Hoʻohui pinepine ʻia ka eggplant me nā ʻāina hema e like me Sepania a me Italia. Akā ma Flanders hoʻi, ulu ka hua i nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo a ke ulu nei ka mahiʻai.
ʻO ka ʻohana Heulens ma Vremde ma Antwerp kekahi o nā mea kanu aubergine mua loa a ʻo ia ka mea nui loa ma Flanders. "Aia ka mana nui ma Belgium inā aʻo ka poʻe e ʻai i nā mea kanu.
E heluhelu hou aʻe e pili ana i:
'Ōlelo pinepineʻia nā eggplants i ka hanu like me ka courgettes, akā no kaʻohana'ē aʻe, kaʻohana nightshade. ʻAʻole e like me kona mau hoahānau ʻAmelika ʻo ka ʻōmato, ka ʻuala, ka paprika a me ka pepa chili, ʻaʻole nā aʻa o kēia mea kanu hua ma ke Komohana akā ma ka Hikina Hikina. Ua lawe mai ka poe Arabia i ka aubergine i Sepania, kahi i lanakila ai ke koena o Europa.
ʻO ka kaulana o ka meaʻai Mediterranean i ko mākou mau ʻāina ua hoʻolauna iā mākou i ka aubergine. Ma Flanders, pili pono nā mea kanu me nā kīʻaha e like me ka moussaka a me ka melanzane. I kēia lā, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea ʻai meaʻai ke kau nei i ka 'meaʻai steak' ma ka papa kuhikuhi ma ke ʻano he ʻiʻo pani, a ua mahalo nui ʻia ka versatility o ka aubergine.
ʻOiai ua hoʻomaka mākou e ʻai i ʻelua mau aubergines i nā makahiki he ʻumi, ʻo ka awelika o ka ʻai ʻana iā lākou he 600 grams wale nō i kēlā me kēia makahiki. No ka laʻana, ʻai ka poʻe ʻEulopa Hema i ka awelika o ʻeono a ʻumi kilokani aubergine i kēlā me kēia makahiki. ʻAʻole wale ka hua o ka eggplant (ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania he eggplant, ed .) ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia, he nui nō hoʻi ka naʻaupō i kāna mahi ʻana. ʻO kahi noiʻi mākeke e iVOX ma waena o hoʻokahi tausani Belgians i 2020 e hōʻike ana hoʻokahi wale nō i ʻelima i ʻike e ulu pū ana nā aubergines i ko mākou ʻāina.
ʻO ka mea kanu Flemish nui loa e wehe i nā puka
I mea e hoʻonui ai i ka kaulana a me ka kaulana o ka hua, ua hoʻoholo ka ʻohana BelOrta grower Heulens i kēia pule e wehe i ko lākou mau puka a kono i nā mea nūpepa i kā lākou hui, ʻo ia ka mea kanu eggplant nui loa ma ka ʻāina me 7.5 mau ʻeka. ʻO ka hui ma Vremse, kokoke i Antwerp, ke alakaʻi ʻia e nā kaikunāne ʻo Jan lāua ʻo Tom a me ke kaikuahine ʻo Ann. Lawe lākou i ka hui mai ko lākou mau mākua i hoʻololi mai ka ulu ʻana i ka ʻōmato i ka aubergines i nā makahiki 1990. ʻO kēia ka mea i lilo lākou i mea hoʻokahi o nā mea kanu mua ma ko mākou ʻāina.
I nā makahiki, ua piʻi nui ka nui o nā mea kanu aubergine. I ka makahiki 2021, loaʻa iā Belgium he 23.62 eka o ka mahi aubergine ma lalo o ke aniani. Ua ʻaelike ʻo BelOrta i ʻewalu mau mea kanu aubergine - ʻelua Dutch a me ʻeono hui Flemish - maikaʻi no ka hana ʻana o 12,500 tons aubergines i kēlā me kēia makahiki. He kanaono pākēneka o ka hana Belgian i lawe ʻia aku i waho, ʻoiai he kanahā pākēneka e koe ma Belgium.
