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'Space potatoes' on the menu in Shanghai 「太空馬鈴薯」讓上海人嚐鮮
Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007,Page 14
Having boldly gone where no spud has gone before, Chinese space potatoes are now the latest culinary fad to hit the country's ultra-trendy major city of Shanghai.
Slightly sweet and purple in color, the potatoes, named Purple Orchid Three, are bred from seeds that mutated while being carried aboard a Chinese spacecraft, the Shanghai Daily newspaper reported Monday.
Grower Haikou Purple Orchid Co. Ltd. is promoting them as a unique food option, and restaurants in the city are offered them for Valentine's Day dinners, served crispy fried, or in salads, desserts and even iced drinks, the newspaper said.
China's space program claims to have produced numerous mutated fruits and vegetables by exposing seeds to space radiation, capsule pressure and weightlessness.
Chinese agricultural experts say plants grown from such seeds can be hardier, more nutritious and produce higher yields, although many scientists say similar effects could be achieved in ordinary laboratories.
The space program, which has successfully completed two manned missions, is a source of massive national pride for China, and companies marketing everything from milk to magazines have bought the rights to be endorsed by it. (AP)
中國太空馬鈴薯勇敢地向空前之境邁進，如今成為最新美食潮流，席捲上海這個超級時尚重鎮。
「上海日報」週一的報導指出，名為「紫羅蘭三號」的馬鈴薯味道微甜，顏色帶紫，是以被中國太空船運載至太空時變種的種子培育而成。
「上海日報」表示，海口紫羅蘭栽培者股份有限公司正將這種馬鈴薯包裝成一種獨特的美食選擇，上海餐廳也以油炸，或放進沙拉、點心，甚至製成冷飲的方式，在情人節晚餐提供這項菜餚。
中國的太空計畫宣稱藉由將種子暴露在太空輻射、氣壓空盒和無重狀態中，生產出多樣變種蔬果。
中國農業專家表示，以這種種子栽種的植物更耐寒、更有營養分且產量更高。儘管許多科學家表示一般實驗室也能達成類似效果。
這項太空計畫已經成功完成兩項載人太空計畫，大大提升中國人的民族自信。為鮮奶到雜誌等產品促銷的行銷公司已向此太空計畫買下代言權。（美聯社╱翻譯︰鄭湘儀）
| Today's Words 今天單字 |
1. culinary adj
烹飪的 (peng1 ren4 de5)
例: There has been an explosion of culinary schools.
(烹飪學校如雨後春筍般地開張。)
2. mutate v.i. /v.t.
突變 (tu2 bian4)
例: In the comic book, the dog mutated into a monster while in space.
(這本漫畫裡的狗在太空中突變成怪獸。)
3. radiation n.
放射線 (fang4 she4 xian4)
例: Exposure to radiation is often fatal.
(暴露在放射線中常會有致命的危險。)
4. yield n.
生產量 (sheng1 chan3 liang4)
例: We hope to increase our corn yield this year.
(我們希望增加今年玉米的產量。) |
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