summer drinks, Ginger Beer. For this recipe, you will need...

夏季飲料，薑汁啤酒。對於這個配方，你將需要...

Water

水

Sugar

糖

Lemon zest

檸檬皮

Ginger

姜子牙

Yeast

酵母菌

and bread.

和麵包。

I'm preparing my lemon zest very carefully. I'm just cutting off the peel as I don't want

我正在非常仔細地準備我的檸檬皮。我只是把果皮切下來，因為我不希望

any of the pith, the white, as that can be very bitter. Ginger beer is very popular in

薑汁的白色部分，因為它可能非常苦。薑汁啤酒在中國非常受歡迎。

the summer with both the family and the servants. Ginger when it's dried is quite cheap but

夏天的時候，家人和僕人都要吃。晒乾後的生薑相當便宜，但是

even fresh it's not too expensive. I get mine from the grocer in Walden. I prefer the Indian

即使是新鮮的，也不會太貴。我從瓦爾登的雜貨店買的。我更喜歡印度的

ginger. I think it's finer.

姜。我認為它更精細。

You can of course buy ginger beer very easily but I like to make my own. Now that I've peeled

當然，你可以很容易地買到薑汁啤酒，但我喜歡自己做。現在我已經剝了

it I'm going to chop it and bruise it a little. I like ginger beer recipes. I collect them.

它我要把它切碎，並把它弄得有點淤青。我喜歡薑汁啤酒的配方。我收集它們。

I already have three in my recipe book. This one is from the Field newspaper. Lord and

我的食譜中已經有三個。這個是來自《田野報》。主和

Lady Braybrooke take it and so I've copied it down.

佈雷布魯克夫人拿著它，所以我把它抄下來了。

The preparation is nice and simple. I'm going to melt some sugar in boiling water.

準備工作很好，很簡單。我要在沸水中融化一些糖。

Our hot water comes from a cistern on the roof. The rain water is then brought down

我們的熱水來自屋頂上的一個蓄水池。然後，雨水被帶下來

to a boiler behind the range. When it's lit, which it nearly always is, we have lots of

爐子後面有一個鍋爐。當它被點燃時，它幾乎總是被點燃，我們有很多的

hot water. Now I'm going to add the lemon and ginger.

熱水。現在我準備加入檸檬和生薑。

For drinking water we have standing pipes that provide nice fresh water, although when

在飲用水方面，我們有立管，可以提供很好的淡水，儘管當

we're in London at the town house I'm a little more careful. There are some parts of London

我們在倫敦的城市之家，我就比較小心了。倫敦有一些地方

where the water is not nice! Although the kettle is always on for a cup of tea.

那裡的水不太妙!雖然水壺總是開著，可以喝杯茶。

There. I need to leave this now until it's just slightly warm.

在那裡。我現在需要離開這裡，直到它只是稍微有點熱。

Next I'm going to add the yeast. They used to brew beer here at Audley End House, but

接下來，我將加入酵母。他們曾經在奧德利莊園這裡釀造過啤酒，但

that stopped quite a few years ago. Now we have to buy the yeast in from local breweries

這在幾年前就停止了。現在我們不得不從當地啤酒廠購買酵母。

or we can buy the German yeast that comes in compressed blocks. You can buy yeast in

或者我們可以購買壓縮塊狀的德國酵母。你可以在以下地方購買酵母

a powder! However you use it, you must make a paste.

是一種粉末!無論你如何使用它，你都必須做成糊狀。

I'm now going to take this piece of toast that's still warm from the fire and spread

我現在要把這塊還在火上烤得熱乎乎的吐司拿出來，攤開

it with the yeast.

它與酵母一起。

This will add more flavour and help the yeast work.

這將增加更多的味道並幫助酵母工作。

I'm going to cover it and put it by the fire for about two days.

我打算把它蓋起來，放在火邊大約兩天。

Now that my ginger beer has fermented, I'm going to strain it before I put it in bottles.

現在我的薑汁啤酒已經發酵了，我打算在裝入瓶子之前把它過濾掉。

It's important to strain it through a butter muslin or a very fine cloth otherwise it might

重要的是要用黃油紗布或非常細的布來過濾，否則可能會影響到它。

still continue to ferment in the bottles, and then it could blow their tops off!

仍然繼續在瓶子裡發酵，然後就會把它們的瓶蓋吹掉！"。

Some ginger beers get better with age but this one is best drunk straight away so I'm

一些薑汁啤酒隨著時間的推移會變得更好，但是這款啤酒最好直接喝，所以我

now going to bottle it. I've got quite a few here. You are supposed to send them back but

現在要把它裝進瓶子裡。我這裡有不少。你應該把它們送回去，但

not everyone does.

不是每個人都這樣。

This one comes from London, someone must have brought it up from Upper Brook Street. This

這個來自倫敦，一定是有人從上布魯克街把它帶上來的。這個

one from Chelmsford just up the road. This one from Norwich near where I used to work.

一個來自切姆斯福德，就在這條路上。這張來自諾里奇，靠近我以前工作的地方。

Caley's. They're an old firm. And this one, it's Schweppes. They're everywhere.

卡利公司。他們是一家老公司。而這一家，是史威士公司。他們無處不在。

This isn't very strong at the moment. But it will get stronger the longer you keep it,

這在目前並不是很強。但你保持的時間越長，它就會越強。

as Mr Lincoln found out when he found a bottle at the back of the cupboard that must have

正如林肯先生在櫥櫃後面發現一個瓶子時發現的那樣，這個瓶子一定是

been over a year old and then later his footman asleep under a tree.

已超過一歲，後來他的腳伕在一棵樹下睡覺。

A nice refreshing summer drink. Ginger beer.

一款不錯的清爽的夏季飲料。薑汁啤酒。