Virtually every type of fruit and vegetable has been processed into a value-added product in recent years, as growers and processors rush to meet the rapidly growing demand for the convenience they offer consumers. Until now, one vegetable seems to have been left out: artichokes.
Beeraha Ceeryaanka Badweynta, Beeralayda artichoke ee ugu weyn qaranka, ayaa madhan ka buuxisay warshadaha artichoke microwaveable ee ugu horreeya, badeecada laga yaabo inay gacan ka geysato kordhinta caannimada khudradda iyadoo bixinaysa fududayn cusub oo karinta.
Waxay ku timaadaa cidhibta dalabaadka tafaariiqda iyo macaamiisha weydiisanaya artichoke oo ay fududahay in la diyaariyo.
"Waxaan ka helnay su'aalo sannado ah macaamiisheena tafaariiqda iyo macaamiisheena labadaba artichoke microwaveable," ayuu yiri Kori Tuggle, maamulaha suuqgeynta iyo horumarinta ganacsiga ee beeraha Ocean Mist. "Cilmi-baadhista macaamiishu waxay noo sheegtay in dad badan oo wax ka iibsanaya ay u arkaan diyaarinta artichokes inay tahay caqabadda ugu weyn ee iibsashada."
Xitaa codsiyada macaamiisha iyo tafaariiqda ee artichoke cusub, weli waxaa jiray su'aal ah in ay jirto baahi weyn oo ku filan alaabta iyo haddii ay iibin doonto. Shirkaddu waxay ka bilawday barnaamij suuq-geyneed xadidan dukaamada tafaariiqda ee waqooyiga California intii lagu jiray xilliga gu'ga 2011 artichoke si ay u tijaabiso badeecada waxayna ogaatay inay jirto xiiso aad u weyn. Waxa kale oo jirtay soo dhawayn wanaagsan oo warshadaha markii ay sii daayeen alaabta cusub at the Soo saar Ururka Suuqgeynta (PMA) Shirweynihii cusub ee Atlanta ee Oktoobar la soo dhaafay.
"Waxaan ka helnay jawaab celin wanaagsan oo midaysan oo ka timid warshadaha Shirarka Fresh, oo ah kii ugu horreeyay ee noociisa ah ee qaybta artichoke," ayuu yiri Tuggle.
Alaabta ayaa sidoo kale heshay Abaalmarinta Qaranka ee PMA ee Xirmooyinka Hal-abuurka leh shirka. Qodob muhiim ah oo fududeynaya badeecada cusub, xirmada ayaa ka kooban laba artichokes oo la nadiifiyey lana jarjaray. In ka badan kala badh wakhtiga diyaarinta waa la tirtiray, taas oo si gaar ah muhiim ugu ah macaamiisha jadwalka adag ama kuwa aan waligood ku raaxaysan artichoke noloshooda oo aan garanayn meel ay wax ka bilaabaan.
"Laga bilaabo bilawgii, waxaan ogaanay inaan samayno xirmada cusub si dhib la'aan ah iyada oo aan wax diyaarin ah, iyo wakhti cunto karin ah oo gaaban iyo khibrad cunto oo aad u fiican," Tuggle ayaa yidhi. "(Waa) fursad lagu soo jiito macaamiisha waqti-gaabsan oo doonaya hab degdeg ah oo lagu kariyo artichoke cusub, ama ay ka baqayaan iyaga sababtoo ah ma yaqaaniin sida loo nadiifiyo ama loo diyaariyo artichoke cusub."
Sifada kale ee ku jirta baakada waa shaabad sib-quful ah oo u sahlaysa macmiisha in ay xilliyeeyaan waxa ku jira ka hor inta aan mikrowavingka la samayn.
"Waan ognahay in aan awoodno in aan macaamiisha siinno xakamaynta sida iyo waxa loo isticmaalo dhadhanka artichoke ay noqon doonto sifada muhiimka ah ee iibsashada soo noqnoqda," ayay tidhi.
