Dibana noMpheki weSushi waseTyhini oChithe uPhahla lwesiGlasi

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Njengomnye wabapheki abambalwa ababhinqileyo be-sushi, u-Oona Tempest kwafuneka asebenze nzima ngokuphindwe kabini ukuze afumane indawo yakhe njengendlu yamandla emva kweSushi kaBae eNew York.

Ngexesha loqeqesho olungqongqo lokuba ngumpheki weSushi — ngakumbi njengowasetyhini waseMelika kwibala elilawulwa ngamadoda aseJapan — Uqhwithela, oneminyaka engama-27, wayethatha iiyure ezingaphezulu kwama-90 ngeveki. Ngoxa wayexakeke ngokuqhawula imiqobo, ngokungazi wayesilwa nesifo se<em>autoimmune esibizwa ngokuba sisifo sikaHashimoto—apho umzimba uhlasela idlala lengqula. Wayekhathazwa kukudinwa, izihlunu namalungu aqaqanjelwayo—nto leyo eyayibonisa ukuzimisela kwakhe. “Ndandiziva ndidiniwe ngalo lonke ixesha,” utsho uTempest. “Kodwa ndaqhubeka.”

Emva kokuba efunyaniswe enesi sifo, umpheki kwafuneka atshintshe ukutya kwakhe kwaye angabinagluten. Loo mava aba ngumqolo we-MO yeSiqhwithi sikaSushi nguBae: Yitya ukuze uzive ulungile.

“Njengompheki, ngumsebenzi wam ukondla iindwendwe—ngokwamkela iindwendwe kunye nokusebenzisa ezona zithako zifumanekayo,” utshilo uTempest. Impembelelo emva kweencasa zakhe, nangona kunjalo, ivela kulwandle, awakhulela kufutshane nalo ngelixa ehlala kunxweme eMassachusetts.

Kule mihla utya izidlo zakhe ezinkulu eSushi nguBae, evulwe kunyaka ophelileyo. Ekhaya, nangona kunjalo, ubeka ifaskoti yakhe yokupheka kwaye agcine izinto zilula; ukusebenza iiyure ezili-14 akumniki xesha lininzi lokupheka izitya ezintsonkothileyo.

“Ukuba ndinezithako zepantry kuphela, ndenza isuphu ye-miso,” utsho uTempest. “Ndihlala ndinee-staples ezintathu ezisisiseko somhluzi: i-miso paste, i-kombu, kunye ne-katsuobushi, okanye i-bonito flakes. Ndigcina i-kombu ifakwe emanzini abandayo kwifriji yam; ukubanda okubandayo kuthintela ukunambitheka okukrakra. Ndigalela i-daikon radish kwisuphu kwaye ndongeza i-seaweed ebizwa ngokuba yiwakame. Ukuyenza ibengathi kukutya, ndiphosa amakhowa, ngakumbi i-enoki, ecekeceke. ”

Ngaphandle koko, uya kuphosa imifuno yamaxesha athile kunye neoli yomnquma enyulu yase-Italiya, ityuwa, kunye nepepile-eso silungiselelo silula "sivumela ukuthanda kwabo kwendalo kukhanye," utshilo uTempest. Iyakhawuleza, isempilweni, kwaye imnandi ngobusuku beveki. Uthi: "Yiloo nto endiyinqwenelayo ngoku," utshilo. "Isitya esikhulu semifuno okanye intlanzi phezu kwerayisi."

Shape Magazine, ngoJanuwari / Februwari 2020 umba

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