UMary Allen
I-Oat isitshalo futhi ingeyotshani obumnandi. Kunezinhlobo ezingaphezu kuka-20. Nokho, isikhathi esiningi abantu bacabanga ngembewu ye-oats noma i-oats yangempela lapho bezwa igama. Itshalwa njengokusanhlamvu okunjengokolweni, irayisi, nokunye okuningi. Ama-oats awukudla okunempilo kakhulu kubantu nasezilwaneni.
Izitshalo ze-oat ziwutshani baminyaka yonke. Ngemva konyaka kufanele uwatshale futhi. Ijazi lembewu likhula cishe ingxenye yemitha noma imitha elilodwa nengxenye ukuphakama. I-panicle spindle eqinile ikhula ezimpandeni. Kuso kukhona ama-panicles, uhlobo lwamagatsha amancane, futhi ekugcineni kwawo kukhona ama-spikelets. Kuso kunezimbali ezimbili noma ezintathu ezingaba isithelo se-oat.
Ama-oats empeleni avela eningizimu yeYurophu, eNyakatho Afrika, naseNingizimu Asia. Akufanele kushise kakhulu kuma-oats embewu, ngoba lokho kufanele line kakhulu. Ayidingi inhlabathi ekahle. Yingakho itshalwa ngasogwini noma eduze kwezintaba. Umhlabathi omuhle wona usetshenziswa kangcono kwezinye izitshalo ezithela izitshalo eziningi.
Lapho izimoto zimbalwa noma zingekho, abantu babedinga amahhashi amaningi. Babephakelwa kakhulu ama-oats. Ngisho nanamuhla, i-oats itshalwa ngokuyinhloko ukuphakela izilwane ezifana nezinkomo.
Kodwa abantu bebelokhu bedla ama-oats. Namuhla, abantu abakhathalela impilo yabo bayayithanda: kuphela igobolondo langaphandle le-oats elisusiwe, kodwa hhayi igobolondo elingaphakathi. Ngale ndlela, amaminerali amaningi kanye nemicu yokudla iyagcinwa. Ngakho-ke ama-oats ayizinhlamvu zethu ezinempilo kakhulu. Ivamise ukucindezelwa ku-oatmeal futhi idliwe ngaleyo ndlela, ngokuvamile ixutshwe nobisi nezithelo ukwenza i-muesli.