Mary Allen
Mbatata ndi chomera chogwirizana kwambiri ndi phwetekere, tsabola, ndi fodya. Mbatata imatchedwanso Erdapfel m'madera ena. Mawu akuti mbatata amabwerera ku mawu achilatini omwe amatanthauza tuber.
Chomera chenichenicho ndi chobiriwira komanso chakupha pang'ono. Inunso simungadye chipatsocho. Zomwe mumadya ndi machubu omwe amamera pansi. Tuber imakhala makamaka ndi madzi ndi wowuma. Wowuma ndi imodzi mwazakudya monga shuga kapena mbali zambiri zambewu.
Mbatatayi imachokera ku mapiri a Andes, omwe ali ku South America. Iwo anali atalimidwa kale ndi Ainka. Pambuyo pake, ofufuza a ku Spain anaidziŵa bwino chomeracho. Cha m’ma 1570, akuoneka kuti anabwera ku Spain kwa nthawi yoyamba. M’kupita kwa nthaŵi, analimidwanso m’maiko ena a ku Ulaya ndi padziko lonse lapansi. Pali nkhani zambiri za yemwe adabweretsa mbatata ku Europe. Ndipotu, simukudziwa.
Anthu ambiri anali ndi chakudya chokwanira chifukwa cha mbatata. Koma pamene zomera za mbatata zinadwala, mwachitsanzo ku Ireland cha m'ma 1850, ambiri anafa ndi njala. Masiku ano, anthu padziko lonse lapansi amalima madera akuluakulu ndi mbatata, makamaka ku Ulaya ndi ku Asia. Austria ingagwirizane ndi madera amenewa kawiri. Munthu waku Germany amadya pafupifupi ma kilogalamu 50 a mbatata pachaka, mwachitsanzo, pafupifupi kilogalamu imodzi sabata iliyonse.
Mbatata imatha kusungidwa m'nyengo yozizira kwambiri. Kenako amakhala aulesi. Kotero inu simungakhoze kusunga pa iwo monga momwe mungathere ndi tirigu. Mbatata amawiritsidwa asanadye. Komabe, mbatata yophika nthawi zambiri samadyedwa konse. Makampaniwa amakonza mbatata kukhala zokazinga za ku France, tchipisi, kapena zinthu zina.