iLime iyakhula etindzaweni letishisa kakhulu naleto tesimo selitulu lesisemkhatsini. Kuyetsenjwa kutsi ivela eSouthern Asia – ngase northern India, lapho kuhlangana kona tincenye te Myanmar, Malaysia nase Indonesia. Ngesikhatsi sakadzeni selishumi, batsengisi base Arab babuyisa tihlahla te lime emuva ngeluhambo lwabo kuya eEast base batetfula eEgypt nase northern Africa. Laphindze ema Arabian Moors atsatsa lesitselo etikhatsini takadzeni telishumi nakutsatfu.
Kutsenjwa kutsi ilime ikhule kutinhlobo letiningi tentalelwano leyehlukene, ngako lomhambo wetitselo letinesikhumba lesiluhlata letibitwa nge lime. Tinhlobo letehlukahlukene, ecinisweni, tonkhe tiyakhanya.
iLime icudzelene ne Malamula
Emalime atfolwa ngase phindze anelibala leliluhlata nawumatanisa nemalamula, lavame kumisa kwendingilizi nelibala lelimtfubi lokhanyako. Emalime phindze mancanyana kunemalamula.
Titselo totimbili tine acid phindze timunyu, kepha emalime avama kuba nesinongo lesimunyu kakhulu. Kunongotela kanye nebumunyu kuyaphila ku lime. Emalime lanongotela kakhulu ashoda nge citric acid lenika elime lemunyu kuvela kwe tart.
Umkhicito waNgaphesheya
Umkhicito we lime usesemuncane nawuwucatsanisa naletinye titselo. Njengoba kukhonjiswa ngu Tridge, Spain ngusona lesihambisa lokukhulu lokubalelwa ku 18.8% kwayoyonkhe ilime lehanjiswako ngemnyaka wa 2018, ibe iMexico itsatsa indzawo yesibili, lebalelwa ku 15.6% wetisindvo tonkhe letihanjiswako.
Le United States nguyona yesibili lengenisa lokuhambela ku 15.6% we titselo tonkhe te lime letingeniswako ngemnyaka wa 2018, lelapho iGermany itsatsa indzawo yesibili, ngekubalelwa ku 11% wakokonkhe lokungeniswako. iFrance kanye neNetherlands tilinganisile ngekutsandza indzawo yesitsatfu, ngalinye labo libalelwa ku 7.2% wetintfo tonkhe letingeniswako.
Umkhicito eNingizimu Afrika
Umkhicito we lime eNingizimu Afrika muncane kakhulu, nemahekitha lamashumi lasiphohlongo nakubili labhaliswako kwentela kuwahambisa ngemnyaka wa 2018. Loku kungenca yekutsi balimi bangakhokha imali lencono kusuka kutinhlanyele tetitselo.
Umkhicito waseNdzaweni
iLime ikhicitwa eveni lonkhe kwentela kusetjentiswa emakhaya noma kunika batsengisi basendzaweni. iHoedspruit, nomakunjalo, inalokuningi kwehhafu yetindzawo letibhalisele kuhambisa ngemnyaka wa 2018. Lefutsi le Boland inemahekitha lalishumi nakubili bese iWestern Cape ne Patensie ibalelwa kumahekitha lasiphohlongo ngelihekitha line. Emahikitha lasikhombisa aphindze abhaliswa kwentela kuhambisa eGroblersdal.
Tinhlobonhlobo
iBearrs ne Tahiti ngutona tinhlobonhlobo letihlanyelwako te lime eNingizimu Afrika. Lenhlobo ye Bearrs icatjangwa kutsi ivela eCalifornia, kusuka esitjalweni lesincane lesihlume esitselweni lse Tahitian. Setsiwa ngemuva kwemunikati, TJ Bearrs, wengadze yetihlahla lapho tikhuliswa khona.
Lemvela yato lengiyo ye lime ye Tahiti iyatiwa. Leligama lisho ecinisweni kutsi lenhlobo yetfulwa eCalifornia kusuka eTahiti emkhatsini weminyaka ya 1850 na 1880. Lenhlobo icatjangwa kutsi seyitfutfuke kusuka etindleleni letintsatfu tentalelwano, kufaka cishe tinhlobo letimbili te citron, pummel ne macembu lamancane etitselo.
Sikhatsi
Noma balimi base Ningizimu Afrika bakhona kuvuma wonkhe munyaka, lesikhatsi sekukha kusuka ngemnyaka wa Bhimbidvwane kuya kunyanga ye Nkhwenkhweti.
Kusetjentiswa
iLime ivutsiwe ngekuvela, lokusho kutsi ayinato tintfo taphoyizini ne sifo samdlavuza. Lejusi, njengesibonelo, seyisitjentiswe eWest Afrika iminyaka leminingi kwentela kwelapha kanye nekuvikela icholera. iLime ivutsiwe ngemavitamin kanye nemamineral. Itfwele lokungetulu kwa 30% kwetintfo letikhulile ta Vitamin C lodzingekako.
Ngenca yekuvela kwawo lokumunyu, ilime njeyona ayidliwa lenyama noma lesikhumba sayo. Lejusi nekuvela, nomakunjalo, kuvame kusetjentiswa ekuphekeni, tibe letincetu letisikiwe te lime phindze tatelwa kuvanga tinatfo te cocktail kanye naletinye tinatfo.
Kutfola lejusi leningi kule lime, kumele tentiwe ijusi ngesigaba seligumbi. Lolokumhlophe ngaphansi kwesikhumba lesiluhlata sinekuvela lokumunyu, ngako nakufanele kunganakwa nakuhwaywa noma kusikwa lelime kwentela kwacha kwekuvanga.
Translated by Phindile Malotana