I-Carob Njengesondlo Sezilwane

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Unripe carob pods are green. The brown pods are harvested onto a net or canvas on the ground.
Umuthi we-carob ovuthiwe uveza amaqobolondo amakhulu aluhlaza, aphendukile lapho evuthiwe. Ama-pods aqukethe imbewu yama-pulp elimnandi kanye nembewu enobuningi obukhulu. Uma umhlabathi uphahla, imbewu iveza isumiso esisetshenziselwa ukuqina ukudla.
Ama-pods amnandi, aphezulu fiber adliwa amahhashi, izinkomo, izingulube, izimbuzi kanye onogwaja. Ungadli izinkukhu. Ama-pods aphelele (kanye nezinhlamvu ezinzima kakhulu) kufanele achotshozwe ku-hammermill. Imbewu kaCarob yinkimbinkimbi kakhulu futhi ngaphandle uma umhlabathi ungakondli, ungadlulela ngaphandle kwezinga lokugaya. Imbewu kaCarob iqukethe amaprotheni angu-18 no-42% wama-46%.
I-Carob iphezulu kuma-tannins futhi akumele idale ngaphezu kokungu-10% kokudla kwezilwane. Lezi zinhlayiya ziphazamisa ukuphazamiseka kwamaprotheni. I-Carob ufulawa wezinhlamvu uphakeme emaprotheni futhi isetshenziselwa ukondla izinkomo kanye nezinkukhu zezinja. Ufulawa kaCarob uhlakazeka kalula emanzini futhi ungasetshenziswa njengendlela yokudla okugcoba ama-piglets, amathole kanye nezinye izinhlayiya.
Abanye abalimi bakondla i-carob kumahhashi abo njengengxenye 'yokudla okupholile' (i-fiber ephezulu) noma ukufaka esikhundleni sokuphatha okweshukela njenge-liquorice. Ama-pods aphansi emgodini we-hammermill, kodwa amanye amahhashi adla ama-pod ngqo emhlabathini.
I-Carob njengoba ukudla kogwaja kuvivinywa esifundweni saseGibhithe futhi kutholakale ukuthi kuhlanganise no-5% wama-carob pods ekudleni okwakhuthaza ukusebenza koogwaja abakhulayo.

I-Carob Yezimvu Nezimbuzi

UCarob njengokondla kwezilwane zezimvu kwafundwa ucwaningo yiKahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University eBursa, eTurkey. Kutholakale ukuthi wonke ama-carob pods angumthombo omuhle wezimvu, kodwa amaprotheni angeziwe uma kudingeka ama-carob pods afakwe ezidlweni ezinomsoco.
Esifundweni sokudla sase-Italy, sitholwe ukuthi ama-carob pods aneprotheni namandla okwanele ekuhlangabezaneni nezimfuneko zokulondolozwa kanye nokulahlwa kwezilwane nezimbuzi ezindaweni ezimelele. Ezimbuzi zobisi, ukudla okungeyona yokudoba kunomthamo okwanele wefayibha njengama-carob pods (26%) kanye ne-beet pulp (27%). Lezi zilinganiso zingashintsha umanyolo wekhwalithi empofu.

I-Carob Njengokudla Kwezingulube

I-Carob ifaneleka njengokudla kwezingulube. Ucwaningo olwenziwe epulazini lezingulube zezokuhweba eGrisi libheke ukuthi ukondla kanjani i-carob kuphazamise ikhwalithi yenyama emagodini. Izingulube eziyizingu-160 zokulonda zidla ukudla, eziqukethe ama-0 noma ama-75 noma ama-100 noma ama-125 g ama-carb pods ngekgloyi yokudla. Imiphumela yabonisa ukuthi isisindo se-carcass sasiyikhulu kakhulu ngokufaka ama-pods angu-75 noma ayi-100 g/kg. Ukusetshenziswa kwama-carobs pods ekudleni kwezingulube ezingeni lika 125 g/kg ukondla akuzange kube nomthelela emzimbeni wesisindo.
Ngakho-ke ama-pods aseCarob aphakanyiswa njengendlela yokudla okungase ibe khona yezingulube ezikhuluphele.
Udokotela wezilwane kanye nodokotela wezilwane uDkt. Jim Robinson, uncoma ukusebenzisa i-carob engasetshenziselwa ukudla okungaphezulu kwezingu-5% nokuphakamisa izinkukhu zakudala ukuhlola ukuphendula kwabo. 'I-tanin ephezulu kanye namazinga kashukela athambekele ekunciphiseni ukudla kwezingulube ezincane, nakuba okuqukethwe kwamandla kuzoba kuhle.
Namathisela u-5% njengomsizi wendleko ngaphandle kokuthi i-carob isetshenziswe futhi ithengiswe ngokuhlaziywa okuthembekile ukuhamba nayo. Khona-ke ungase uzame ukwandisa ukuze wenze u-10% wokuxuba kwakho kokuphakelayo.
Ngicela uqaphele:
Ulwazi lusezinhloso zemfundo nolwazi kuphela futhi angeke lithathwe njengeseluleko sokudla okunomsoco. Ukwaziswa akuhloselwe ukufaka iseluleko esikhundleni sezincomo noma ukuhlinzekwa kokudla okuhlinzekwa izifundiswa zezilwane ezinomsoco.

Translated by Nsika Khoza