Artichokes waxaa loo qorsheeyay in la sii daayo tafaariiqda sanadkan, iyada oo aan jirin wax qorshe ah oo hadda ah adeegga cuntada.
Beeraha Badbaadada Badbaadada waxay ku koraysay artichokes badhtamaha California ilaa 1924, markii Daniel Pieri, Alfred Tottino, James Bellone iyo Amerigo iyo Angelo Del Chiaro ay abuureen California Artichoke & Khudaarta Growers Corp. ee Castroville, oo loo bixiyay Ocean Mist Farms 1995.
Hawlgallada ayaa weli si weyn ugu go'an artichokes, laakiin shirkaddu waxay ku ballaarisay badeecooyin cusub sannadihii la soo dhaafay oo ay ku jiraan brokoli, asparagus, sprouts Brussels, cardone, cauliflower, celery, fava digir, fennel, basasha cagaaran, isbinaajka iyo dhowr saladh. Inta badan waxaa lagu iibiyaa jumlad; artichokes-ka microwave-ka ah ayaa calaamad u ah u-soo-baxa shirkadda ee baakadaha, badeecooyinka qiimaha lagu daray.
Ocean Mist waxay habaysaa oo suuq geynaysaa saamigeeda. Shirkadda waxaa lagu cadeyay iyada oo loo marayo Heshiiska Suuqgeynta Leafy Greens Handler, waxayna haysataa liis ku saabsan dhaqamada wanaagsan ee beeraha si loo hubiyo u hogaansanaanta badbaadada cuntada.
Shirkadda iskeed u qeexday "habka dhammaystiran" ee badbaadada cunnada waxay ka bilaabataa berrinka, iyada oo qiimeynta khatarta ah ee faahfaahsan ee beer kasta ka hor beerista. Shaqaaluhu sidoo kale waxay raacaan hab-dhaqannada nadaafadda caadiga ah waxayna xaqiijiyaan nadaafadda iyo dayactirka dhammaan qalabka inta lagu jiro beerashada.
Barnaamijka isku dhafan ee maareynta cayayaanka ayaa kormeeraya haramaha, cudurrada iyo cayayaanka si loo yareeyo kiimikooyinka inta lagu jiro wax soo saarka. Biyaha waraabka si weyn ayaa loo tijaabiyaa ka hor inta aan la isticmaalin, shirkadduna waxay si joogto ah u barataa shaqaalaha tallaabooyinka fayadhowrka goosashada ee wax ka qabanaya faddaraynta, haqab-beelka cuntada iyo nadaafadda.
Shaqaalaha ku jira tas-hiilaadka wax-soo-saarka waxay raacaan hababka wax-soo-saarka wanaagsan iyo falanqaynta khatarta qodobbada xakamaynta muhiimka ah, oo ay ku jiraan nadaafadda maalinlaha ah ee qalabka.
Shirkaddu waxay dejisay barnaamij la socodka deegaanka kaas oo u isticmaala kormeerka hal dariiq oo lagu hubinayo nadaafadda ka hor habaynta.
Silsiladda qabow waa hab kale oo ay shirkadu u wanaajiso badbaadada iyo tayada cuntada, iyo Ocean Mist Farms waxa ay qaadaa taxaddar si ay u hubiso in silsiladda aan jabin. Wax soo saarka waxaa lagu qaboojiyaa afar saacadood gudahood goosashada waxaana lagu kaydiyaa 34˚ F, ka dibna si dhakhso ah loogu guuro xarumaha gaadiidka ee baabuurta qaboojiyaha. Qaboojiyayaashu waxay leeyihiin shuruuc adag oo nadaafadeed oo faraya isticmaalka galoofyada la tuuri karo ee maaraynta alaabta, fargeetoyada korontada si looga hortago qiiqa qiiqa qaboojiyaha iyo biyaha la cabbi karo ee qaboojinta, sida ay sheegtay shirkadu.
"Waxaan si joogto ah u raadineynaa habab cusub oo aan ku kordhineyno oo aan ku kordhineyno qiimaha waxa aan siino macaamiisheena iyo macaamiisheena," ayuu yiri Tuggle.