B.M Pugh
[ba bteng] Ia ki sohtrun dei ban thep ynda la sop ia ki da u skum kba lane uno uno u phlang uba rkhiang. Ia ki kliar ruh ym dei ban ot, hynrei dei ban iehnoh ia ki bad ban pynpaw ia ki shabar ha ka shang lane ka synduk. Donkam pat ba ka jingtap kan long kaba skhem bad ba yn nym don mano mano ba lah ban khlaw ia ki ha lynti. Lada ngi leh sumar kumne, nga ngeit ba ka jingkhaii sohtrun kan kham roi. Ha kiwei kiwei ki bynta jong ka ri India bad ha Assam ruh don katto katne ki jaid sohtrun kiba ki dang wallam shen na shabar. Kine ki long: Smooth Cayenne, Queen, Ripley Queen bad Spanish. Nalor kine, ha Assam ki don ruh kiwei ki jaid kiba ki khot ki ‘desi’ bad uwei pat u jaid uba ki khot ‘jaldhupi’. Na kine baroh imat u Smooth Cayenne u long u jaid uba bha tam. Ki soh jong u ki khia haduh kumba ar ser shiteng ne lai ser: tangba u long u jingthung uba donkam ka jingsumar kaba kham thikna. U Queen pat u long uba soh kloi bad uba bun bha ki soh; hynrei u soh u khia tang kumba shiser shiteng haduh ar ser. Une u jaid pat u soh bha hi, wat lada um da ioh eh ka jingsumar kaba paka. U sohtrun u long u jingbam uba bha shibun na ka bynta ka met u briew bad ka jingkoit jingkhiah jong u. U don shibun ki vitamin A, B, bad C bad shibun ki kynja met (mineral). U don ruh ka kynja met kaba ki khot ka enzyme ha ka ktien phareng kaba iarap ban tylliat ia ki kynja dohksah (proteins) bad kiwei kiwei ki kynja met. Kane ka enzyme ka pynpait wat ia ka shyntur lada bam than ia u sohtrun.
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U PHAN DIENG U Phan dieng, uba ki khot ha ka ktien phareng “Tapioca” lane “Cassava”, bad uba ka kyrteng saians jong u ka long “Manihot utilissima”, u long u jingthung uba long bha ha ki jaka kiba shit sngem. Une u long u jingthung uba ki thung bha namarkata ha ki jaka kiba sriem ia ka ri Bhoi, ba kumta ngi shem ba u long u jingbam uba ki ju bam bha ha Travancore (South India) bad ha Malaya. Une u jingthung imat u wan na Brazil ha South America. Ia une u jingthung mynta ha ri India ki shu thung tang ban shu bam ha iing ha sem; hynrei ia u starch uba lah ban ioh na une u jingthung lah ban pyndonkam ha ki bun ki rukom. Une u jingthung u long uba jrong kumba hynriew haduh khadphra phut, kata katkum u jaid. Ki sla jong u ki long kiba pait pnat (lobed) haduh san ne hynniew pnat. Ka met dieng jong u ka long kaba pait tnat shibun, bad ki tnad ki long kiba rit; bad ka rong jong ka snep dieng ka lah ban long kaba jyrngam, lane kaba jyrngam lam lieh, lane kaba saw, lane lam saw katkum u jaid u jaid. Une u jingthung u don ki thied, syriem ia u phan, kiba bit ban bam. Kine ki thied ki shim por naduh hynriew bnai haduh khadphra bnai ban ih, kata la u jaid u jaid. La ki don bun jaid ki phan dieng, hynrei la ju kham pyniapher ia ki baroh tang ha ki ar rukom: uwei uba thiang bad uwei pat uba kthang. Kine baroh ar ki don ka kynja bih kaba khlain katta katta kaba ki khot ka prussic acid, hynrei uba thiang u kham duna kane ka bih kumta ba lah ban bam im ia u.
Kane ka bih pat ka mih noh lada shet ia une u phan dieng. U phan dieng u long ruh u jingbam sniang uba bha. Ia une u jingthung, ka khyndew kaba kham sbur, kata ka bym dei dewktieh eh, ka long kaba bha tam. Ka por kaba kham bha ban thung ia u ka long ynda u slap u la kham duna. Ia une u jingthung ki thung da ki tnat kiba la ot kumba phra ne khyndai inshi ka jingjrong, bad sa bsuh ia ki ha ka khyndew kaba la kynroi bha, bad da kaba iehnoh kumba lai mat shabar. Ia kine ki tnat lah ban pynieng beit lane ban pynthiah khyndiat. Hadien kata ym donkam ban sumar bniah ia u lait tang ban thiew niut teng teng haba donkam. Hadien phra bnai ne, u phan u la bit ban khlaw; bad lah ban ioh kumba 100 ne 200 mon shi ekar. Ia une u phan lah ban shu bam im kumba la thoh haneng, lane ban bam kum u phan myngngor lane u phan karo; lane lah ban ot stang ia u bad hadien kata sa shet malu mala bad sa pynrkhiang ha ka sngi bad hadien kata pat sa sdieh ia u. Ha u phan dieng, kumba 16 haduh 26 bynta na ka shispah bynta jong une u phan u dei u starch. Don katto katne ki jaid kiba lah ban don haduh 40 bynta na ka shispah. Khnang ban ioh ia une u starch, ki don ki factory kiba heh ha Malaya bad ha Java kiba tylliat ia une u phan ban pynmih ia une u starch.
Une u jingthung ruh u don katto katne ki jingpang bad ki khniang kiba pynjulor ia u. Kawei na ki jingpang kaba ki ju shem ha une u jingthung ka long ka jingpang sla (Cercospora cassavae). Lah ban kham pynduna ia kane ka jingpang da kaba kynshait da ka Bordeaux mixture. Na ki khniang kiba bam ia une u jingthung, kawei ka long ka khniang kaba ki khot ha ka ktien phareng ka ‘Scale insect’ (Sassatia nigra). Kane ka khniang ruh ka bam ia ki sla. Lah ban pynduna ia kane ka khniang da kaba kynshait da ka kynja umphniang sharak (kerosine emulsion). Kawei pat ka khniang kaba bam ia ki sla jong une u jingthung ka long ka khniang kaba rit katta katta ba ka long kaba shitom ban iohi ia ka. Kane ka shait shong tang hapoh ka sla. Ynda kane ka khniang ka la jyllei bha, ki sla ki shu hap hi. Ki khot ia kane ka khniang ha ka ktien phareng ‘red spider’ (Tetranychus telarius). Lah ban kham pynduna ia kane ka khniang da kaba kynshait da ka shun kaba khleh bad u kyndok.
Phi don ban ong eiei?