U-Eddie Shepherd owine imiklomelo ungumpheki wemifino okhokhelwayo ovela eManchester. Ngenxa yendlela yakhe emisha neyokuhlola yokupheka, wanikezwa isihloko esithi "Heston Blumenthal Vegetarian Cuisine". Kungani umpheki waseBrithani eshintshele ekudleni okusekelwe ezitshalweni nokuthi kunjani ukudla imifino endaweni yobuchwepheshe lapho inyama iyisithako esiphezulu. Ngayeka inyama ngineminyaka engu-21 ngenza izifundo zefilosofi enyuvesi. Kwakuwukufunda ifilosofi okwangenza ngaqaphela ukuthi kwakukhona “okuthile okungalungile” ngokudla inhlanzi nenyama. Ekuqaleni, ngangingakhululeki ukudla inyama, ngakho ngokushesha ngakhetha ukukhetha ukudla imifino. Angikholwa ukuthi lokhu ukuphela kwesinqumo esifanele wonke umuntu nawo wonke umuntu, futhi angiphoqeleli ukwenqaba kwenyama kunoma ubani oseduze. Hlonipha imibono yabanye uma ufuna eyakho ihlonishwe. Isibonelo, intombi yami namanye amalungu omndeni badla inyama, i-organic kanye nabahlinzeki abathembekile. Nokho, nginomuzwa wokuthi lokhu akungifanele, ngakho-ke ngizenzela okwami ukukhetha. Ngokunjalo, abantu abaningi bayayidla inyama, engingakayilungeli. Ngizama ukuthola imikhiqizo yobisi ngendlela efanele nangendlela ephilayo ngangokunokwenzeka. Ngendlela, kwakungenxa yemifino lapho uthando lwami lokupheka lwafika. Ukuthola okuthile esikhundleni senyama futhi kuhlukanise ukudla kwakho ukuze kulinganisele futhi kumnandi kwengeze umuzwa wesasasa nentshisekelo enqubweni yokupheka. Eqinisweni, ngicabanga ukuthi yilokhu okwangibeka endleleni yompheki ozimisele ukuzama imikhiqizo kanye namasu okupheka. Kwakunzima ngezinye izikhathi lapho ngiqala umsebenzi wami wokuba umpheki. Kodwa-ke, ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwami, abapheki abaningi abacishe bafane "ne-anti-vegetarian" njengoba bevame ukuvezwa kwabezindaba. Ngicabanga ukuthi u-90% wabapheki engisebenze nabo abazange babe nezinkinga ngokudla kwemifino (ngendlela, leli elinye lamakhono ayinhloko ompheki omuhle). Ngaqala umsebenzi wami endaweni yokudlela lapho babepheka khona inyama eningi (ngaleso sikhathi ngangivele ngingumuntu othanda imifino). Yebo kwakungelula, kodwa ngangazi ngempela ukuthi ngifuna ukuba umpheki, ngakho kwadingeka ngizishaye indiva ezinye izinto. Nokho, ngisho nalapho ngisebenza endaweni enjalo yokudlela, ngangihlala nokudla. Ngenhlanhla, ngemva kokusungulwa "kwenyama" eziningana, ngathola ithuba lokusebenza endaweni yokudlela ye-vegan e-Glasgow (eScotland). Eqinisweni, ngangivame ukuntula izithako zobisi, kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo, ukupheka izitsha ezivela emikhiqizweni yezitshalo kuphela kwaba inselele ethakazelisayo kimi. Bengisafuna ukufunda okwengeziwe, ngithuthukise amakhono ami, ngiqale ukuqamba izitsha zesiginesha nokwandisa esami isitayela. Ngaso leso sikhathi, ngafunda ngomncintiswano weChef of the Future futhi nganquma ukuwungenela. Ngenxa yalokho, ngaba umpetha ngokuhlanganyela walo mncintiswano, ngathola umfundaze wokuthatha izifundo zabapheki abaqeqeshiwe. Lokhu kwangivulela amathuba amasha: okuhlangenwe nakho okuhlukahlukene, imisebenzi enikezwayo, futhi ekugcineni nokubuyela eManchester yangakithi, lapho ngathola khona umsebenzi endaweni yokudlela edumile yabantu abangadli imifino. Kuyishwa, kodwa umbono oyiphutha wokuthi ukudla okungenanyama kuyinto efiphele futhi eyisicefe isekhona. Yebo, lokhu akulona iqiniso nhlobo. Ezinye zezindawo zokudlela ezihamba phambili emhlabeni zinikeza imenyu yemifino kanye nemenyu enkulu: kungaba yinqaba uma abapheki bazo belungiselela okuthile okuvamile, ngaleyo ndlela bebukela phansi igunya lesikhungo. Ngokombono wami, abantu abanale nkolelo bamane abazange bazame ukupheka izitsha zemifino ezimnandi ngempela, njengoba kwenziwa manje ezindaweni eziningi zokudlela. Ngeshwa, umbono oye wavela phakathi namashumi eminyaka ngezinye izikhathi kunzima kakhulu ukuwushintsha. Kuncike ngokuphelele ezimweni nokuthi ngikusiphi isimo. Ngithanda ukudla kwaseNdiya, ikakhulukazi ukudla kwase-South Indian ngombala wayo kanye nokunambitheka okuyingqayizivele. Uma ngipheka ebusuku kakhulu, ngikhathele, kuyoba into elula: i-pizza eyenziwe ekhaya noma i-Laksa (- kulula, iyashesha, iyanelisa.
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