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Ndipheka iintsuku ezimbini ngaphambili, kodwa ndilungile kwishedyuli. Iienchiladas zilungiselelwe ngokuhlwanje. Inkukhu—inkukhu yeyangomso. Okanye mhlawumbi intsalela, kodwa mhlawumbi inkukhu.
Abantwana balungisa itafile—iipleyiti, iikomityi, iifolokhwe, iinapkeni. Umva wam ukwigumbi, ndibeka isitya sokubhaka se-9-by-13 kwi-oveni.
'Isidlo sangokuhlwa kufuneka silungile malunga nemizuzu engama-20. Kutheni ungaphumi phandle uye kudlala?'
intshontsho le polynesian
Bayancwina.
Unyana wam ufuna ukudlala imidlalo yevidiyo kwaye intombi yam ifuna ukubukela abantu besenza islime kuYouTube. Ndiyanyanzelisa kwaye indlu izolile imizuzwana nje, de esinye isaqhwithi kumnyango wangaphambili sibuhlungu ngandlela thile kukungabikho kokwabelana okanye ukujika okanye izakhono zokuthethathethana ezingalunganga.
Ndiphefumlela phezulu, ndoyisiwe, kwaye ndibaxelele ukuba bahlambe izandla zabo ngesidlo sangokuhlwa.
Umyeni wam uphuma kwigumbi elingaphantsi enxibe ipyjama, kuba ngu6:30 p.m. kwaye uhlala etshintsha iimpahla zokulala xa efika ekhaya. Ngaphandle kokuba uyokubaleka, okanye ukukhwela ibhayisekile, okanye kufuneka achebe ingca.
Sincamisana ngokufutshane, njengabahlobo bakudala baphinde baziswa epatini, emva koko sixoxe ngezinto eziqhelekileyo abantu abebekunye phantse iminyaka engama-20 baxoxa ngazo.
'Belunjani Usuku lwakho?'
'Kulungile, ndixakekile. Eyakho?'
'Ngokufanayo.'
Abantwana bavela kwaye i-enchiladas sele ilungile. Ndigqiba ukusika i-wedges yekalika, ndinqumle i-cilantro kunye ne-cotija cheese eqhekezayo.
'Ungakwazi ukukhupha ikhrimu emuncu efrijini?'
'Ewe.'
I-canola vs ioyile yemifuno
'Nali icephe.'
Sahlala phantsi satya.
Abantwana baxoxa ngosuku lwabo. Ingqondo yam iyabhadula. Ndigqibele ngokuchitha ubomi bam noSteve. Ndiyazi ukuba mandingatsho ukuba senze ukuzinikela okukhulu ubomi bonke ngale ndlela, kodwa senzile. Sadibana. Yaziinyanga ezine. Ndalishiya ilizwe kangangeenyanga ezimbini. Undilande eAirport, wandibuyisela endaweni yakhe zange ndihambe. Oko kwenzeka kwiminyaka eli-18 eyadlulayo. Sekunjalo, sobabini sasiqinisekile ngomnye umntu. Ndandiyazi ngokucacileyo into endandiyithanda ngaye, yaye wayeyazi into awayeyithanda ngam.
Umhla wethu wokuqala yayikukutyhilwa kweeyantlukwano zethu ezininzi. Wayemdala kum ngeminyaka esibhozo yaye enendlu. Ndandinobuncinci kangangoko. Bendisedolophini. Wayesemaphandleni. Ndandi (ngoko) umntu odla imifuno. Wayengumzingeli. Ndandiyithiyile imipu. Wayenezine kuzo. Ndandingazi nto ngehlabathi lakhe, yaye yonke into ngaye yayibonakala intsha yaye ibangel’ umdla kum. Wayahluke ngokungathandabuzekiyo kunamagcisa neemvumi endandihlala ndithandana nazo. Ndandingafani nalaa mantombazana awayewazi. Wayenokuqina kunye nokuthembeka ngaye endimthandayo. Wayeyindoda ngendlela eyayindenza ndizive ndikhuselekile, kodwa ethambile ngendlela eyayindenza ndizive ndixatyiswa. Iseyilento indisondeza kuye.
Abantwana bacoca izitya. Umyeni wam uqala ukulayisha umatshini wokuhlamba izitya. Ndithatha ipani ndize ndiyigcwalise ngamanzi phambi kokuba ndiyibeke esitovini. Ndibeka isitshisi phezulu kwaye ndilungiselela izithako zokuhlamba inkukhu kwisidlo sakusasa ebusuku. Okanye mhlawumbi ngobusuku obulandelayo, andikasithathi isigqibo.
Ebhodweni ndiphosa isiqingatha selamuni, iqabunga le-bay, i-peppercorns, imbewu ye-fennel, i-thyme, i-garlic kunye nezixa ezilinganayo zeswekile kunye netyuwa. Iyabila kangangomzuzu okanye emibini, iqinile yaye ingaphantsi kwethumba—indawo apho ubushushu noxinezeleko kudibana khona.
Ndifumene iindlela ezininzi zokuqhola inkukhu. Unokuyicoca kwakhona ipakethe yeplastiki, isavuza iinkumbulo zevenkile epholileyo yegrosari, kwaye uthulile ngetyuwa kunye nepepile. I-plop ekhawulezayo kwi-oven kunye neyure kamva upheke inyama. Iinkukhu ezininzi zenziwe kwaye zatyiwa ngolu hlobo. Kodwa asiyondlela endiyenza ngayo inkukhu leyo, kwaye ayisiyiyo indlela owenza ngayo inkukhu elungileyo.
