Chii chinonzi suey? MuchiChinese, nhamba mbiri dzekuvhadzira dzinodanwa "tsa sui" mumutauro weMandarin kana muCantonese "shap sui," zvinoreva "mutsara wakavhenganiswa" kana kuti "matambudziko uye anopera." Sekuda nguva yekugadzirira, shap rinotevera rinoreva rudzi rwezvokudya zvakagadzirwa nemishonga yakasiyana yakasiyana yakavhenganiswa pamwechete. Shap zvinotevera zvichida zvakatanga kusvika kuUnited States nemafungu eChina ainge atamira kune imwe nyika akatorwa kuCalifornia minda yegoridhe.
Vakawanda vaibva kuSouth China kugungwa Pearl River Delta uye kunyanya guta reToishan. Muma1870, maChinese akadzingwa kubva kuAmerica nekudzvinyirira kwemadzinza, kuenda kumaguta akadai seFiladelphia, Boston, neNew York. Ikoko maAmerica vakatanga kuona chipfeko chinonzi "chow-chop-suey."
Nzvimbo dzokutanga dzekuChina dzokuNew York dzakabatwa neboka revanyori uye vanyori vakadana vaBohemian. Muma1880, vashomanana vavo vakaenda kuMott Street kuti vadye:
"Chow-su suey ndiyo yaiva yekutanga iyo yatinorwisa. Iyo yakagadzika mazino, yakagadzirwa nemaharuki, mhashu dzechikuku uye chiropa, chikafu chekudya, hove dzeshumba, dzakaomeswa uye dzinotengeswa kubva kuChina, nguruve, huku, uye zvimwe zvakasiyana-siyana izvo ini akanga asingakwanisi kuita. "
Vakashamiswa nazvo, vakafadzwa nazvo:
"Kudya kwakanga kusingori mutsara chete, asi hwakanga hwakanaka, uye kuvhara chigumo ichocho chaingova makumi matanhatu nematatu chete!"
Pasina nguva zviuru zvevanhu vasiri veChina vaigara vachiita rwendo rwavo kuMott Street kuti vadye su suey.
Vashandi vekuChinese vakazarura kudya kwekudya kunze kweKinatown, kushumira zvokudya zvakagadzirirwa kune zvinodiwa nevashambadzi vasiri veChina. Chop suey yakanga yakagadzirirwa mucheka wezvokudya zvakajeka zvinokonzerwa namahairi, maonikisi, celery, uye mbatya . Pakazosvika ma1920, ndiro yakange yapararira muUnited States, ikava yakakurumbira sembwa dzinopisa uye mapee.
Zvisinei, makuhwa akapararira kuti su suey akanga asiri chiChinese zvachose. Nhau dzakaratidza kuti yakanyatsogadzirwa neSan Francisco Chinese boardinghouse yokubika kubika uchishandisa zvimedu zvakabviswa kubva mumarara. Izvo "nyanzvi" dzakadzokorora nyaya idzi dzaiwanzo vashandi vechiShayina kana vadzidzi avo avo veToishanese vezvokudya vasina kuonekwa se "Chinese" zvachose.
Chikafu-chiAmerica zvokudya zvakapinda muma1950, nguva ye "imwe kubva mundima A uye mbiri kubva pakurongwa B" mhuri yezvokudya. Chop suey yakanga yava shoma, inoziva kunyaradza zvokudya. Zvakanga zvichinetawo. Vafudzi vakanga vachigadzirira chi suey kwenguva yakareba zvokuti vakanga vasisatarisiri nezvemigumisiro. Chinese-American restaurants zvishoma nezvishoma zvakarasikirwa nemugove wemakambani kunhengo dze pizza uye kudya kwekudya hamburger kwakamira. Mumaguta makuru, gourmets yakasarudza nzvimbo itsva dzekutengesa dzeChina dzichishumira dhava rePeking kana midziyo inopisa yeSichuan . Uye zvakare muna 1972 Mutungamiri Nixon akaenda kuBeijing, uye veAmerica vakasarudza kuti vaida kutora zvokudya "chaiye" zveChina. "Fake" chop suey yaiva chinhu chekare.
Nhasi, ndiro dzakadai seKang Pao shrimp uye huku ne broccoli (izvo zvinongova "chaiye" sepun suey) kutonga chiShayina zvekudya. Chop suey inenge yakafa sevaudeville, zvichida kupfuura rumutsiriro. Asi kana iwe uchienda kuKinatown, tsvaga mutori weToishanese, uye unomukurudzira kuti unoda chimiro chechiChinese chichitevera, uchaona kuti inogona kunge yakagadzirwa nemino.