Kwa zaka zambiri, nyama yakhala ikuonedwa kuti ndi chinthu chofunika kwambiri pa chakudya chilichonse. Nyama inali yoposa chakudya chabe, chinali chakudya chofunika kwambiri komanso chamtengo wapatali. Chifukwa cha ichi, adawoneka ngati chizindikiro cha mphamvu za anthu.
M’mbiri yakale, nyama inkasungidwa m’magome a anthu apamwamba, pamene wamba ankadya makamaka zakudya za m’mbewu. Chotsatira chake, kudya nyama kumagwirizanitsidwa ndi magulu akuluakulu amphamvu pakati pa anthu, ndipo kusowa kwake ku mbale kumasonyeza kuti munthu ali m'gulu losauka la anthu. Kulamulira kagayidwe ka nyama kunali ngati kulamulira anthu.
Panthaŵi imodzimodziyo, nyama inayamba kukhala ndi mbali yaikulu m’chinenero chathu. Kodi mwaona kuti kalankhulidwe kathu ka tsiku ndi tsiku kamakhala ndi mafanizo ophiphiritsa a chakudya, omwe nthawi zambiri amakhala ozikidwa pa nyama?
Chikoka cha nyama sichinalambalale mabuku. Mwachitsanzo, mlembi wachingelezi Janet Winterson amagwiritsa ntchito nyama monga chizindikiro m’zolemba zake. M'buku lake lakuti The Passion, kupanga, kugawa, ndi kudya nyama zikuyimira kusagwirizana kwa mphamvu mu nthawi ya Napoleon. Munthu wamkulu, Villanelle, amadzigulitsa kwa asitikali aku Russia kuti apeze nyama yamtengo wapatali kuchokera kukhoti. Palinso fanizo loti thupi lachikazi ndi nyama yamtundu wina kwa amuna amenewa, ndipo amalamulidwa ndi chilakolako chodyera. Ndipo kutengeka mtima kwa Napoliyoni pakudya nyama kumaimira chikhumbo chake chofuna kugonjetsa dziko.
Inde, Winterson si mlembi yekhayo amene angasonyeze m’nthano kuti nyama ingatanthauze zambiri osati chakudya chokha. Wolemba mabuku wina dzina lake Virginia Woolf, m'buku lake lakuti To the Lighthouse, akufotokoza zochitika zokonzekera mphodza ya ng'ombe yomwe imatenga masiku atatu. Izi zimafuna khama lalikulu kuchokera kwa chef Matilda. Nyama ikakonzeka kuperekedwa, lingaliro loyamba la Akazi a Ramsay ndiloti "ayenera kusankha mwanzeru kudula kwa William Banks." Munthu amawona lingaliro lakuti ufulu wa munthu wofunika kudya nyama yabwino kwambiri ndi wosatsutsika. Tanthauzo lake ndi lofanana ndi la Winterson: nyama ndi mphamvu.
Masiku ano, nyama yakhala ikukambirana mobwerezabwereza nkhani zamagulu ndi ndale, kuphatikizapo momwe kupanga ndi kudya nyama kumathandizira kusintha kwa nyengo ndi kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe. Kuonjezera apo, kafukufuku amasonyeza kuti kudya nyama kumakhudza thupi la munthu. Anthu ambiri amapita ku vegan, kukhala gawo la gulu lomwe likufuna kusintha utsogoleri wazakudya ndikugwetsa nyama pachimake.
Popeza kuti nthano zopeka nthawi zambiri zimasonyeza zochitika zenizeni ndi zochitika zamagulu, zikhoza kukhala kuti mafanizo a nyama pamapeto pake adzasiya kuwonekeramo. Inde, n’zokayikitsa kuti zilankhulo zidzasintha kwambiri, koma kusintha kwina kwa mawu ndi mawu amene tazolowera n’kosapeweka.
Pamene mutu wa veganism ukufalikira padziko lonse lapansi, mawu atsopano adzawonekera. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, mafanizo a nyama angayambe kuonedwa kuti ndi amphamvu kwambiri komanso ochititsa chidwi ngati kupha nyama pofuna chakudya kumakhala kosavomerezeka.
Kuti mumvetse momwe veganism ingakhudzire chinenerocho, kumbukirani kuti chifukwa cha kulimbana kwakukulu kwa anthu amakono ndi zochitika monga kusankhana mitundu, kugonana, kugonana kwa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha, zakhala zosavomerezeka kugwiritsa ntchito mawu ena. Veganism ikhoza kukhala ndi zotsatira zofanana pachinenerocho. Mwachitsanzo, malinga ndi PETA, m'malo mwa mawu okhazikika akuti "kupha mbalame ziwiri ndi mwala umodzi", tingayambe kugwiritsa ntchito mawu akuti "dyetsa mbalame ziwiri ndi tortilla imodzi."
Komabe, izi sizikutanthauza kuti zonena za nyama m'chinenero chathu zidzatha nthawi imodzi - pambuyo pake, kusintha koteroko kungatenge nthawi yaitali. Ndipo mumadziwa bwanji kuti anthu adzakhala okonzeka kusiya mawu omwe ali ndi zolinga zabwino zomwe aliyense adazolowera?
Ndizosangalatsa kudziwa kuti ena opanga nyama yokumba akuyesera kugwiritsa ntchito njira zomwe "zimakhetsa magazi" ngati nyama yeniyeni. Ngakhale kuti zigawo za nyama zimene zili m’zakudya zotero zasinthidwa m’malo, zizoloŵezi zodya nyama za anthu sizinasiyiretu kotheratu.
Koma panthaŵi imodzimodziyo, anthu ambiri olima zomera amatsutsa zoloŵa m’malo zotchedwa “nyama ya nyama,” “nyama yokazinga,” ndi zina zotero chifukwa chakuti safuna kudya chinthu chopangidwa kuoneka ngati nyama yeniyeni.
Mwanjira ina, nthawi yokhayo idzafotokoza kuchuluka kwa momwe tingasankhire nyama ndi zikumbutso zake m'moyo wa anthu!