To me, apple pie is a solace for the soul, and the sole perennial endeavor in our household that unites the entire family in concerted effort: from rolling out the pastry, crimping its fluted edges, to paring the fruit and segmenting the apples—every stage of the process is imbued with the collective toil of all hands.
蘋果派之於我,乃心靈慰藉之食,亦為吾家唯一恆常闔家協力之作:擀展麵皮、壓製花邊、削剝果皮與切分蘋果,諸般工序,無一不凝聚眾人之力。
My mother, the supreme custodian of our household's oven flames, once insinuated with characteristic subtlety that she would go to any lengths, however drastic, to safeguard the arcane secrets of the recipe bequeathed by her grandmother, Fleischer.
我的母親,我們家烤箱火焰的至高守護者,曾隱晦地暗示,她將不惜採取極端手段,以維繫其祖母弗萊舍所遺留食譜之秘辛。
When my then-girlfriend paid her inaugural visit to our home, the three of us collaborated in baking a pie, whereupon my mother promptly admonished her that henceforth, she would be compelled to marry me.
當我彼時的女友初次登門造訪,我們三人協力烘焙了一塊派,母親旋即告誡她,自此之後,她勢必得下嫁於我。
(She did, in fact, consent to the union, perchance apprehensive lest the merited retribution descend upon her.)
(她確實應允了這樁婚事,或許是畏懼那應得的懲戒降臨己身。)
Be that as it may, such delicacies did not originate in the United States; rather, we might regard them as a manifestation of culinary manifest destiny.
姑且不論此等珍饈並非肇源於美利堅;吾輩不妨視之為飲食文化上之昭昭天命。
Colonists brought apples with them, and John, nicknamed "Johnny Appleseed," scattered their seeds far and wide, thereby rendering our nation the land of apple pie.
殖民者攜蘋果而來,綽號「蘋果籽」之約翰將其遍植四方,遂使我邦成為蘋果派之國。
"Mom and apple pie"—a synecdoche emblematic of wholesome, quintessentially American fare—was a recurrent trope in the journalistic prose of the last century.
「媽媽與蘋果派」——此一象徵溫馨可人、典型美式風物之簡稱——於上世紀新聞筆觸中屢見不鮮。
During the two World Wars, soldiers on the front lines were universally haunted by the humble, heartwarming flavor of apple pie.
兩次世界大戰期間,前線士兵無不魂牽夢縈於蘋果派那樸實而溫暖的滋味。
A certain Texan mother once dispatched this delicacy to the Soviet delegation in Manhattan, intending to regale the visiting Khrushchev, yet this gesture unexpectedly precipitated a bomb scare, compelling a full-scale lockdown of several midtown blocks.
某位德州母親曾將此珍饈遠寄至曼哈頓的蘇聯代表處,欲饗蒞臨訪問的赫魯雪夫,孰料此舉竟釀成炸彈驚魂,迫使中城數個街區陷入全面封鎖。
The 1960s were defined by overseas warfare, domestic political assassinations, and profound societal disarray.
The 1960s were defined by overseas warfare, domestic political assassinations, and profound societal disarray.
Within this prevailing chaos, McDonald's introduced a rectangular fried apple pie as a gesture of consolation.
Within this prevailing chaos, McDonald's introduced a rectangular fried apple pie as a gesture of consolation.
I came to comprehend that epoch—and that pie—through my scholarly exploration of post-World War II American history.
I came to comprehend that epoch—and that pie—through my scholarly exploration of post-World War II American history.
In the inaugural week, we were tasked with submitting an artifact emblematic of the United States.
第一週,我們須呈交一件足以象徵美國之物。
Clutching a worldview as guileless as the archetype of "mother and apple pie," I proffered a photograph of a bald eagle.
懷抱「媽媽與蘋果派」那般天真爛漫的世界觀,我遞上了一幀禿鷹的照片。
Mr. Bill Schechter, an ardent devotee of the counterculture movement, remained utterly unmoved by my offering.
比爾·謝克特老師,一位反文化運動的擁躉,對此全然無動於衷。
Subsequently, two female classmates presented a McDonald's apple pie, thereby signifying that corporate enterprise and consumerism had supplanted the maternal hearth's culinary traditions.
隨後,兩位女同學呈上一個麥當勞蘋果派,藉此喻示企業與消費主義已然取代了母親的灶下烹飪。
Years later, Mr. Schechter conveyed via electronic mail that the pie "appeared to be in pristine condition."
多年之後,謝克特先生透過電子郵件表示,那塊派「看上去完好如初」。
He reminded me that apple pie was the staple upon which Jack Kerouac subsisted during his mind-expanding, transcontinental odyssey chronicled in On the Road—a fare utterly incomparable to the likes of McDonald's.
他提醒我,蘋果派乃是傑克·凱魯亞克於《在路上》一書中,於其拓闊視野、橫貫大陸的旅途裡賴以維生的主食——絕非麥當勞之流所能比擬。
To commemorate the bicentennial and a half of the founding of the United States of America, McDonald's has resurrected its iconic deep-fried apple pie.
麥當勞為慶祝美利堅合眾國肇基二百五十載,重新推出了其經典的油炸蘋果派。
Nevertheless, in the spirit of Kerouac, I shall remain steadfast on the path of homemade confection.
然而,如同凱魯亞克那般,我仍將堅守自製之途。
As for the arcane intricacies of the recipe, I regret to say that they must remain undisclosed.
只是箇中祕方,恕難奉告。
This investigation into newspaper clippings is spearheaded by Sarit Hand, the corporate archivist at the Associated Press, and forms part of the 'American Artifacts' series commemorating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America.
此項報紙剪報之研究,係由美聯社企業檔案管理員薩里特·漢德所主持,隸屬於紀念美利堅合眾國肇建二百五十週年之「美國物件」系列專題。
For further dispatches on American artifacts, kindly proceed to click here; should you wish to peruse additional anniversary features, likewise, click here.
欲覽更多美國物件之相關報導,請逕行點擊此處;若欲查閱更多週年紀念之專文,亦請點擊此處。