ʻO nā ʻōmato momona, pala, ʻano Roma, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o ka ʻāpana kīʻaha o kou hale kūʻai kūʻai kūloko, ua ʻili ʻia a mākaukau no ʻoe e hoʻohui i kāu stew hoʻoilo punahele, sopa a i ʻole casserole. Hoʻohana like ʻia, a hoʻohana ʻia e nā mea kuke hale ʻaina a me nā mea kuke hale, nā ʻōmato i hoʻomoʻa ʻia a i ʻoki ʻia paha, kūpono no nā kīʻaha Italia a Mekiko paha.
I kēia lā, nui nā mea hana e hoʻoneʻe i nā ʻili paʻa o kēia mau tōmato maikaʻi me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ala maʻamau, e like me ka hoʻomehana ʻana i ka mahu a i ʻole nā jet sprays o nā hopena wela o ka sodium hydroxide a i ʻole potassium hydroxide, a ukali ʻia e kahi holoi wai.
ʻApōpō, hiki i nā mea hana ke koho i kahi ala hou, hoʻomohala a hoʻāʻo ʻia i nā haʻawina i alakaʻi ʻia e ʻOihana lawelawe noiʻi lunaʻenehana Zhongli Pan. Aia 'o ia ma ka 'oihana Keena Noi'i Mokupuni Komohana ma Albany, Kaleponi.
Pehea ka hana ʻana o ka ʻili infrared
Ke hilinaʻi nei ke kaʻina hana i ka ikehu infrared, e like me ka mea i hana ʻia i loko o nā umu infrared i loaʻa i nā kīhini home kiʻekiʻe, no ka laʻana. Ma ka hale kūʻai, e hoʻomehana ʻia nā ʻōmato e hele ana ma nā kāʻei conveyor no kahi o 60 kekona me ke kukui infrared i hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai nā ʻāpana tubular i waiho ʻia ma ka ʻaoʻao o nā kāʻei.
Hoʻokuʻu ka wela i ka ʻili pili a pohā. ʻO ia ka mea e maʻalahi ai ka ʻili ʻana i ka wā e komo ai nā tōmato i ko lākou wahi e hiki mai ana - kahi keʻena maloʻo - a, ma hope o ia, ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia e nā wili "pinch".
Ua hoʻomaʻemaʻe ka hui o Pan i kēia mau ʻanuʻu i loko o ʻelima mau makahiki o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e pili ana i 6,000 mau tōmato Roma-type i ulu ʻia ma ke kālepa (i kapa ʻia ʻo "plum") i kekahi manawa. ʻOiai ua hoʻāʻo ka poʻe ʻepekema me ka ʻili infrared o nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu no nā makahiki he nui, ʻo nā hoʻāʻo infrared a Pan ka mea nui loa o kā lākou ʻano, a hiki i kēia lā, no ka ʻili ʻana i nā tōmato.
Ma waena o nā pono koʻikoʻi o ka ʻenehana hou ʻo ia ka nui o ka wai ʻole. He "hoʻohui" kūikawā kēlā no nā mea hana i kekahi manawa maloʻo Kaleponi, ka mokuʻāina e hoʻopuka i ka hapa nui o nā tōmato i hana ʻia e ka lāhui.
ʻAʻole hiki i ka ʻenehana ke hōʻemi wale i ke kumukūʻai o ka lawe ʻana i ka wai i loko o ka hale ʻawaʻawa, akā hiki ke hoʻemi i ka lilo no ka hana hou ʻana a i ʻole ka hoʻopau pono ʻana. ʻO ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana he mea hopohopo nui ia no nā mea hana e hoʻohana ana i ka sodium hydroxide a i ʻole potassium hydroxide, no ka mea hiki i nā mea ke hoʻonui i ke kumukūʻai o ka mālama ʻana i ka wai ʻino o ka hale hana.
ʻO nā pono ʻē aʻe
Nui aʻe ka makemake e pili ana i ka ʻenehana infrared “dry peeling”. Kōkua ke kaʻina hana i ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka "overpeeling" hoʻopau i hiki ke hana i ka wā i wehe ʻole ʻia nā papa o ka tōmato me ka ʻili. Me ka infrared, ʻoi aku ka pilikia o ka overpeeling no ka mea, ke hoʻohana ʻia me ka pololei, pili ka ʻenehana i ka ʻili a me kekahi mau ʻāpana lahilahi ma lalo.
I loko o kahi noiʻi i paʻi ʻia i ka makahiki 2014, ua hōʻike nā mea noiʻi i ka pohō pili i ka peel - i ana ʻia ma ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ke kaumaha o ke kōmato ma mua a ma hope o ka ʻili ʻana - ma kahi o 8 pakeneka i ka 13 pakeneka me ka hoʻomehana infrared a ma kahi o 13 pakeneka a 16 pakeneka me ka sodium hydroxide-based peeling. .
ʻO ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻili ʻana, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻōmato i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia i ka infrared ma mua o ka mea i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia. Hiki i ka overpeeling ke hōʻike i nā papa o loko, ʻoi aku ka ʻeleʻele ma mua o nā papa ʻulaʻula hohonu o ka ʻōmato i kēlā me kēia lā. Eia kekahi, hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā puʻupuʻu puʻupuʻu melemele a me ka veinlike o ka tōmato ma o ka ʻili ʻana.
Eia kekahi, hiki ke maʻalahi ka peeling infrared i ke ʻano a me ke ʻano o ka ʻōmato. ʻO ia ke ʻano o ka paʻa ʻana o nā tōmato, ʻaʻole paʻa, a ʻaʻole pono e hāʻule maʻalahi ke ʻoki ʻia. Ua hōʻike ka hui o Pan he ʻano like a ʻoi aku ka paʻa o nā tōmato i mālama ʻia i ka infrared.
Pan a me nā hoa hana Tara McHugh, alakaʻi noiʻi a me ka ʻenehana meaʻai me ARS ma Albany; ʻO Carlos Masareje me nā lako hana hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia, Woodland, Kaleponi; a ʻo James Valenti-Jordan o Del Monte Foods, Walnut Creek, ke ʻimi nei i kahi patent no ka hana ʻili.
Manaʻo ʻo Pan e hoʻonui ʻia ka ʻōnaehana i ka wikiwiki o ka cannery i ka makahiki 2016. I kēia manawa, ua kākau ʻia nā haʻawina ʻōmato i loko o nā ʻatikala ʻepekema i nānā ʻia e nā hoa. Hōʻike nā ʻatikala ʻē aʻe i ka holomua me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻenehana no ka ʻili ʻana i nā peach clingstone hou, kahi mea ʻē aʻe o ka ʻeke.