Ndi Okutobala 17, 2024. Ndine wokondwa kuti tikukondwerera International Real Vanilla Day ndi LittlePodders ambiri lero. Tatumiza kalendala yokongola chomwe, chaka chino, ndi chikondwerero cha nkhani ya chilengedwe cha LittlePod.

Zachidziwikire, pa International Real Vanilla Day 2023, tinali kutali ndi LittlePod HQ. Tinkangoyang'ana m'mwamba tikuyang'ana mitengo ya kokonati yomwe inkaoneka ku Bali komwe kunali thambo lowala komanso lotentha. Pafupi ndi ife panali mitengo ina yambiri, ina inkakhala ngati mitengo ya namkungwi yokongoletsedwa ndi mipesa ya vanila. Vanila orchid anali kunja. Ndinasonyezedwa momwe ndingaperekere mungu wa duwa ndi Made 2, mmodzi wa alimi a LittlePod. Iwo anali atasonkhana pamodzi kuti akumane ndi gulu la LittlePod.

Unali msonkhano womwe anthu ankayembekezera kwa nthawi yaitali. Titakhala zaka zoposa khumi tikugwira ntchito limodzi, pomalizira pake tinakumana ndi alimi akumudzi omwe adalimbikitsidwa ndi Made 1, mlimi woyambirira wa vanila wa LittlePod, kuti abzale vanila pogwiritsa ntchito polyculture system. Wopangidwa ndi dzina la Balinese la mwana wamwamuna wachiwiri momwe mungaganizire, alipo ambiri!

Ntchito yathu ku Indonesia inali upainiya ndipo sitinkayembekezera kuti iziyenda bwino. Lero Okutobala watha kunali tsiku losangalatsa - chiwonetsero chambiri komanso tsiku lofotokozera! Ntchito ya alimi inalidi yopambana kwambiri.

Ndikhala ndikuwuza nkhaniyi - ndi zina zambiri - m'buku latsopano lomwe ndalamulidwa kulemba. Ipezeka masika akubwera!

Mpaka nthawi imeneyo, ndikhoza kusamba moyamikira, pamodzi ndi alimi a vanila, podziwa kuti mgwirizano umene unayamba ndi sapling yaing'ono ndi cholinga choyenera chaphuka mu nkhani yodabwitsa yomwe idzapitiriza kupuma kwa Long Tide.

Chaka chino, tidzakondwerera kukumbukira ulendo wathu pophika Vanilla Nasi Goreng kuno ku East Devon. October watha, ndinapita ku kalasi yophika kuphika ku Indonesia hotelo ya Pita Maha ku Ubud, kumene tinakhala. Ndidapatsa Chef Noguh vanila kuti agwiritse ntchito m'mbale yake. Koma ananena kuti sanagwiritse ntchito vanila chifukwa ndi okwera mtengo kwambiri. Ndinamupatsa chubu cha phala lachilengedwe la LittlePod la vanila ndipo adamutsutsa kuti agwiritse ntchito kupanga Nasi Goreng. Ananenanso kuti hoteloyo ndi malo okhawo ku Bali komwe mungalawe mtundu weniweni wa vanila wa mbale iyi ya dziko!

Chef Noguh anali wokondwa nditanena kuti ndili ndi lingaliro la momwe angagwiritsire ntchito vanila tsiku lililonse ku Pita Maha ndikuti pamapeto pake amatha kusankha yake…

Ndisanachoke ku Bali, ndinkafuna kuthokoza gulu la ku hoteloyo chifukwa cha chisamaliro ndi chisamaliro chimene anandipatsa. Ndinali nditachira pambuyo pa opaleshoni yaikulu ndipo zinkandivuta kudya, koma ogwira ntchito ankandisamalira ndi tinthu tating'ono ta zakudya zofewa (komanso zokoma).

Ndinapangana ndi Made ndi Ketut kuti tibzale mipesa ya vanila mkati mwa hotelo mozungulira mitengo yabwino. M’chaka chimodzi chokha, mipesayo yadutsa m’mitengo n’kupanga denga la zomera zimene zili m’munsimu. Tsiku lina ndikuyembekeza kudzabweranso ndikudzipereka kuti ndikawathandize kukolola vanila!

Zikomo kwa aliyense amene akukondwerera tsiku lapadera la LittlePod lero. Inu ndinu ngwazi amene muli kupulumutsa vanila CHENENE kwa m'badwo wotsatira, kulimbikitsa kusinthika kwa nkhalango yamvula ndipo, potsirizira pake, kuwongolera mpweya umene tonsefe timapuma. Tsiku Labwino Padziko Lonse La Vanila Yeniyeni!

Vanila kukumbatira,
Janet x