白洁说美语：华盛顿美食篇

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VOA Chinese, Dec. 13, 2010.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/US/20101105-Baijie-on-the-Road-DC-Eateries-111784564.html

Note:
(a) Judging fromn her other postings in Chinese (none oin English) apparently 白洁 is an American white woman.

VOA中文电视节目获2010年AIB创意奖. VOA Chinese, Nov. 10, 2010.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20101110-AIB-Awards-107060688.html

Sometimes her postings are titled 白洁说美语, whereas in some other times, 白洁说英语.
(b) Dupont Circle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dupont_circle
(On February 25, 1882, Congress renamed the circle to "Dupont Circle", and authorized a memorial statue of Samuel Francis Du Pont, in recognition of his service as a rear admiral during the Civil War)

(c) 藏红花 saffron
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffron
(Together with their styles, stigmas are dried and used in cooking as a seasoning and colouring agent. Saffron, long the world's most expensive spice by weight,[1][2] is native to Southwest Asia; see the Spanish dish paella valenciana)

Taiwan did not have this term 藏红花 when I was there. In fact I learned of it only after coming to US.

(d) 特里尼达 Trinidad (transliterated as 千里達 in Taiwan)
(e) 寇斯比老爹 Bill Cosby (a comedian)
(f) Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown,_Washington,_D.C.
(Georgetown was established in 1751 when the Maryland Legislature purchased 60 acres of land for the town from Gordon and Beall at the price of £280. Since Georgetown was founded during the reign of George II of Great Britain, some speculate that the town was named after him. Another theory is that the town was named after its founders, George Gordon and George Beall)

Please note: Washington DC was founded in 1790. Before that, Georgetown had been part of Maryland.
(g) 糖霜 frosting/ icing


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华盛顿特区美食卡车大集会. VOA Chinese, Dec. 13, 2010.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20101029-DC-Curbside-Cook-off-111782809.html

Note:
(a) 沙威玛 shawarma
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawarma
(The [Arabic] word shawarma (pronounced /ʃəˈwɑrmə/) comes from the Turkish word çevirme [tʃevirˈme], meaning turning)

In US, it is known as
gyros
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyros
(from Greek for turn)
(b) 红钩子龙虾堡 Red Hook Lobster Pound
http://www.redhooklobsterdc.com/
(selling "Lobster roll (both mayo-based Maine-style and the butter-drizzled Connecticut-style)")

In Boston, we have only Maine style.
(c) 玉米卷 tamale
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamale
(Tamales originated in Mesoamerica as early as 8000 to 5000 BCE; often corn-based dough wrapped in corn husks or plantain leaves before cooking)
(d) 手撕猪肉 pulled pork


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