, sithanda ukucabanga ngalawa ma-oysters ngendlela efanayo umuntu angase acabange ngensimbi eyigugu . "
Kodwa ama-Oysters we-Pacific Gold ayenomphumela wokukhulisa njengoba ayimvelo.
"Ngemva kokuqala emanzini ethu, ama-oysters ashukunyiswa khona," uyaqhubeka, ekhomba izinqwaba zemigqomo ebhasikidi ephuma emgodini ojikelezayo.
"Bashayela ngenhla nje kwe-bay bese bedla iplanki, okubanika ukunambitheka okukujabulele."
Ngemuva kwezinyanga ezingu-12-18 endaweni okuthiwa "ekhulayo", ama-oysters avunwa ngabasebenzi bakaNeal, abawahlela (ngobukhulu) futhi abahlole (ngekhwalithi) ngesandla. Uma sebephuma emanzini, bangaba seqhwa bese beya ezitolo zokudlela, kokubili bendawo nasekude njengaseSanta Barbara, esikhathini esingamahora.
Ungayidla Njani Ama-Oyster e-Morro Bay?
U-Neal uyayithanda ngokucacile umsebenzi wakhe - ohlangothini lwe-oyster-ukulima futhi, ngokusobala, ohlangothini lwenkonzo yamakhasimende. Wathokoza ngenjabulo e-wetsuit wangena emanzini ukuze ngithole izithombe ezinhle, naphezu kokushisa okufudumele komoya, umoya futhi, ngokungangabazeki, amanzi.
Ngesikhathi i-Morro Bay Oyster Company yokudlela ingase ibe amakhadi esikhathini esizayo - uNeal ubonise izakhiwo eziningana ethathwa njengokuthenga ngesikhathi sihamba ngesikebhe esikhungweni sendawo yedolobha - akalindele ukuvakashela izivakashi njalo.
"Ungathenga ama-oysters ethu ngokuqondile emgqonyeni uma ufuna," kuchaza. "Futhi nakwezimakethe zendawo yomlimi, uma ungawadli ezitolo zokudlela edolobheni, okungukuthi."
Ngangincipha. "Njengezithelo nemifino."
"Kodwa kangcono," wamomotheka futhi wafaka umkhumbi.
Ngempela, into "ebaluleke kunazo zonke" mayelana nokulima kwe-oyster kungakanani ukulima okungeyona oyster - uvele ufake amanzi endaweni, iplanki yomanyolo kanye nezandla zomuntu ngokucophelela ekuvuneni imishini.
(Khona-ke, amaparele awunalo ukulingana komhlaba.)