Mary Allen
Oat ndi mbewu ndipo ndi ya udzu wotsekemera. Pali mitundu yopitilira 20. Komabe, nthawi zambiri anthu amaganiza za oats kapena oats weniweni akamva mawu. Amalimidwa ngati tirigu monga tirigu, mpunga, ndi zina zambiri. Oats ndi chakudya chopatsa thanzi kwa anthu ndi nyama.
Zomera za oat ndi udzu wapachaka. Patapita chaka muyenera kuwabzalanso. Chovala chambewu chimakula pafupifupi theka la mita kapena mita imodzi ndi theka. Spindle yolimba ya panicle imamera kuchokera muzu. Pa iyo pali panicles, ngati tinthambi tating'ono, ndipo pamapeto pake pali spikelets. Pamwamba pake pali maluwa awiri kapena atatu omwe amatha kukhala zipatso za oat.
Oats kwenikweni amachokera kumwera kwa Europe, North Africa, ndi South Asia. Kusakhale kotentha kwambiri kwa oats, chifukwa mvula imayenera kugwa kwambiri. Sichifuna nthaka yabwino. N’chifukwa chake zimamera m’mphepete mwa nyanja kapena pafupi ndi mapiri. Dothi labwino, kumbali ina, limagwiritsidwa ntchito bwino ku mbewu zina zomwe zimabala mbewu zambiri.
Pamene magalimoto anali ochepa kapena opanda, anthu ankafunika mahatchi ambiri. Nthawi zambiri amadyetsedwa ndi oats. Ngakhale masiku ano, oats amalimidwa kuti azidyetsa ziweto monga ng'ombe.
Koma anthu akhala akudya oats nthawi zonse. Masiku ano, anthu omwe amasamala za thanzi lawo amawakonda: chipolopolo chakunja chokha cha oats chimachotsedwa, koma osati chipolopolo chamkati. Mwanjira iyi, mchere wambiri ndi ulusi wazakudya zimasungidwa. Chifukwa chake, oats ndi tirigu wathu wathanzi kwambiri. Nthawi zambiri amapanikizidwa mu oatmeal ndikudyedwa mwanjira imeneyi, nthawi zambiri amasakanizidwa ndi mkaka ndi zipatso kuti apange muesli.