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Around the end of September, I break off clusters of green plum tomatoes that won' t have time to ripen before the frost. I hold a piece of strong twine like a noose and drape the tomato clusters over the twine, starting at the bottom of the noose and working up the sides. Then I tie the ends of the twine together and hang the tomatoes in the kitchen. The air circulation allows the tomatoes to ripen slowly, without rotting, so they are ready to eat by Christmas. We used to ripen tomatoes this way in Italy, where I was born. These tomatoes don' t taste as good as those ripened on the vine, but they' re better than you might think. |
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zài jiǔ yuè dǐ, wǒ tōng cháng zhāi xià dà cóng zài shuāng jiàng qián hái wèi chéng shú de qīng fān qié, bǎ tā men níng zài tào suǒ yí yàng de má shéng shàng, cóng tào suǒ dǐ bù kāi shǐ xiàng liǎng biān níng, zài bǎ má shéng dǐ bù níng zài yì qǐ, zuì hòu bǎ zhèi xiē fān qié guà zài chú fáng lǐ. liú dòng de kōng qì néng shǐ zhèi xiē fān qié miǎn zāo fǔ làn, màn màn chéng shú. shèng dàn jié zhī qián dà gài jiù néng shí yòng le. zài wǒ de jiā xiāng, yì dà lì, rén men xí guàn zhè yàng cuī shú fān qié. zhè yàng chǔ lǐ guò de fān qié suī bù rú téng shàng zì rán zhǎng shú de hǎo chī, dàn wèi dào qǐ mǎ bǐ nǐ xiǎng xiàng de yāo hǎo. |