Ke piʻi aʻe ka ʻai ʻana o ka asparagus US, ke ʻimi nei nā mea hana i nā ala e lawe ai i ka mea pohihihi mai ka kuke ʻana i ka mea kanu.
Ua hoʻokomo ʻia kahi laina microwavable hou o ka asparagus hou i ʻoki ʻia i ʻApelila mai Cedarville, NJ-based Sheppard Farms. Kūʻai ʻia ma nā hale kūʻai nui o King ma New Jersey, ʻo ka huahana ka hopena o ka hui pū ʻana ma waena o Rutgers University a me Sheppard Farms.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Tom Orton, Extension Specialist me Rutgers Agriculture Research Center a me kahi ʻāpana o ka Food Innovation Center, ua lawe ʻia ka microwavable asparagus package ma kahi o 14 mau mahina e hoʻomohala ai, he manawa pōkole e hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā ʻōwili huahana hou. Ua ʻimi ʻo ia, a me ke kākāʻōlelo packaging William Romig, i nā ala hou e hoʻohana ai i kahi pūʻolo hou.
"Ua lawe mākou i kahi ʻāpana i loaʻa a hoʻololi ʻia," wahi āna. "ʻO ia nā ʻenehana i hana mua ʻia a lawe mākou iā lākou a hoʻohana iā lākou i nā ʻano like ʻole."
Kūʻai ʻia ka asparagus holoi ʻelua i loko o ka ʻeke 10-auneke a i ʻole ka pā, me kēlā me kēia me nā microperforations a me nā puka mahu. Hoʻonui ka microperforations i ke ola o ka asparagus ma ka ʻae ʻana i ka oxygen a me carbon dioxide e hoʻonohonoho i kahi lewa e hoʻolohi i ka decomposition. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Orton ma mua o 21 mau lā, ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 10 a 12 mau lā no nā pūpū asparagus hou.
Hiki i nā puka mahu o ka pū'olo ke kuke i ka asparagus i loko o ka microwave. Hoʻomoʻa nā huahana ma o ka convection, ʻaʻole mai nā microwaves, wahi a Orton. Hoʻololi ʻia ka wai wai i loko o ka huahana i mahu, ka mea hana i ka kuke ʻana.
Lawe ʻia ma waena o ʻelua mau minuke a me ʻehā mau minuke e kuke ai i ka asparagus i loko o ka pūʻolo microwavable. Hiki i nā mea kūʻai ke hana i kā lākou makemake, me ka liʻiliʻi o ka manawa kuke no nā mea kanu crispier a ʻoi aku ka manawa no ka asparagus palupalu.
Hoʻoulu ʻia ka asparagus ma Sheppard Farms, kahi e hoʻolaʻa ai ma kahi o 150 mau ʻeka o kāna 1,500 mau ʻeka i ka hana asparagus. ʻO ka hana ʻana o ka asparagus mai ʻApelila 15 a Iune 15, a ʻo ia ka Jersey Knight a me Jersey Giant nā ʻano. Hoʻoulu pū ka mahiʻai i nā pepa bele, iceberg lettuce, romaine lettuce, kukama, zucchini a me ka ʻōpala.
ʻO Tom Sheppard a me kona mau kaikunāne, ʻo Dave lāua ʻo Erwin, e hoʻokele iā Sheppard Farms. He ʻumikumamāhā mau hanauna o ka ʻohana Sheppard i mahiʻai ma ka mokuʻāina no nā makahiki ʻoi aku ma mua o 300. Ua hoʻomaka ka mahiʻai i ka makahiki 1683, a ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sheppard, aia kekahi o ka ʻāina a lākou e mahiʻai nei i ka ʻohana mai ka makahiki 1800. Aia ka mahiʻai ma Cumberland County, ka mea hana nui o nā mea kanu ma New Jersey. Wahi a ka pūnaewele pūnaewele o ke kalana, ʻo ia ka "Garden Spot of the Garden State," e hana ana ma kahi o 16 pakeneka o ka nui o ka waiwai mahiʻai o New Jersey.
Hoʻopuka ʻia nā huahana
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sheppard i ka wā i hoʻokokoke aku ai ʻo Orton lāua ʻo Romig iā ia e pili ana i ka pōʻai, ua ʻike koke ʻo ia ʻo ka asparagus ka huahana kūpono, akā ʻaʻole i ʻōwili ka hui i kahi huahana hou.
"He hana hoihoi ia," wahi a Sheppard. "Loaʻa iā lākou ka poʻe me ka ʻike hoʻomohala huahana, akā ʻaʻole ia he mea i loaʻa iā mākou."
I kēia manawa, ua hui pū ʻia ka pane mai nā mea kūʻai aku, ʻōlelo nā kāne ʻelua. E like me nā huahana hou i ʻōwili ʻia, hiki ke loaʻa nā puʻupuʻu ma ke alanui, a he hana aʻo ia. Ua pane maikaʻi nā mea kūʻai aku i ka huahana hou a ua hoʻomaka ikaika ke kūʻai aku, akā hāʻule koke ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana.