Ka ulu o nā wao nahele
I ka Mei, i ka wā e lōʻihi ai nā lā, paʻa loa ka ʻoihana. ʻOhi nā limahana he kanahā i nā aubergines i loko o ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo a ʻohi a hoʻopaʻa i nā hua me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana hoʻokaʻawale ʻokoʻa i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma ke alo o ka hui. Eia, hoʻokomo ʻia nā pahu a me nā pahu i loko o ke kaʻa. Hele mai nā limahana kau mai ke keʻena hoʻokipa kūloko, ʻo ia hoʻi he ʻumi mau minuke ma ke kaʻa kaʻa mai ka hui. "Ma muli o ka corona, ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka loaʻa ʻana o ka poʻe mai ʻEulopa Hikina a ua loaʻa iā mākou ka ʻike maikaʻi me kēia mau limahana no nā makahiki," wahi a Ann Heeulens, nona ke kuleana no ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana a me ka hoʻokele.
Hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā mea kanu 40,000 ma luna o ka substrate i ka waena o Dekemaba, ma hope o ka ʻohi mua ʻana i ka waena o Pepeluali. "ʻO ka mahana wela o ke ao he 26 degere, akā i ke kauwela hiki ke piʻi ka mahana i 30 degere a ʻo ka haʻahaʻa ma kahi o 85 pakeneka. Hoʻohālikelike ka poʻe malihini i kā mākou conservatory me kahi wao ua. ʻAe, he mea ʻokoʻa ka aubergines a e like me ke ea mahana a me ka haʻahaʻa, "wahi a Jan Heeulens, ʻo ia ke kuleana o ka mālama ʻana i nā mea kanu.
ʻO ka ulu ʻana i loko o nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo e hiki ai i ka ʻohana ke hāʻawi i nā aubergine kūloko a hiki i ka wā ma hope o ka makahiki. ʻOhi ʻia nā hua hope loa i ka hopena o Nowemapa. “E ʻohi ʻia ka ʻohi ʻana i kekahi mau ʻohi, e pili ana i ka oʻo a me ke kaumaha, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma kahi o 300 grams. I ke kau kiʻekiʻe, ʻo kā mākou mīkini hoʻokaʻawale ʻana a hiki i 35 tons o aubergines i kēlā me kēia lā ", hoʻomau ʻo Heulens, e hōʻike ana i nā lā kiʻekiʻe e holo ka hui i BelOrta a ʻekolu manawa i ka lā hoʻokahi. Ma laila ua hui pū ʻia nā aubergines me nā mea hana ʻē aʻe a hāʻawi ʻia no ke kūʻai aku e like me ka mahele papa.
Hoʻopili ka hānau ʻana i ke kumu kūʻai
ʻOiai ua pilikia mua ka ʻohana o ka poʻe mahiʻai i ka pani ʻana o ka ʻoihana meaʻai i ka makahiki i hala, ʻaʻole lākou e nānā i hope i ka makahiki corona me ka hauʻoli. "Loaʻa iaʻu ka manaʻo he manawa liʻiliʻi ka poʻe ma ka home e kuke ai a ua hana pinepine lākou me ka aubergine," wahi a Heeulens.
Loaʻa i nā mea kanu nā kumukūʻai maikaʻi loa i ʻAukake a me Kepakemapa. "A laila ʻaʻohe hoʻokūkū mai nā aubergines Spanish a aia wale nō ka lako Dutch a me Belgian." Ke ulu nei ka poʻe hoʻokūkū Paniolo i loko o nā tunnel foil kahi i emi loa ai ke kumukūʻai hana. "I ka wā mua, ʻo ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana ma Sepania wale nō a hiki i ka hopena o Pepeluali, akā ua ʻae ka hānau ʻana iā lākou e hoʻonui i kēia a hiki i Mei a Iune paha. ʻAʻole ia i maʻalahi iā mākou.
ʻAʻole kū mālie ka hānau ʻana o Belgian. ʻOi aku ma mua o ʻumi mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ʻo nā ʻāʻī a me nā lau eggplant ua paʻakikī i ka ʻohi ʻana. I nā ʻano hou, ua nalowale nā spines ma ke koho kūlohelohe. "I kēia manawa aia kekahi mau ho'āʻo no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā ʻano mea hiki ke ulu a puni ka makahiki, i hiki ke hoʻonui ʻia ka hana," hoʻopau ʻo Heeulens.