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Lesson XVII.
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Cinnamon,
Nék-kùi
肉桂
Mushroom,
Hieⁿ-kou
香菰
Boletus,
Bák-zṳ́
木耳
菜頭煮魚甜
Tshài-thâu tsṳ́-hṳ̂ tiâm
Turnip boiled with fish is good.
西國人好食高麗菜
Sai-kok-nâng hàuⁿ-chiáh ko-lẽ-tshài
Europeans are fond of eating foreign cabbage.
貪窮人食粥配鹹菜
Khiou-kiáⁿ-nâng chiáh mûeⁿ phùe kiâm-tshài
Poor people take congee with salted vegetable.
簥好煮膠離
Kiê hó-tsṳ́ ka-lî
Brinjal can be curried.
冬瓜食凉
Tang-kue chiáh-liâng
Vegetable melon is taken for cooling purposes.
有個竹笋苦
Ũ-kâi tek-sún khóu
Some bamboo shoots are bitter.
荷蘭荳拍丢皮携伊個仁
Hô-lan-tāu, peh-tiòu phûe, khiéh i kâi jîn
Break the pods of the peas and take the seed.
苦瓜亦是食凉
Khóu-kue iā-sĩ chiáh-liâng
The bitter vegetable is also taken as a cooling eatables.
菜荳唐人炒
Tshài-tāu Tn̂g-nâng tshá
The Chinese fry long beans.
芋翕
Ōu hip
Steam the taro.
伊要翕畨葛
I àiⁿ-hip huan-kuah
He wants to steam potatoes
雞湯落些須芹菜就香
Koi-thng lóh tiám-kíaⁿ khṳ̂n-tshài chiũ phang
A little celery put in the soup will make it nice.
辣椒是畨邊來個
Hiam-chie sĩ huan-pôiⁿ lâi--kâi
Chillies come from foreign countries.
辣過楜椒
Hiam-kùe hôu-chie
They are hotter than pepper