Mary Allen
Mtedza ndi chipatso kapena mtengo wodula. Timadziwa bwino zipatso zake, mwachitsanzo, mtedza. Ku Switzerland amatchedwa "mtengo wamtengo", ku Austria, amatchedwa "Welschnuss". Kutanthauza kuti: Linachokera kwa Aroma, mwachitsanzo, ku Italy kapena ku France.
Pali mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya mitengo ya mtedza. Onse pamodzi amapanga mtundu. Amakula mpaka kufika mamita 20 m’litali ndipo amatha kukhala zaka pafupifupi 150. Amapanga mizu yozama kwambiri. Akayima okha, korona wamkulu kwambiri amameranso, zomwe zimatchedwa nthambi zonse za nthambi. Maluwa amakhala aamuna kapena aakazi. Ambiri a iwo amakangamira pamodzi pa phesi laling’ono, kupanga chinachake chonga soseji yaing’ono.
Ku Ulaya pafupifupi mtundu umodzi wokha umabzalidwa, "mtedza weniweni". Maso awo ndi aakulu, opatsa thanzi kwambiri, komanso athanzi. Mafuta awo ndi otchuka kukhitchini ndipo sasungunuka akawotchedwa mu nyali yamafuta. Mitengo ya mtedza ndi yabwino kwambiri ku Ulaya.
Mitengo yathu yambiri ya mtedza inabzalidwa ngati mitengo ya zipatso. Akafika msinkhu winawake, amakumbidwa ndipo matabwawo amawapangira mipando yamtengo wapatali.
Kodi anthu amagwiritsa ntchito chiyani kuchokera ku mtengo wa mtedza?
Kumbali imodzi, mtedza wamtengo wa mtedza umagwiritsidwa ntchito. Mitengo yamasiku ano imawetedwa kuti ibereke mtedza wambiri momwe zingathere. Mtengo uli paubwino wake komanso pamalo abwino, izi zimatha kupitilira ma kilogalamu 50 pachaka pamodzi ndi zipolopolo.
Timadya njerwa zambiri za mtedza monga choncho tikaumitsa. Timawadziwa makamaka kuyambira nthawi isanafike Khrisimasi. Zipolopolozo ndi zolimba kwambiri kotero kuti mumafunika nutcracker kuti mutsegule. Njere za mtedza zimapezekanso mu ayisikilimu, makeke, ndi zakudya zina zambiri.
Mafuta ochokera ku mtedza wa mtedza sali otchuka kukhitchini. Amayaka mu nyali yamafuta popanda mwaye. Choncho amaonedwa kuti ndi olemekezeka kwambiri pa mafuta onse a nyale. Ikugwiritsidwabe ntchito masiku ano m'matchalitchi ambiri a Katolika, mu nyali yaing'ono, yofiira, "kuwala kwamuyaya".
Kumbali ina, nkhuni za mtengo wa mtedza zimagwiritsidwanso ntchito. Ili ndi mtundu wokongola kwambiri, woderapo. Mitengo ya mtedza sagwetsedwa, imakumbidwa pamodzi ndi mizu. Pansi pa thunthu, nkhuni imakhala ndi njere yapadera, yomwe imatchedwanso "chitsanzo cha nkhuni".
Mipando yokhayo yapamwamba komanso yokwera mtengo imapangidwa kuchokera kumitengo ya mtedza. Nthawi zambiri si matabwa onse opangidwa ndi matabwa a mtedza. Pakatikati pa matabwa nthawi zambiri amapangidwa kuchokera ku tchipisi tating'ono tomwe tamatira pamodzi. Mtengo wopyapyala wa mtengo wa mtedza umamatiridwa pa izi, nthawi zambiri wokhuthala ndi millimeter. Zovala zamatabwa zowonda zoterezi zimatchedwa "veneer". Izi zimapulumutsa matabwa okwera mtengo.
Njira yachitatu ndiyo kugwiritsa ntchito zipolopolo zakunja zobiriwira za mtedza. Mutha kugwiritsa ntchito kukongoletsa matabwa ena kapena, mwachitsanzo, nsalu. Aliyense amene anachotsapo chigoba chakunja cha mtedza amadziwa momwe manja anu amakhalira achikasu pambuyo pake. M'malo opangira zikopa, zipolopolozo zimagwiritsidwa ntchito kupanga zikopa kuchokera ku zikopa za nyama.