John Myers
Mau Oyamba: Kufufuza Zamitundumitundu Yazakudya Zaku Micronesian
Micronesia ndi gulu la zisumbu zing'onozing'ono zikwi zambiri za m'nyanja ya Pacific, zomwe zimadutsa dera lalikulu kuposa United States. Derali lili ndi zikhalidwe zosiyanasiyana, ndipo chilichonse chili ndi miyambo ndi miyambo yakeyake. Chimodzi mwa zinthu zochititsa chidwi kwambiri pa chikhalidwe cha anthu a ku Micronesia ndi zakudya, zomwe zimasonyeza mbiri ya derali ndi malo ake. Kuchokera pazakudya zachikhalidwe zochokera kuzinthu zakumaloko kupita ku zakudya zophatikizika zapadziko lonse lapansi, zakudya zaku Micronesia ndizophatikiza zochititsa chidwi zochokera kuzilumba zosiyanasiyana.
Miyambo Yophikira ku Micronesian ndi Zikoka
Zakudya za ku Micronesia zimachokera ku zosakaniza zakomweko, ndipo nsomba zam'madzi zimakhala zomanga thupi. Mpunga, taro, zipatso za mkate, ndi zilazi zimagwiritsidwanso ntchito pazakudya zachikhalidwe. Komabe, miyambo yophikira yaku Micronesia siimangotengera izi. Mbiri yochuluka ya chigawochi yautsamunda ndi malonda yabweretsanso chikoka kuchokera kumadera ena adziko lapansi, kuphatikiza China, Philippines, ndi Europe.
Mwachitsanzo, anthu amtundu wa Chamorro ku Guam ali ndi zakudya zophatikizika zomwe zimaphatikiza zakudya zachikhalidwe ndi Spanish ndi Filipino. Adobo, chakudya chodziwika bwino ku Philippines, chasinthidwa kukhala mkaka wa kokonati ndi zosakaniza zina zakomweko. Mofananamo, anthu aku Carolinian aku Northern Mariana Islands ali ndi zakudya zomwe zimasonyeza mbiri yawo yamalonda ndi Asia. Zakudya zawo zachikhalidwe zimachokera ku nsomba zam'nyanja, komanso zimaphatikizapo Zakudyazi ndi zinthu zina zomwe zasinthidwa kuchokera ku zakudya zaku China ndi Japan.
Zosiyanasiyana Zachigawo za Micronesian Cuisine
Ngakhale zakudya zaku Micronesian zimagawana zinthu zambiri zomwe zimafanana, palinso kusiyana kwakukulu kwachigawo. Zakudya za Palau, mwachitsanzo, zimachokera ku nsomba zam'madzi ndi masamba amasamba, komanso zimaphatikizapo zinthu zapadera monga mphesa zam'nyanja ndi masamba a taro. Mosiyana ndi zimenezi, zakudya za ku Marshall Islands zimachokera ku mkaka wa kokonati ndi breadfruit, ndi nsomba zomwe zimagwira ntchito yochepa.
Zakudya za ku Micronesia zimasiyananso malinga ndi nyengo ndi miyambo yakumaloko. Mwachitsanzo, anthu a ku Pohnpei ali ndi mwambo wodya sakau, chakumwa chamwambo chopangidwa ndi kava, m’nyengo ya sakau. Mofananamo, anthu a ku Yap ali ndi mwambo wodya rai, mtundu wa taro, m’nyengo yokolola.
Pomaliza, zakudya zaku Micronesia ndizophatikiza zochititsa chidwi za miyambo yachibadwidwe komanso zokopa zakunja. Kuyambira pazakudya zam'nyanja zambiri mpaka zakudya zophatikizika za anthu a ku Chamorro ku Guam, miyambo yophikira m'derali ikuwonetsa kusiyanasiyana kwa anthu ake komanso mbiri yawo. Kaya mukuyang'ana ku Northern Mariana Islands kapena Outer Islands of Palau, Micronesia imapereka zophikira komanso zosiyanasiyana zomwe zimakondweretsa aliyense wokonda chakudya.
