LAKE HERRON, Minn. - Alimi ena akumaloko tsopano akugulitsa zipatso za ntchito yawo - kapena m'malo mwake mbewu zomwe adakolola.
Zach Schumacher ndi Isaac Fest adakolola ma popcorn awiri okwana maekala 1.5 pa Halowini ndipo adayamba sabata yatha kuti apange zokolola zakomweko - awiri a Playboy Popcorn amapakidwa ndikulembedwa.
"Apa, ndi chimanga ndi soya. Ndikungoganiza za chinthu chosavuta kukolola komanso chofanana kwambiri ndi zomwe mukuchita m'munda wa chimanga wamba, "Fest adanena za lingaliro lake la kulima popcorn. Anapereka lingaliro kwa Schumacher, bwenzi ndi omaliza maphunziro a Heron Lake-Okabena High School, ndipo awiriwa anafuna mwamsanga kugawana nawo chinachake chosiyana ndi anthu ammudzi. "
Zogulitsa zawo ziwiri za Dudes Popcorn zimaphatikizapo matumba a 2-pounds a popcorn; 8-ounce matumba a popcorn osindikizidwa ndi ma ola 2 a kokonati mafuta okometsera; ndi matumba a 50-pounds a popcorn kuti agwiritse ntchito malonda.Heron Lake-Okabena High School inagula malonda ogulitsa ndipo tsopano ikupereka ma popcorn awiri a Dudes pamasewera ake a masewera apanyumba, ndipo mutu wa HL-O FCCLA udzagulitsa ma popcorn ngati ndalama zopangira ndalama.
Kumeneko, ma popcorn amagulitsidwa ku Hers & Mine Boutique ku 922 Fifth Avenue ku mzinda wa Worthington, kapena akhoza kuyitanidwa mwachindunji kuchokera ku Two Dudes Popcorn pa Facebook.
Fest adagula mbewu za popcorn paulendo wamalonda ku Indiana kasupe watha.Kutengera nyengo yakukula ku Minnesota, mitundu yokhwima yamasiku 107 idasankhidwa.
Awiriwa anabzala mbewu zawo mlungu woyamba wa May pa minda iwiri yosiyana—imodzi pa dothi lamchenga pafupi ndi mtsinje wa Des Moines ndipo ina panthaka yolemera kwambiri.
"Tikuganiza kuti chovuta kwambiri ndikubzala ndi kukolola, koma ndikosavuta," adatero Schumacher.
Nthawi zina - makamaka m'nyengo ya chilala chapakati pa nyengo - amaganiza kuti sangathe kukolola. Kuwonjezera pa kusowa kwa mvula, poyamba ankada nkhawa ndi udzu chifukwa amalephera kupopera mbewu.
Schumacher anati: "Popcorn amatchula kwambiri za chinyezi chomwe chimafunikira." Tidayesetsa kuti ziume kuti ziume kuti ziume m'munda, koma nthawi idatithera.
Bambo a Fest anakolola minda yonseyi pa Halowini ndi makina ake okolola, ndipo zinangotengera zoikamo pang'ono pamutu wa chimanga kuti zigwire ntchito.
Chifukwa chinyezi chinali chokwera kwambiri, Schumacher adati adagwiritsa ntchito chowotcha chachikale pabokosi lalikulu kuti apeze mpweya wotentha kudzera mumbewu yachikasu ya popcorn.
Patatha milungu iwiri - ma popcorn atafika pachinyezi chomwe akufuna - mlimiyo adalemba ganyu kampani ya South Dakota kuti iyeretse mbewuzo ndikuchotsa zinthu zilizonse, monga zinyalala za mankhusu kapena silika, zomwe zikanatsagana ndi njere kudzera mumgwirizano.
Pambuyo poyeretsa, mbewuzo zimatumizidwa ku Heron Lake, komwe alimi ndi mabanja awo amalongedza okha.
Iwo anali ndi chochitika chawo choyamba chonyamula katundu pa Dec. 5, kuphatikizapo abwenzi angapo, ndi matumba 300 a popcorn okonzeka kugulitsa.
Zachidziwikire, amayeneranso kuyesa kuyesa akamagwira ntchito ndikuwonetsetsa kuti ma popcorn akuphulika.
Ngakhale alimi ati apeza mbeu mosavuta, sakutsimikiza kuti mtsogolomu mtsogolomo muli maekala angati.
"Zidzadalira kwambiri malonda athu," adatero Schumacher. "Inali ntchito yochuluka kuposa momwe timayembekezera.
"Ponseponse, tinali osangalala kwambiri ndipo zinali zosangalatsa kucheza ndi abwenzi ndi abale," adawonjezera.
Alimi amafuna mayankho pazamankhwala - kuphatikiza ngati anthu ali ndi chidwi ndi ma popcorn oyera ndi achikasu.
“Mukayang’ana ma popcorn, mumayang’ana zokolola ndi koro yomwe idzakula bwino,” iye anatero, ponena kuti zokolola za popcorn zimachokera pa mapaundi pa ekala, osati ma bushels pa ekala.
Sanafune kuwulula ziwerengero zokolola, koma ananena kuti mbewu zomwe zimabzalidwa munthaka yolemera zimachita bwino kuposa zomwe zimabzalidwa mumchenga.
Mkazi wa Fest Kailey anabwera ndi mayina awo a malonda ndipo adapanga chizindikirocho chomwe chimayikidwa pa thumba lililonse la popcorn.Imakhala ndi anthu awiri atakhala pamipando ya udzu, akuyenda pa popcorn, wina atavala T-shirt ya Sota ndipo wina T-shirt ya State.Malayawa ndi ulemu ku masiku awo a koleji. Utsogoleri; Fest ndi wophunzira ku South Dakota State University ndi digiri ya Agronomy.
Schumacher ankagwira ntchito nthawi zonse pa famu ya mabulosi a banja ndi nazale yogulitsa pafupi ndi Nyanja ya Herron, pamene Feist ankagwira ntchito ndi abambo ake ku kampani ya apongozi ake yopangira matayala ndipo anayamba bizinesi yambewu ndi Beck's Superior Hybrids.
Nthawi yotumiza: Jun-23-2022
