Ngathenga isikhunta sesinkwa emakethe egcwele amathafa, futhi impilo yami – namasemishi – akukaze kufane kusukela ngaleso sikhathi.
Siyakwamukela ku-Thenga Le Nto, ikholomu yekhishi kanye nezinto zasekhaya ezijabulisa ababhali be-Eater nochwepheshe bemboni.
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, ngangiphequlula imakethe yezeze evulekile e-Lambertville, eNew Jersey, ngifuna i-trinket ekahle kakhulu, ngenkathi ngibona imikhumbi yerokhethi esiliva egobile emi iqondile phezu kwetafula.Umnumzane owayehlezi etafuleni wabona isimo sami esididekile wayesethi kimi ngokuqondile: “Ishubhu lesinkwa.”“Amarandi amahlanu umuntu ngamunye.”Noma kungenxa yemfihlakalo yendoda, noma ngenxa yemfihlakalo yamapayipi, ngangazi ukuthi ngiyawadinga.Lapho kamuva ngithola umngane wami, ngathatha into entsha engangiyithenge ngase ngithi, “Ishubhu lesinkwa.”
Liyini ishubhu lesinkwa?Akufanele kudidaniswe ne-Breadtube, iqembu le-inthanethi eliphiko kwesokunxele eligqugquzelwe u-Peter Kropotkin's anarcho-communist manifesto “Winning bread”.I-Breadtube yilokho kanye igama elikusikiselayo: ishubhu oyisebenzisayo ukubhaka isinkwa sakho.Itholakala ngezimo ezinhlanu zokuhlobisa - imbali, isikwele, inhliziyo, i-scallop nenkanyezi - induku yesinkwa nesinkwa esiyenzayo kufana nokwenza iphathi yesemishi: ehlekisayo, eyinqaba, futhi uma uyidlala kahle, imnandi..
I-Pampered Chef, inkampani eyenza ama-bread rolls ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-90s, yawakhangisa encwajaneni ehambisana nalesi sihloko: “Shintsha inhlama yakho yesinkwa esibandisiwe ibe yizimo ezijabulisayo nezithokozisayo ukuze uthole obhasikidi besinkwa esijabulisayo, ama-appetizers, ama-appetizer nama-dessert.”Izinto zami engizithandayo.Kodwa akugcini lapho: “Ishubhu lesinkwa lingasetshenziswa njengesisiki sokusika ushizi, i-charcuterie noma inhlama yekhukhi.Qondanisa ukuma kwenyama noshizi nesinkwa osenza ngeshubhu!”Lesi sithombe siphuma ephusheni elibi., kodwa ngakhangwa ngokushesha umqondo wamathosti wabalandeli.U-$10 wento enhle kangaka uwukweba.
Ibhukwana elifike neshubhu lesinkwa libala “inhlama ye-baguette ebandayo” njengesithako esiyinhloko sokupheka kwezinkwa ezinhlanu kweziyisihlanu, ngakho-ke (ngaphandle uma ubambe inhlama ye-baguette ebandayo esandleni) kuzodingeka uthole indlela yokusebenzisa ishubhu njenge isithako esiyinhloko.isithako.bhaka isitsha.Ngithole ukuthi iresiphi elula yamasemishi esinkwa esimhlophe yanele, njengoba ukulula kungenzeka kakhulu ukufeza umphumela oyifunayo.Ungakwazi futhi ukuzama isinkwa esinamagilebhisi omisiwe noma imbewu - i-blogger eyodwa yaze yaphumelela ngesinkwa sethanga - ungahlanganisi ama-brownies nanoma yini encane.Indlela yeshubhu lesinkwa kufanele ibe lula, okubaluleke kakhulu.
Uma inhlama isilungile, gcoba kancane ithubhu lesinkwa nesivalo, ugcwalise inhlama bese uvala isembozo.Izinkwa zibhakwa ziqonde kumashubhu kuhhavini, okuzisiza ukuthi ziqhume.Khona-ke kufanele ulinde amahora amaningi abuhlungu kuze kube yilapho isinkwa sipholile ngokuphelele ukuze ususe isinkwa esibi kakhulu ku-tubular crust.
Uma ubhaka isinkwa esiningi ekhaya, umsebenzi ngezinye izikhathi ungase ubonakale uyisicefe - emva kwakho konke, isinkwa sesinkwa sinokubukeka okuningi, futhi iningi lazo lincike ezingeni lakho lamakhono.(Nakuba ngiqinisekile ukuthi ngingakwazi ukuluka izinwele zami, izinkwa zami zihlala zifana nezinyoka ezimbalwa ezingcolile.) Kodwa ukusebenzisa ishubhu lesinkwa kuxazulula inkinga yezikhathi ezithile ngokubhaka isinkwa okuvamile, ukuguqula isinkwa sibe ubuciko obuphambili.Ukuma kudinga umzamo omncane kakhulu, hhayi uhlobo lwesinkwa sobuciko obuphezulu obudinga umzamo omkhulu.Izingcezu ezitholakalayo zilungele ukudla okulula okuncane, amasemishi amancane noma njengesisekelo sokudla okulula.
Ukubona la mabhanzi anomumo ongajwayelekile kunikeza ishothi edingeka kakhulu ye-serotonin, futhi okubaluleke kakhulu, amabhanisi esinkwa apakishwe aqondile eduze kwamanye, ingoma yedada yekhava ye-albhamu ye-Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.Angisho ukuthi izinti zesinkwa ziyishintshile impilo yami, kodwa angisho ukuthi nazo aziyishintshile.Nakuba akhululwa eminyakeni engu-20 edlule, kubonakala sengathi kunenqwaba yamafomu atholakala ku-Etsy, eBay, nase-Amazon - shesha, ngiqaphele okwengeziwe.
Njengoba imidlalo emisha emibili ibonisa, akukhona kakhulu mayelana nokufunda iresiphi ethile, kodwa mayelana nokuthi ungayishintsha kanjani indlela yakho yokuphila.