1. Shrimp？lobster？crawfish？傻傻分不清
Shrimp是我們在食堂或家里做飯經(jīng)常吃到的蝦，煮熟了會變紅。
Lobster就是大龍蝦，龍蝦的頭胸部較粗大，外殼堅硬，色彩斑斕，腹部短小，體長一般在20～40厘米之間，重0.5公斤上下，是蝦類中最大的一類。
Crawfish是中國人酷愛吃的小龍蝦。它跟龍蝦的形狀類似，但是體積小很多。
2. 小龍蝦的口味：
Garlic crawfish：蒜香小龍蝦
Spicy crawfish：麻辣小龍蝦
Thirteen-spices crawfish：十三香（鹵）小龍蝦
Steamed crawfish：清蒸小龍蝦
Iced crawfish：冰鎮(zhèn)小龍蝦
3. 自己做一頓小龍蝦吧
Buy live crawfish
購買新鮮小龍蝦
Plan on ordering enough crawfish so that each person at your party ordinner gets 2 - 3 pounds. Most of the weight will get discarded since crawfish come with their shells on.
每個人的量大概為2-3磅（1磅=0.972斤），一定要買夠量，因為小龍蝦的殼占了很大分量
Source crawfish
選購小龍蝦
Keep them cool, away from light and heat
放置陰涼、避光處
Wash the crawfish
清洗小龍蝦
Put crawfish into a large bin, and fill it with clean water.
將小龍蝦放到大的容器中，注入清水。
Use a paddle to stir the crawfish, then let them sit in the water for 30 minutes.
攪動小龍蝦，然后水中靜置30分鐘。
Discard the dead crawfish, which will float to the top after a few minutes.
幾分鐘后死掉的小龍蝦會漂浮在水面上，扔掉它們。
Strain the water and rinse the crawfish with clean water. Keep them in a shady spot until you're ready to boil them.
倒掉水，用干凈的水沖洗小龍蝦。開始烹飪前，將小龍蝦放置陰涼處。
Discard 丟掉，丟棄
Strain 濾掉（液體）
Rinse 沖洗，漂凈
Light the cooking flame
點火
Fill a 60-gallon (227.1 L) pot halfway with water. Put it on the burner or stove and let it heat to a boil. Stir in the following ingredients, then let it come back to a boil:
在60加侖容量的鍋中注入一半水。放到火上，煮至沸騰。加入以下材料，攪拌，煮沸：
The juice of 8 lemons, and the lemon peels.
8個檸檬的汁和檸檬皮。
1 pound of crawfish boil seasoning.
1磅的小龍蝦調(diào)料。
Ingredient: 食物配料，主要成分
Seasoning: 調(diào)料
Add the vegetables
加入蔬菜
Crawfish boils are delicious with many kind of vegetables, but the most popular staples are potatoes and corn. Once the pot has come back to a rolling boil, add the following ingredients:
小龍蝦跟很多蔬菜一起烹飪都很美味，但是最受歡迎的蔬菜是土豆和玉米。國內(nèi)的水再次滾起來，加入以下原料:
8 onions, peeled and halves
8個洋蔥，剝皮，對半切開
10 pounds of new potatoes (or regular potatoes, chopped into bite-sized chunks.
10磅的新土豆（或者普通土豆，切成小塊）
20 ears of corn, shucked and halved
20根玉米，剝皮，切塊。
40 cloves of garlic, peeled
40瓣蒜，剝皮
Peel：剝皮，小龍蝦剝殼也用這個詞
Halve: 對半切開
Ear of corn: 一穗玉米
Clove of garlic: 一瓣蒜
Cooking the Crawfish
烹飪小龍蝦
Lower the crawfish into the boil. Place the crawfish in a crawfish basket, made out of wire with a handle for lowering it into the pot. Crawfish baskets are used so that the crawfish can boil in the top part of the water while the vegetables cook underneath. Let the crawfish boil in the waterfor 5 minutes.
將小龍蝦放到鍋中。首先將小龍蝦放到特制的籃子中，籃子由金屬絲編成，帶把手，可以放到鍋中。使用該籃子可以讓小龍蝦在烹飪的過程中位于蔬菜上方。讓小龍蝦在水中大火煮5分鐘。
If you have a large strainer that fits over the top of the pot, this can be used as a substitute for the crawfish basket.
如果有一個較大的濾器，可以剛好卡在鍋口，也可以代替籃子使用。
Turn off the heat and let the crawfish cook. 5 minutes later, turn off the heat and put the lid on top to allow the crawfish to cook gently for another 30 minutes.
關(guān)火，小龍蝦入味。5分鐘后，關(guān)火，蓋上蓋子，悶30分鐘。
Check the crawfish. After 30 minutes, remove the lid and check to see if the crawfish are done. The best way to tell is by removinga crawfish and eating it.
查看是否煮熟。30分鐘后，拿掉鍋蓋，看小龍蝦是否煮好。最好嘗一個看看。
If the texture is rubbery, the crawfish need more time to cook.
如果肉質(zhì)太韌，嚼不動，還需要再悶一會兒。
If they're on the verge of falling apart, remove the crawfish from the pot immediately, as they're in danger of overcooking.
如果肉身即將分離，需要馬上從鍋中倒出小龍蝦，因為就要煮過頭了。
Lid 蓋子
Rubbery 嚼不動的，橡膠似的
Tender 肉質(zhì)鮮嫩的，與rubbery相反
4. 怎么吃？
Find where the head and the tail meet and separate the tail from head.
找到頭尾相連處
頭：head
尾：tail
Peal the tail’s shell and remove themeat.
剝殼，取出蝦肉
蝦殼：shell
剝蝦：peel it off
Suck out the juices of the head.
吸汁：suck out the juice
Discard the shell in a separate plate while eating
丟殼: discard the shell
Make sure to have plenty of napkins orpaper towels.
餐巾/紙巾：napkin/paper towel
大家吃小龍蝦的時候，可以想一下怎么用英語說，場景記憶很容易噠，里邊很多單詞在餐飲領(lǐng)域都是通用的，希望大家邊吃邊漲知識~
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