Baked Flat Bread
燒餅
Baked flat bread is made from flour of high quality. There are two kinds of flat bread, sweet and salty. The sweet flat bread is oval-shaped, with a special honey center, while the salty flat bread is round, with a special center of green onions, pork, and some seasoning. Flat bread is prepared by baking. Baked flat bread is crunchy(1) and delicious. If the bread cools after you take it home, just remember to bake it again in an oven. It will taste fresh and delicious.
使用高級麵粉製作而成的燒餅，有甜的和鹹的兩種口味。橢圓形外觀的燒餅是甜的，內餡是特調的蜜糖；而鹹燒餅是圓的，內餡有蔥、豬肉再加上特製的調味料。燒餅是經烘烤而成，香脆可口；買回家的燒餅若涼了，再放入烤箱烤過，一樣是新鮮、美味無比。

Fried Salty Cake
鹹粿炸
As the fried salty cake is a specialty of Kinmen, you can find it only at one of the local food stands near the Chastity Arch in downtown Jincheng. The preparation of a fried salty cake is done first by grinding(2) rice into a fluid,(3) then steaming it and letting it cool. Before frying it, you have to cut it into square pieces. Take a bite while it is still hot, and it will smell and taste delicious. Spicy sauce will make it even better, though this depends on personal preference.
鹹粿炸是金門特有的小吃美食之一，只有在位於金城鎮貞節牌坊旁的一家小店可以買得到。鹹粿炸是將米磨成米漿，蒸熟後放涼成糕；要炸的時候，先切成小塊、小塊的長方形，放入熱油鍋中炸透即可。趁熱品嚐時，咬一口，滿嘴的香味，口感甚佳；並可依各人喜好沾上特製的辣椒醬。

Stir-fried Sand Worm
炒沙蟲
Sand worms live in the mud flats of the intertidal(4) zone stretching from Shuitou to Siyuan. They comprise one of the Kinmen local delicacies,(5) and they taste marvelous. Proverbially, there are three steps in enjoying this delicious dish-catch the sand worms swiftly, stir-fry them rapidly, and eat them fast.
沙蟲是一種棲息於潮間帶沙中的星蟲動物，分佈在水頭至西園的海域沙灘。其味道鮮美，是金門的特色小吃。相傳這道食物有三快之說：「一是捕捉要快，二是炒食要快，三是動口要快」。

Ox Beef
牛肉
The pure local oxen of Kinmen make beef dishes indispensable(6) for tourists whenever they arrive in Kinmen. The meat is very tender and delicate. Besides using beef in the famous meals, people also make the beef into popular beef jerky(7) with a variety of flavors.
金門純正「黃牛」所製成的牛肉佳餚是到金門來不可不吃的美食。肉質非常柔嫩、細膩，除了可製作成聞名的大餐外，還可以製成各種口味的牛肉乾。


解說：
■1. crunchy-(adj.)脆的、易碎的。
■2. grind-(vt)磨，碾。
■3. fluid-(n)液體。
■4. intertidal-(adj.)潮間帶的。
■5. delicacy-(n)佳餚、美食。
■6. indispensable-(adj.)必不可少的，必需的。
■7. jerky-(n)此處指肉乾。（系列刊完）
資料來源：金門縣政府
原書作者：陳建民、漢貴恩
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