I-geoduck yinto nganye engaphandle kwesiqhelo njengoko igama layo elikhethekileyo libonisa. Ibhengezwe 'idada eligudileyo,' le engaqhelekanga (kwaye endaweni yoko kujongeka njenge-phallic) iqokobhe liye laba yimithombo yeendaba yokutya edlala ngokubonakala kwimiboniso enje Umpheki ophezulu , Kuhlikiwe , kunye Ukutya okumangalisayo kunye noAndrew Zimmern . Ukuba awuzange uve okanye ubone i-geoduck ngaphambili, iyaqondakala loo nto. I-clam enamanzi anetyuwa eninzi ivela kwimimandla ethile-kwiPacific Northwest, apho ukusetyenziswa kwe-geoduck yase-US kuxhaphake kakhulu, kunye nonxweme olusentshona lwaseCanada (nge Umtyi ).
I-geoduck ikwajongwa njengokutya, kunye namaxabiso okutya kwaselwandle anyuka ukuya kuthi ga kwi-150 yeepawundi, ngokwe Oceana Umbutho ongajonganga nzuzo kwilizwe lonke wokukhuthaza ulwandle. Inyaniso, Iphephancwadi iSmithsonian Uyichaze njengeyona inenzuzo kwaye ixabisekile kangangokuba 'imigulukudu iye yayithengisela i-narcotic,' ngenxa yoko akunakulindeleka ukuba uyifumane kwivenkile ethengisa ukutya okanye kwimarike yokutya kwaselwandle, ngakumbi ngaphandle koNxweme oluseNtshona.
I-anatomy ye-geoduck, eyona mbaza inkulu yokuqhekeza emhlabeni, ilula ngokulula. Inentamo exhonywe ngaphandle kweqokobhe kunye nenxalenye yenyama, ebizwa ngokuba yingubo okanye ibele, ngaphakathi kweqokobhe, njengoko kuchaziwe Umtyi . U-Oceana wathi ngelixa iqokobhe kunqabile ukuba likhule libe likhulu kunee-intshi ezisibhozo, umzimba othambileyo ungangaphezulu kweemitha ezintathu ubude, kwaye imollusk inobomi obude kakhulu, bude budlule iminyaka eyi-165.
I-geoduck bubutyebi bengingqi
I-Instagram nge @evergreenstcol Abantu baseNyakatho-ntshona bathatha ikratshi kwi-geoduck. Ukupheka amabhaso ngo Seattle umpheki kunye nomcebisi UEthan Stowell uxelelwe Ukutya kakhulu ukuba incasa ye-geoduck entsha, ekrwada 'yile nto kufuneka ibe yiyo yonke intwana yokutya kwaselwandle.' Uye watsho kupapasho ukuba 'into ethe ngqo kuMntla-ntshona njenge geoduck ifuna inqanaba lentlonipho. Naphi na apho utya khona i-geoduck elungileyo, ivela apha, inceda ukubonisa ukuba iNyakatho-ntshona yindawo entle yokupheka, ukuhlala nokutya. '
Nditsho negama elithi 'geoduck' limiliselwe kwinkcubeko yommandla, apho izizwe zaseMelika zaseMelika zanikela le clam moniker yayo, isuselwa kwigweduc, okuthetha ukuba 'zimbe nzulu' kulwimi lwaseLushootseed, UGastro Obscura . Uthando lwe-geoduck luye lwaya ngaphaya kwendawo yokutya e-Washington, apho i-Evergreen State College e-Olympia ibanga i-shellfish ekhethiweyo njengeyona Mascot esemthethweni , yeyiphi Ikhukhamba lezemidlalo ibekwe njengeyona mascot yeyona kholeji imbi kakhulu.
Ngaba injani igeoduck?
UGastro Obscura ichaze inyama ye-geoduck njenge 'mnandi kwaye inyibilikile' ngaphandle kokuloba, 'ngokuluma okucocekileyo, okungafunekiyo oku crisper kakhulu kunezinye iimbaza, ekhokelela abaninzi ukuba bayithathe njengeyona ntlanzi ifanelekileyo yokutya kwaselwandle. Ngoku ka Umtyi , kwiPasifiki yoMntla-ntshona, unokufumana i-clam ikhonza iluhlaza, okanye ilungiselelwe njenge-ceviche, isushi, i-chowder, i-crudo okanye ipayi enencasa . I-shellfish enkulu ixabiseke kakhulu eJapan, Korea nase China, apho ithathwa njenge-aphrodisiac. EJapan kuqhelekile ukubona i-geoduck isetyenziselwa isashimi kunye ne-sushi. Ungabafumana abapheki eKorea abakhonza i-clam eluhlaza kunye nesosi eshushu eshushu okanye iisuphu kunye nezitya eziqhotsiweyo. Kwaye ungayonwabela njengesithako esitshisayo esitshisayo e-China.
Abathengi kula mazwe aseAsia bafumana incasa yegeoduck emnandi kangangokuba uninzi lweembaza ezivuniweyo zithengiswa phesheya. Ngaphezulu kwama-90 epesenti 'abhabha aya ngqo e-China nase-Hong Kong,' njengoko kubonisiwe apha Iindaba ze-BBC . Umdlandla omkhulu we-geoduck kwiPasifiki yoMntla-ntshona nangaphaya ungqina ukuba ngelixa imollusk isenokungabi yeyona intle kunabo bonke, ngokuqinisekileyo inevumba ekufanele ukuba lisetyenziswe.
