Imwe nyanzvi inowanikwa nechepakati peCalifornia inoratidza chiedza chekusimudzira sei mashizha
Makore mashomanana akapfuura munguva yekuenda kuSouth Africa, ndakaona chimwe chinhu chinoshamisa. Ndakanga ndiri munharaunda yeKafay Bay, pamwe chete ne "Wild Coast" yeEastern Cape yenyika, apo mumwe wevarume vaishanda paimba yangu yevaeni akandibvunza kana ndaida mamwe oysters.
Ndakanga ndisiri kunyanya mumanzwiro, asi zvakare zvakare, vanai vanove vaine pfungwa yakaipa? "Chokwadi," Ndakakunda, ndine kumwemwerera.
Fungidzira kushamisika kwangu, maminitsi mashomanana gare gare, paakadzoka nesimbi yakazara yakazara yeoster - uye mvura ichidonha kubva mumuviri wake nenguvo.
"Wakawana kupi izvozvo?" Ndakabvunza.
Akaseka. "Gungwa."
Iye zvino, handina kumbobvira ndave pasi pekunyengera kuti iyi ndiyo nzira inowanzowanwa yehuster yekukohwa: Ndinogona kuverenga kune rumwe rutivi nhamba yevanhu vandinoziva vanogona kusunungura dive, regai kuwanikwa mukutsvaga bhavalves. Zvakare, ndakanga ndisingazivi zvakawanda pamusoro peiyster, kunze kwekuti vanogara mumvura yemunyu uye, pane dzimwe nguva, vanobereka maparera.
Izvo zvose zvakachinja Svondo yapfuura, panguva yekushanyira Morro Bay, CA.
Nhau yeMorro Bay Oyster Company
"Iwe uri kumuka kwekutanga," Neal Maloney, muridzi weMorro Bay Oyster Company, akacheka sezvaaiswedera kwandiri pedyo nehombekombe huru yeguta iri mushure mekunge 6 am
Ndakagunun'una. "Upenyu hupfupi kwazvo kuti usarara, kunyanya kana hurasi inobatanidzwa."
Paakadzidza nezvekufambisa kwangu munzira ye Highway 1 Discovery Route, Neal akanga ane mutsa zvakakwana kuti agadzire kutarisa kwepurazi yekamberi yekambani yake kwandiri. Akange atosangana neni ndisati rabuda - iye akazonditaurira kuti akanga asiri munhu wemangwanani - kuitira kuti ini ndigone kubata purazi zvakanaka.
"Ndakanga ndiri mubatsiri kubvira pandakatanga kambani iyi, muna 2008," akadaro, "saka yakave nguva yakareba kubva pandakafanira kuuya kuzotanga basa."
Izvi zvinoreva kuti Neal ave achishanda nguva yake. Mushure mokunge awana BS mu Marine Biology kubva kuYunivhesiti yeOregon muna 2004, Neal akatanga kushanda paTomales Bay Oyster Company, iri kuchamhembe kweSan Francisco.
Mumakore ake mana ikoko, haana kungowana zivo yakadzika yehusta yekurima, asiwo bhizinesi shure kwayo. Kubviswa kwemuti weTCTOC kwakazadza dutu rakakwana reNeal raifanira kutanga Morro Bay Oyster Company.
Purazi pachayo inogara mumvura isina kudzika yeMorro Bay kumabvazuva, munzvimbo dzemumvuri weSexi Sisters mhepo inoputika shongwe pamusoro peguta racho, iro rakakosha zvikuru richiisa chikwata cheMOCOC logo, iyo yakaratidzika zvakanakisisa nezvishuvo zvekuvhenekera kwerin orange kubva shure kwayo.
"Wagadzirira kudya kwamangwanani here?" Neal akabvunza apo akavhara chikepe pamusasa.
Ungana nePacific Gold Oyster
Handina kumupindura nemashoko-kungoita gulp. "Iko 'Pacific Gold' inotaura nezveiyo mhando yei oyster, kana kuti iro ndiro zita raunopa kune izvi zvakasiyana-siyana?"
"Ndiro zita redu," akadaro, achidzosera an oyster ari oga. "Mafuta uye kuumbwa kwei oyster aya akasiyana nechechiCalifornia, nemhaka yehutano husina kumira uye kutonhora kwemvura, kunyange mafungu.Naizvozvo, tinoda kufungisisa nezvei oyster nenzira imwecheteyo ingafunga pamusoro pesimbi inokosha . "
Asi Pacific Pacific oyster yakawanda nemhaka yekubatsira sezvavari.
"Mushure mokunge tatanga muimba yedu yevana, ma oysters anotamiswa ikoko," anoenderera mberi, achitaura kune dzakawanda mitsara yemabhasikiti anotambanudza kubva kubheji muzvikamu zvakanyanyisa.
"Vanofambisa nechepamusoro pezasi kwebaya uye vanopedza plankton, iyo inovapa iyo inonakidza yaunonakidzwa nayo."
Mushure memwedzi 12-18 mune izvo zvinonzi "kukura" nzvimbo, ma oyster anokohwa nevashandi veNeal, avo vanozvichengeta (kwehukuru) uye vanozviongorora (nokuda kwehuni) nemaoko. Kana vachinge vabva mumvura, vanogona kunge vari pazaya uye pavanenge vachienda kuresitorendi, vari vaviri uye vari kure neSanta Barbara, mune imwe nyaya yeawa.
Unogona Kudya Sei Maoster Morro Bay?
Neal anonyatsoda basa rake - ruzivo rwekudyara-huri uye, sezviri pachena, rutivi rwevashandi. Akafara akazununguka pamusika ndokupinda mumvura kuitira kuti ndiwane mifananidzo yakanaka, pasinei nekupisa kwemhepo, mhepo uye, pasina mubvunzo, mvura.
Kunyange zvazvo hove yeMorro Bay Oyster yeChishanu inogona kunge iri mumakadhi mune ramangwana - Neal akaratidza zvivako zvakasiyana-siyana zvaanofungidzirwa kutenga panguva yechipfuva chedu chichidzokera kuguta reguta - haatarisiri kufamba nguva dzose kumhanho.
"Iwe unogona kutenga ma oyster edu zvakananga kubva kubheji kana iwe uchida," akajekesa. "Uyewo pamapurazi emunharaunda, kana iwe usingadyi paresitoreji muguta, ndizvo."
Ndakanyangadza. "Sezvakaita michero nemiriwo."
"Asi zviri nani," akadanidzira uye akavhara chikepe.
Zvechokwadi, chinhu chakanyanya "chairo" pamusoro pekurima yekurima ndechekuda kufanana nekushamba kwei-oyster - iwe unongotora nzvimbo yemvura yevhu, plankton yemumanyorera uye maoko evanhu akachenjerera pakugadzira mitambo.
(Zvakare zvakare, maparera haana denga rakaenzana.)