"Ua hauʻoli ka hapa nui o nā mea hoʻokele huahana i ka huahana," wahi a Orton. "I ka hiki mua ʻana, ua neʻe maikaʻi loa."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sheppard ua holo lākou ma hope o ka papa manawa me nā mea liʻiliʻi, a me he mea lā "ua hewa nā mea āpau."
ʻOiai ua ikaika nā kūʻai mua, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sheppard ʻaʻole lākou i kūʻai aku e like me kāna i manaʻo ai.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Orton ua holo lākou i kahi pilikia me ka condensation. Hiki ke ʻike ʻole ʻia ka huahana a hiki ke lilo i ke kūʻai lilo ʻana. Loaʻa i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni ka condensation, akā hiki ke pale ʻia ma ka mālama ʻana i ka mahana ma waena o 30˚ F a me 40˚ F. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua loaʻa iā lākou kekahi mau hale kūʻai e hōʻike pono ʻole ana i ka huahana, me nā mahana e like me 50˚ F a i ʻole i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma lalo o nā mea hana noe.
"Hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i nā mea hou aʻe a hiki ke hana mau me nā mea kūʻai aku," wahi a Orton.
Pono e hōʻike ʻia nā pūʻolo microwavable ma kahi ʻano like me nā salakeke ʻeke hou. Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo ia e nānā ana lākou i nā kiʻi anti-fog e hōʻemi i nā pilikia condensation.
Hoʻonaʻauao Consumer Aia kekahi huikau ma ka ʻaoʻao o nā mea kūʻai pū kekahi. Ma muli o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka huahana i ka manawa like me ka asparagus hou i hele mai i ka mākeke, ʻaʻole ʻike nā mea kūʻai aku i ka hana hou e like me ka mea i hana ʻia ma ka ʻāina.
"Poloke nā mea kūʻai aku i ke kumu o ka huahana a pehea e pili ai i ka asparagus maʻamau a lākou e kūʻai ai," wahi a Orton.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hana ana lākou e hakakā i kēia ma o ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku me ka hoʻopili ʻana, nā lepili a me nā hōʻike i loko o ka hale kūʻai e pili ana i nā pono a me nā ʻano kūloko o ka pūʻolo hou.
ʻOiai nā pilikia, ua nānā nā kāne ʻelua i ka wā e hiki mai ana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sheppard ua manaʻolana ʻo ia i kekahi lā e kūʻai aku i ka microwavable asparagus a puni ka makahiki. Ua makemake ʻo ia e lawe mai i ka asparagus mai nā wahi ʻē aʻe i loko o ka makahiki, ʻoiai ʻo kāna mahiʻai e hoʻohua mai i ka asparagus hou no ʻelua a ʻekolu mau mahina i ka pūnāwai. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ke nānā nei ka ʻoihana i nā mea hana a me nā pilikia hana no nā pūʻolo microwavable i kēia kau. Ua hoʻolālā ʻo ia i ka hāʻule e hiki mai ana a i ʻole ke kauwela e hiki mai ana no ka mōhai aʻe.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Orton e hana ana ʻo ia i nā hoʻolālā no nā huahana hou i loko o ka pahu microwavable. Hoʻolālā ʻo ia e hoʻomaka i ka noiʻi ʻana i kēia kauwela ma nā pūʻolo microwavable no ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka fries, ka ʻōpala, ka pepa, ka hui ʻana i nā mea kanu a me nā kulina momona ma luna a ma waho o ka cob. Ma muli o ka hoʻomoʻa ʻia ʻana o ka huahana e ka mahu, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Orton he liʻiliʻi nā calorie ka huahana hope a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā huahana microwavable ʻē aʻe.
"Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei wau e alakaʻi ia i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka mākeke, ma ka hopena o ka lawe ʻana i nā mea kūʻai marginal a me ka hoʻolako ʻana i kahi huahana iā lākou e manaʻo lākou he maʻalahi ke hoʻomākaukau," wahi a Orton.
ʻO New Jersey ka ʻehā o ka mokuʻāina hana asparagus kiʻekiʻe loa ma United States, ma hope o Kaleponi, Michigan a me Wakinekona. Wahi a ka New Jersey Farm Bureau, ua mahi ʻo New Jersey ma kahi o 1,100 mau ʻeka asparagus, a i ka makahiki 2005 ua loaʻa iā 30 cwt.
ʻO ke Kulanui ʻo Rutgers kahi home o kekahi o nā papahana hānai i koe i ka honua. Ua hana nā mea noiʻi i nā ʻano ʻano asparagus hybrid 10 a ua mākaukau e hoʻolauna i ʻehā mau ʻano ʻē aʻe ma 2007. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Orton he wahi maikaʻi ʻo New Jersey no ka hānau ʻana no ka mea he nui nā maʻi, e hāʻawi ana i ka koho maikaʻi loa ma lalo o nā kūlana ʻino. ʻO nā ʻano mea kanu i hoʻomohala ʻia ma ka mokuʻāina e hana maikaʻi ma waena o ka papa, wahi āna.