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Zama iresiphi yasehlotyeni: Inkukhu epheleleyo eyojiweyo kwi-oveni
Ndithatha isitya sokuxuba se-5-quart kwikhabhinethi. Yayikhe yaba yekamama kaSteve. Ndiyongeza iincinci ezimbalwa zomkhenkce kwaye ndigalele i-liquid enongwe kwisitya. Kuqhuma umphunga, kwaye ekugqibeleni kubanda ngokwaneleyo ukuntywila intaka. Kwifriji iya kuhlala, ilinde kwaye ifake inyama nge-salty, i-acidic brine.
Kutheni iwalmart ivala iivenkile ngequbuliso ngo-2020
Umyeni wam sele eza kugqiba izitya. Abantwana baye bachithakala ukuya ekupheleni kwendlu. Siyazama kwaye asiphumeleli ekuxoxeni ngezopolitiko. Sizama kwaye asiphumeleli kwintetho encinci, ikakhulu ngenxa yokuba uyayithanda kwaye ndiyayithiya, kodwa ngamanye amaxesha kwiindawo ezingenanto zomtshato imozulu iphelele ekuxoxeni.
Siyazixhakamfula kwiinkqubo zethu zangokuhlwa: iishawara zabantwana, iglasi yewayini kum, i-whisky yakhe. Uzakulala kwangethuba, okanye ndiya kulala. Kuxhomekeke nje. Kwaye ngomso usuku luqala kwakhona.
Ndichitha usuku lwam lokusebenza kwiiclogs ezimnyama ndihamba imigangatho yekhulu leminyaka yendlu yesikolo emhlophe eguqulelwe kabini njengekhitshi lovavanyo lweendlela zokupheka endiziphuhlisayo kunye nendawo apho ndondla khona usapho lwam. Yinto ekhohlisayo ukubhala malunga nesondlo. U-Tricker usenokondla abanye xa ulambile.
Ndibhaka kunye neepayi zesitayile kunye namaqebengwana, ndilungiselela ukugcwala kwimenyu yeeholide kwaye ndenze uluhlu kuluhlu lwamanqaku. Ndicalula incasa kunye nezilayi zesampulu. Ndiqhekeza isitya kwaye ndiyakha. Njengoko imini isiya ekupheleni, ndibhala iiresiphi, ndihlambe izitya kwaye ndosule izinto zokubala.
Ndikhupha inkukhu eqhotsiweyo efrijini. Kanye ngexesha lokuba abantwana bahlasele isango lokungena, bewisa oobhaka kwaye bekhaba nezihlangu. Umyeni wam ungena emva kwabo. Sincamisana njengabantu esibaziyo baphinde baziswa epatini.
'Belunjani Usuku lwakho?'
'Kulungile, ndixakekile. Ibinjani eyakho?'
Sikhupha iiveki ezintathu zohlaselo olungephi. Ukungavisisani malunga - nokukhulisa abantwana bethu. Ukungaqondi malunga nokuba ngubani onoxanduva lwantoni. Siye sathula sajongana njengabantu ababini abafuna iimpendulo, abantu ababini abayaziyo lento inzima. Okwangoku, silahlekile. Ke ndiza kwenza inkukhu, kwaye ndiyathemba ukuba iya kusithengela ixesha elithile.
Ndiyisusa intaka engaphantsi kwamanzi, ndiyifake yomile kwaye ndiyibeke kwiphepha lokubhaka eligqunywe kwi-foil ukwenzela ukucocwa lula. Abantwana bayangena baphume egumbini. Umyeni wam utshintsha iimpahla zakhe zokusebenza.
Ndifakela i-lemon kunye nemifuno ngaphakathi kwisigxina senkukhu kwaye ndiyibophe nge-twine. Ndisebenzisa iincam zeminwe yam ukuthambisa ioli yomnquma kwintaka kwaye ndibeke imifuno engakumbi phantsi kwesikhumba. Ndenza ngabom kwaye ndizimisele. Ndihlamba izandla zam.
Iigadi zeminquma yemenyu yewayini
Uphinda angene kwaye aqalise ukuseta itafile-iipleyiti, iikomityi, iifolokhwe, iinapkins. Sikhupha ukuqokelela okuninzi. Amanyathelo angalunganga ngakumbi kunye nokungaqondi. Ndiqhekeza ipepile phezu komphezulu wenkukhu kwaye ndiyifefe ngetyuwa kunye nemifuno.
Ndibeka intaka kwi-oveni eshushu kakhulu kwaye ndime kwikhawuntara. Umva wam ukuya egumbini kwaye kuye. Ukukroba kwam ngefestile.
Ungqiyame. Isandla esinqeni sam. Ndiphefumlela phezulu ndijonge kuye, imizimba yethu ichukumisa kancinci. Ndijonge phantsi. Undincamisa ebunzi kancinci, kancinci. Ngoloyiko oluncinane, wenza isiqhulo. Ndihleka kamnandi, ndinombulelo ngokukwazi kwakhe ukuphelisa uxinezeleko ngoburharha. Nam ndiyangqiyama.
I-Summer Miller ngumbhali we-New Prairie Kitchen kunye nomhleli ophezulu e-SimplyRecipes.com. Uhlala nosapho lwakhe eNebraska.
Eli nqaku liyinxalenye yokuvuselela, uthotho malunga nokuhlangana phakathi kokutya kunye nothando-kwaye kutheni ukuba sekhitshini kwenza ubomi bube ngcono. Funda amanye amanqaku kolu ngcelele, kuquka Ubudlelwane bukaGabrielle Hamilton kunye nomfazi wakhe kunye nothando lwabo lwekofu kwaye Ubudlelwane bukaAdam Dolge nentombi yakhe ngokupheka . Olu ngcelele lwavela kuqala kwiTokyolunchstreet Magazine, ngoJanuwari/Februwari 2020.
