第824期:Soul Food

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Mike: Tell me a little about - you're from Philadelphia, right?Mike: Tell me a little bit about - soul food.Dusty: Okay. So soul food - actually, it comes from the South, and Philadelphia has a lot of great soul food restaurants. What soul food is, most of it comes from back in slave days, you know. Slaves, they can't get the really good cuts of the meat or the good parts. They got the kind of leftovers or the thrown away stuff.Dusty: They had to learn how to make it into something a bit better.Dusty: So it's just kind of good, hearty eating. Most of it is cooked - it's not really the healthiest food - a lot of it is cooked in butter, or fried up in lard.Mike: Right. So can you give me some examples of like some soul food dishes maybe, and what's inside it?Dusty: So, of course, the classic ones are things like fried chicken or chitlin. And chitlin is basically like stewed pig intestines of seasoning.Dusty: Yeah. It's not something I like, but some people enjoy it.Dusty: And then, there's also things like collard greens, yams, mashed potatoes - a lot of things you see all the time - biscuits. These are all things that are like soul food.Mike: Just curious, does it differ by region? Like for example, you're from Philadelphia, which is further north. Do you get different types of soul food if you go like further towards the south, like the Cajun parts, let's say Louisiana or something?Dusty: Well, Cajun food's a bit different, but as you travel down south, you start seeing differences. Like where I was from in the States, we almost never had chitlins in the north, because it was just something that wasn't very appetizing. Or chicken feet is another one, pig's feet - food like that just wasn't as popular. But as you go down south, you get back to the roots of it more, and so you start finding more restaurants that sell these kinds of things.Dusty: Yeah. I still can't eat it. It's horrible, but--Mike: Interesting. So is there a particular favorite kind of soul food dish that you like?Dusty: Oh, I still love collard greens. One of the things that when I was younger, I didn't like them so much; as I got older, I enjoyed them. It's almost like a kind of spinach basically.Dusty: But it's kind of a bit more flavored and spicier.Dusty: Yeah. And macaroni and cheese I love, of course.

slave days 奴隸時代

e.g: The slave days are a sad part of American history.

The slave days ended soon after the Civil War.

口語集錦

3) You'd better spend some time in the sun.4) It is a real game-changer.5) I'm all booked up today.

新聞熱詞

千年胞波情誼=millennia-old pauk-phaw friendship

In China and Myanmar, people have similar sayings to the effect that more exchanges will bring families and friends closer together. In this 70th anniversary year, China-Myanmar relations stand at a new starting point. Let us work hand in hand to build an even closer China-Myanmar community with a shared future and write a new chapter for our millennia-old pauk-phaw friendship.
中緬兩國有句共同的諺語，「親戚越走越親，朋友越走越近」。站在建交70年的歷史新起點上，我們願同緬甸朋友攜手努力，推動構建更為緊密的中緬命運共同體，續寫千年「胞波」情誼的新樂章。

和平共處五項原則 the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence

中緬經濟走廊 China-Myanmar Economic Corridor

聽力測試(答案請見最底部)

1) What is the history of soul food?  a) It comes from Philadelphia.
 b) It was first made by slaves.
 c) It uses good pieces of meat.
 d) They learned how to make the ingredients taste better.2) How is soul food made?  a) With healthy ingredients.
 b) With lard.
 c) It's usually fried.
 d) With fresh vegetables.3) What are some examples of soul food?  a) Fried potatoes.
 b) Stewed intestines.
 c) Biscuits.
 d) Steak.4) What are the differences between the north and south? a) There is no difference.
 b) There are some foods that are more popular in the south.
 c) The restaurants serve different food.
 d) They sell Cajun food in the north.5) What are Dusty's favorite types of soul food?  a) Collard greens.
 b) Chitlins.
 c) Fried chicken
 d) Macaroni and cheese.1.bd; 2.bc; 3.bc; 4.bc; 5.ad

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