舌尖上的中国第1季 第5期:自然的馈赠-酸笋

 Sour Bamboo Shoot is made under the guidance of an ancestral recipe. 这是祖传的绝招来密造这个酸笋。

I'm the eldest¹ grandson, so I've inherited the cooking skill. 我是大长孙，他那个绝招全部遗传给我。

Braised yellow croaker with soybean and sour bamboo shoot has an authentic² Guangxi flavor. 黄豆酸笋小黄鱼，地道的广西风味菜。

Deep-fry tiny yellow croakers first, then cook them with soybeans and the sour bamboo shoots in oil.It is a great appetizer³. 将长不大的小黄鱼事先炸透，与黄豆酸笋同炒。这是一道非常开胃的下饭菜。

The sour bamboo shoot is also an ingredient for cooking Snail⁴ Rice-flour Noodles, a local snack in Liuzhou. 在柳州当地，有一种叫螺蛳粉的小吃中，酸笋是最重要的辅料。

Ye's sweet bamboo shoots have reached a respiration⁵ peak two hours after being reaped. 阿亮家的大头甜笋，砍下来已经快两个小时了，这时候笋达到呼吸作用的高峰。

Four hours later, they will begin to soften⁶ and rot.Ye and his family work faster. 4个小时后，这两筐大头甜笋都会软化腐烂。阿亮全家手下的速度都加快了。

Every day, Ye checks the jars containing sour bamboo shoots before going to sleep. 阿亮每天睡觉前，要查看自家的酸笋坛子。

Under the lamp, he checks the processed shoots.His son says there will be customers tomorrow. 他透过光看一下酸笋的成色。儿子告诉他明天有人要来买酸笋。

But the shoots won't be ready for another 3 days.He would have to turn away the customers. 但是这些笋至少还要3天才能出缸。他打算推掉客人的订单。

Bao is cooking soup with winter bamboo shoots. 老包正用冬笋制作一道家常笋汤。

The salted pork and bamboo shoots, with a half-and-half proportion, will be fried before being simmered in soup stock. 咸猪肉、笋各放一半，在柴锅中煸炒加高汤慢炖。

The two flavors melt together.Originally, the soup, Pickled Tuk Fresh, was cooked with Spring bamboo shoots. 咸肉的腌味和冬笋的鲜味两种味道相互交融。在这道被称作腌笃鲜的江浙菜中，主角本来应该是春笋。

But Bao has instead used Suichang winter bamboo shoot that is 20 times more expensive. 但是老包却使用，价格高出20倍的遂昌冬笋。

In his eyes, the vegetables are common in his bamboo forest. 因为在老包的眼里，这些不过是自家毛竹林里的一个小菜而已。

Every lunar February, the spring bamboo shoot succeeds the winter shoot as the main ingredient for making the soup. 再过一个节气，春笋即将取代冬笋继续成就精彩的腌笃鲜。

Besides fresh food materials, some spices used to season delicacies⁷ also come from nature. 其实，除了新鲜食材，有时成就美食的调味料也同样来自于自然。

1 eldest   

adj.最年长的，最年老的

参考例句：

• The King's eldest son is the heir to the throne.国王的长子是王位的继承人。
• The castle and the land are entailed on the eldest son.城堡和土地限定由长子继承。

2 authentic   

a.真的，真正的；可靠的，可信的，有根据的

参考例句：

• This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it. 这是篇可靠的新闻报道, 我们相信它。
• Autumn is also the authentic season of renewal. 秋天才是真正的除旧布新的季节。

3 appetizer   

n.小吃，开胃品

参考例句：

• We served some crackers and cheese as an appetizer.我们上了些饼干和奶酪作为开胃品。
• I would like a cucumber salad for an appetizer.我要一份黄瓜沙拉作开胃菜。

4 snail   

n.蜗牛

参考例句：

• Snail is a small plant-eating creature with a soft body.蜗牛是一种软体草食动物。
• Time moved at a snail's pace before the holidays.放假前的时间过得很慢。

5 respiration   

n.呼吸作用；一次呼吸；植物光合作用

参考例句：

• They tried artificial respiration but it was of no avail.他们试做人工呼吸，可是无效。
• They made frequent checks on his respiration,pulse and blood.他们经常检查他的呼吸、脉搏和血液。

6 soften   

v.(使)变柔软；(使)变柔和

参考例句：

• Plastics will soften when exposed to heat.塑料适当加热就可以软化。
• This special cream will help to soften up our skin.这种特殊的护肤霜有助于使皮肤变得柔软。

7 delicacies   

n.棘手( delicacy的名词复数 )；精致；精美的食物；周到

参考例句：

• Its flesh has exceptional delicacies. 它的肉异常鲜美。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• After these delicacies, the trappers were ready for their feast. 在享用了这些美食之后，狩猎者开始其大餐。 来自英汉非文学 - 民俗