I-Aital iwuhlelo lokudla olwakhiwe eJamaica ngeminyaka yawo-1930 olusukela enkolweni yamaRasta. Abalandeli bakhe badla ukudla okunezitshalo nokungagayiwe. Lokhu ukudla kwabanye abantu baseNingizimu Asia, okuhlanganisa namaJain amaningi namaHindu, kodwa uma ucabanga ngakho, i-Aital iwukudla kwenyama.
“ULeonard Howell, omunye wabasunguli nokhokho beRastafari, wathonywa amaNdiya esiqhingini ayengayidli inyama,” kusho uPoppy Thompson, oshayela iveni nozakwabo uDan Thompson.
Ukudla kwendabuko kwe-Aital okuphekwe ngamalahle avulekile kuhlanganisa isitshulu esisekelwe emifino nezithelo, ama-yam, irayisi, uphizi, i-quinoa, u-anyanisi, u-garlic onomcako, i-thyme, i-nutmeg namanye amakhambi nezinongo ezinuka kamnandi. Ukudla okuphekwe ngeveni ye-ItalFresh wukudla kwesimanjemanje ekudleni kwama-rasta.
Umqondo we-aital usekelwe embonweni wokuthi amandla okuphila kaNkulunkulu (noma uJah) akhona kuzo zonke izinto eziphilayo kusukela kubantu kuye ezilwaneni. Igama elithi “ital” ngokwalo livela egameni elithi “vital”, elihunyushwa lisuselwa esiNgisini ngokuthi “full of life.” Ama-Rasta adla ukudla kwemvelo, okumsulwa kanye nemvelo futhi agwema izilondolozi, izinongo, amafutha nosawoti, esikhundleni sako afake ulwandle noma i-kosher. Abaningi babo babuye bazigweme izidakamizwa nemithi ngoba abakholelwa emithini yesimanje.
UPoppy noDan babengalandeli njalo uhlelo lwe-italy. Bashintshele ekudleni eminyakeni emine edlule ukuze bathuthukise impilo yabo futhi bavimbele ukulimala kwemvelo. Futhi, izinkolelo ezingokomoya zombhangqwana zaba yimfuneko yoshintsho. Umgomo we-ItalFresh uwukuqeda imibono engajwayelekile mayelana nama-Rastafarians nama-vegans.
“Abantu abaqondi ukuthi iRastafari iwumqondo ojulile ngokomoya nangokwepolitiki. Kunenkolelo yokuthi i-rasta ivamise ukuvilapha ukubhema insangu nokufaka ama-dreadlocks,” kusho uDan. I-Rasta yisimo sengqondo. I-ItalFresh kufanele yephule lezi mibono mayelana nokunyakaza kwamaRathafarian, kanye nesistimu yokudla. I-Aital yaziwa njengemifino evamile eyisitshulu ebhodweni elingenasawoti nokunambitha. Kodwa sifuna ukushintsha lo mbono, ngakho-ke silungiselela izitsha ezikhanyayo, zesimanje futhi sakha inhlanganisela ye-flavour eyinkimbinkimbi, sinamathela ezimisweni ze-Aital. "
"Ukudla okusekelwe ezitshalweni kukuphoqa ukuthi ucabange futhi udale ekhishini, futhi udinga ukuhlola ukudla okungenzeka awukaze uzwe ngakho ngaphambilini," kusho uPoppy. – I-Aital isho ukondla izingqondo, imizimba nemiphefumulo yethu ngomqondo ocacile, ubuciko ekhishini nokudala ukudla okumnandi. Sidla ukudla okuhlukahlukene nokumibalabala, izithelo nemifino eminingi emisha, okusanhlamvu, okusanhlamvu, imifino enamahlamvu. Noma ngabe yikuphi ukudla okungewona ama-vegan, singakwenza i-italy.”
UPoppy noDan ababona inyama edliwayo, kodwa uDan uyacasuka lapho abantu bembuza ukuthi uwathola kanjani amaprotheni anele.
“Kuyamangaza ukuthi bangaki abantu abavele baphenduke ongoti bezokudla uma bethola ukuthi kukhona odla imifino. Abantu abaningi empeleni abazi ngisho nenani elinconyiwe lansuku zonke leprotheyini!
UDan ufuna abantu bavuleleke kakhudlwana ekudleni okuhlukahlukene, bacabange kabusha inani lokudla abakudlayo kanye nomthelela ukudla okunawo emizimbeni yabo nasemvelweni.
“Ukudla kungumuthi, ukudla kungumuthi. Ngicabanga ukuthi abantu bakulungele ukuthi lowo mcabango uvuswe,” kunezela uPoppy. "Yidla futhi uzwe umhlaba!"