UMary Allen
I-peanut ingeyemifino efana nobhontshisi noma uphizi. Ngakho-ke kwakungelona inadi ekuqaleni, kodwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi liye lakhula laba inati. Njengamantongomane, isithelo samantongomane sisegobolondweni eliqinile futhi sibukeka sifana namanye amantongomane. NgesiNgisi, uthi “peanut”. Kuhunyushwa olimini lwesiJalimane, lokhu kusho “ikinati”.
Okokuqala, isitshalo esinamaqabunga amancane siyakhula. Ngaphansi kwamaqabunga, lesi sitshalo sithela izimbali kusukela ngoMeyi kuya ku-August. Ngemva kokuvundiswa, imbali igubha isiqu sayo emhlabathini, lapho isithelo simila khona amasonto ambalwa size sibe amasentimitha ambalwa ubude. Ngokungafani nophizi, isithelo asivuthwa emoyeni kodwa emhlabathini. Bese ivunwa phansi.
Ngokuvamile, lapho uvula igobolondo lamakinati uzothola imbewu emibili, ezungezwe igobolondo elinsundu, elifana nephepha. Kodwa leli gobolondo alidleki neze. Ngakho-ke udla kuphela izinhlamvu ezihlanganisa izingxenye ezimbili. Ngaphambi kokuthi udle amakinati njengokudla okulula, kufanele uwathose kuqala. Ngakho-ke uwashise emlilweni njengama-chestnuts noma ubhontshisi wekhofi ongaphekiwe ngaphandle kokuwashisa. Amantongomane anamagobolondo avela esuphamakethe avame ukuhlinzekwa ngosawoti omncane.
Amafutha acindezelwa kumakinati amaningi. Akudingi ukuwoswa. Sidinga amafutha amakinati ekhishini noma njengokudla kwezilwane. Amakinati abuye agaywe abe ukudla okunhlobonhlobo njengama-chips amakinati. Ibhotela lamantongomane, elingasakazwa esinkwa, nalo liyathandwa. Nokho, lokhu kusabalala kuqukethe amafutha amaningi kakhulu kunojamu.
Abantu abangezwani namantongomane abakwazi ukubekezelela amakinati. Ngemva kokudla lesi sithelo, baba nesicanucanu amahora ambalwa. Ngakho-ke kufanele uqale uhlole ukuthi ukudla kunamakinati yini.
Ikinati livela eMelika Ephakathi naseNingizimu. Ukusuka lapho yasakazekela kwezinye izindawo ezishisayo phakathi namakoloni aseSpain futhi eYurophu kuphela ngekhulu le-18. E-Switzerland ekhuluma isiJalimane, noma kunjalo, amantongomane aziwa kakhulu ngokuthi "amantongomane aseSpain".
Namuhla, amantongomane atshalwa ngokuyinhloko eningizimu ye-United States, kanye naseChina, eNdiya, eNigeria naseSudan. Zikhula kahle ezindaweni ezinelanga nasemhlabeni wobumba.