Namuhla sizothatha uhambo olufushane emhlabeni jikelele, futhi endaweni ngayinye sizobe silindele … isimanga esimnandi sokuphekwa kwendabuko kwasendaweni! Yeka ukuthi kuhle kangakanani ukundiza uzungeze wonke amazwe omhlaba, ukwazi abomdabu, uzwe umoya wezwe, uzame ukudla okuyiqiniso. Ngakho-ke, amaswidi emifino avela ezingxenyeni ezihlukene zomhlaba!
I-dessert yaseNdiya evela esifundeni esisempumalanga ye-Odisha (Orissa). Kusukela olimini lwesi-Urdu i-Rasmalai ihunyushwa ngokuthi "ukhilimu we-nectar". Ukuze kulungiswe, kuthathwa ushizi we-Indian paneer cheese, ofakwe ukhilimu onzima. I-Rasmalai ihlale ikhonzwa ebandayo; isinamoni nesafroni, ngezinye izikhathi ezifafazwa kuso, engeza ukunambitheka okukhethekile esitsheni. Kuye ngeresiphi, ama-alimondi agayiwe, ama-pistachios omhlabathi kanye nezithelo ezomisiwe nazo zengezwa ku-rasmalai.
Ngo-1945, usopolitiki nomholi wezempi waseBrazil uBrigadeiro Eduardo Gómez wangenela ukhetho okokuqala ngqa. Ukubukeka kwakhe okuhle kwazuza izinhliziyo zabesifazane baseBrazil abaqongelela imali yomkhankaso wakhe ngokudayisa izibiliboco zakhe azikhonzile zikashokoledi. Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi uGomez ulahlekelwe okhethweni, uswidi wathola ukuthandwa kabanzi futhi waqanjwa ngokuthi uBrigadeiro. Ifana nama-truffle kashokoledi, ama-brigadeiro enziwa ngobisi olujiyile, i-cocoa powder kanye nebhotela. Amabhola athambile, anokunambitheka okucebile asongwa ezintini ezincane zikashokoledi.
I-Canada ifanelwe umklomelo weresiphi yophudingi olula emhlabeni! Amathofi aphansi futhi amnandi alungiswa ikakhulukazi esikhathini esisuka kuFebhuwari kuya ku-Ephreli. Okudingayo iqhwa nesiraphu ye-maple! Isiraphu ilethwa emathumba, emva kwalokho ithululelwa eqhweni elisha nelihlanzekile. Ukuqina, isiraphu iphenduka i-lollipop. Okuqala!
Mhlawumbe uswidi odume kakhulu wasempumalanga oke wazama ngisho nevila! Futhi nakuba umlando wangempela we-baklava ungacacile, kunenkolelo yokuthi yalungiselelwa ama-Asiriya ngekhulu lesi-8 BC. Ama-Ottomans amukela iresiphi, eyithuthukisa esimweni lapho ubumnandi bukhona namuhla: izingqimba ezincane kakhulu zenhlama ye-filo, ngaphakathi lapho amantongomane aqoshiwe afakwe isiraphu noma uju. Ezinsukwini zakudala, kwakubhekwa njengento ejabulisayo, efinyeleleka kwabacebile kuphela. Kuze kube namuhla, eTurkey, le nkulumo yaziwa: “Angicebile ngokwanele ukudla i-baklava nsuku zonke.”
Isidlo sivela ePeru. Ukukhulunywa ngayo okokuqala kulotshwe ngo-1818 kuyi-New Dictionary of American Cuisine (Isichazamazwi Esisha Se-American Cuisine), lapho sibizwa khona ngokuthi “Royal Delight from Peru.” Igama ngokwalo lihunyushwa ngokuthi "ukububula kowesifazane" - ncamashi umsindo ozowenza ngemva kokunambitha injabulo yasePeruvia! I-dessert isekelwe ku-"manjar blanco" - ubisi olumnandi olumhlophe olunamathiselwe (e-Spain luyi-blancmange) - emva kwalokho i-meringue ne-sinamoni yomhlabathi yengezwe.
Futhi nansi indawo eshisayo evela eTahiti ekude, lapho ihlobo laphakade nokhukhunathi! Ngendlela, ukhukhunathi e-Poi ungenye yezithako eziyinhloko. Ngokwesiko, le dessert yayiphakelwa isongwe ngekhasi likabhanana futhi ibhakwe emlilweni ovuthayo. I-Poi ingenziwa nganoma yisiphi isithelo esingahlanganiswa sibe yi-puree, kusukela kubhanana kuya kumango. I-Cornstarch yengezwe ku-puree yesithelo, ibhakwa, futhi ifakwe ukhilimu kakhukhunathi.