PETS-2语法讲解(99)
What's clotted cream?
对话
Marie: Now we're in the countryside, there's one thing we just mustn't miss.
Sean: What's that, drinking the local cider?
Marie: No, it's having a real cream tea.
Sean: What's so special about that?
Marie: Well it's having real clotted cream on your scones with home-made strawberry jam to go with your tea.
Sean: What's clotted cream?
Marie: It's thickest and most delicious cream there is.
玛丽:我们既然来到乡间,有一样东西可不能错过。
肖恩:是什么东西?喝土产苹果酒?
玛丽:不是,是吃真正的奶油茶点。
肖恩:那有什么特别呢?
玛丽:那是喝茶,吃司康饼。司康饼抹浓缩奶油,以及店家自制的草莓酱。
肖恩:凝乳脂是什么?
玛丽:那是最浓、最可口的奶油。
看见cream tea二字,你也许会以为是‘加奶油的茶’,除了茶,还有抹乳脂(cream) 、果酱的司康饼。
论奶油,最可口的当然是clotted cream。Clot即‘凝结成块’,例如:The blood around the wound began to clot(伤口周围的血开始凝结)。Clot也可作名词,常指血块,例如:A blood clot in the brain was the cause of his death.(他死亡的原因,是脑部有一血块)。浓缩奶油的制法,是以牛奶慢慢加热,至接近沸点,然后待它冷却,取凝结成块浮到表面的乳脂而成。把牛奶煮至将近沸点,有一特别叫法:to scald milk。Scald即‘煮热’,是说‘牛奶煮热而成浓缩奶油’。
有些人喝咖啡,加奶油而不加牛奶,爱其香滑。I usually have milk in my coffee instead of cream for health reasons 即‘为了健康,我喝咖啡一般加牛奶,不加奶油’。乳脂还有脂肪较少的single cream和脂肪较多的double cream两种。Do you want single cream or double cream with your coffee?即‘你的咖啡要加稀奶油还是浓奶油?’。
留意玛丽说的home-made二字。店家往往以自制食品为号召,这‘自制’叫home-made,反义词是store-bought或shop-bought(在商店买的、现成的),例如: Home-made cakes taste better than store-bought ones(自己做的蛋糕,比商店买来的好吃)。
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