舌尖上的中国英文版第一季02 主食的故事Part 2-陕西绥德黄馍馍

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[00:03.10]When the women in the Ding Village are busy preparing a birthday feast, a fragrance of flour floats out from a cave house on the loess plateau.当丁村的大妈们正忙着为一场寿宴精心制作花馍的时候，黄土高原上的窑洞里飘来了阵阵面香。
[00:28.01]Huang Guosheng, a Suide native, just got a tray of yellow buns steamed. Processed by Huang, the glutinous millet becomes sweet and tasty.绥德汉子老黄刚刚蒸好了满满一笼屉黄馍馍。古老的糜【méi】子经过老黄的加工，变得十分香甜可口。  
[00:49.40]From the lunar November on, he would ride 1.5 hours to the county town every three days to sell the buns.从农历十一月开始，每隔三天，他都要骑一个半小时的车，到县城里去卖。 
[01:10.92]Suide County sits in the hilly-gully areas in Northern Shaanxi.绥德县位于陕北丘陵沟壑地区。  
[01:33.90]Today, minor cereals and wheat are the main ingredients on the table. Local people make them into diverse dishes.在今天的绥德，杂粮和小麦是餐桌上的主角，他们被陕北人变换成各种花样。
[01:42.82]Suide is rich in the glutinous millet resources.The yellow steamed buns are made with this main ingredient.绥德盛产糜子，黄馍馍就是用糜子面做的馒头。
[02:51.48]Due to its drought-enduring nature, glutinous millet became the most important crop on the loess plateau.糜子又叫黍【shǔ】，因为耐旱成为黄土高原最主要的农作物。  
[02:58.86]It was planted along the Yellow River regions more than 8,000 years ago.8000多年前，黄河流域就开始种糜子。  
[03:04.23]If the glutinous millet is directly steamed, it doesn't taste good enough.糜子蒸煮成饭，口感略差。  
[03:09.71]But it used to be the most popular staple food for people in Northern Shaanxi.但是这个本土食物在过去是陕北人最家常的主食。 
[03:15.32]There are two types of glutinous millets, the hard and the soft.糜子分软硬两种。  
[03:27.12]Huang Guosheng mingles the two based on this proportion: 70% hard glutinous millets and 30% the soft kind, dip them in water over a night and then grind them up on a millstone.Then he would use a sieve to get rid of the rough grains. 老黄将硬糜子与软糜子按七比三的比例混合，清水浸泡一夜之后上碾，还要再细细地筛一遍才能使用。  
[03:44.71]Huang firmly believes that the glutinous millet powdered by a machine lags far behind those ground up on his millstone.但是老黄坚定地认为，用机器磨出来的糜子，远远不如在自家石碾子上碾出来的好吃。   
[03:52.84]Fried glutinous millet produces natural fragrance.炒过的糜子会散发出自然的清香，
[04:04.33]That's a recipe that Huang feels most proud of. 这是老黄最引以为骄傲的制作秘方。  
[04:08.21]After kneading the glutinous millet flour, Huang would put it in a big jar for fermentation for a night.揉完的糜子面，要在缸里发酵一夜，
[04:26.45]Experience taught Huang to wrap up the jars with quilts to make the buns tastier.经验告诉老黄，包上被子效果最好。 
[04:33.92]Huang's home, a cave house, is the most traditional dwelling format on the loess plateau in China. 老黄把家安在窑洞里，这种中国黄土高原最古老的居住形式，
[04:45.62]It has a history of over 4,000 years.可以追溯到4000多年前。  
[04:51.55]For the hardworking farmers here, their basic wish is to renovate a cave into a home and marry a wife. That's how a life gets complete.一位农民辛勤劳作一生，最基本的愿望就是修建几孔窑洞，有了窑，娶了妻，才算成家立业。     
[05:10.69]Huang and his wife can make 700 buns every time.老黄和老伴一次做700个黄馍馍，
[05:25.84]Grinding up, kneading and fermentation, the whole process takes 3 days.上碾、揉面、发酵前后要花3天时间。  
[05:31.43]The couple works from 3 a.m.through 9 p.m. Huang's buns are good-tasting.两个人从凌晨3点钟开始，一直要忙到晚上9点。  
[06:31.28]And Huang is an honest businessman. One yuan for each bun, no bargain.老黄的馍馍做得实在，人也实在，一个一块钱，从不还价。  
[06:33.62]In the coldest two months of a year, Huang can sell 15,000 buns.在一年中最寒冷的两个月里，老黄能卖出15000个黄馍馍，
[06:42.01]Taking into account the cost, he can earn 8,000 yuan in a winter.刨去成本，一个冬天他的实际收入大约是8000元。           
[06:48.25]Huang has a son and a daughter.老黄在这里养育了一儿一女。  
[07:01.05]Both have settled down in the city. They no longer work on the farmland.现在，孩子们都已经把家安在城市里，不再与土地打交道。  
[07:06.92]But Huang doesn't want to leave.然而，老黄不愿意离开，
[07:12.54]Living in his cave house and eating the food he plants, Huang feels satisfied with his wife.住着自己的窑洞，吃住自己种的粮食，老黄自足而踏实。 
[07:18.57]For thousands of years, Chinese people gain food and clothing from the five cereals.千百年来，中国人从五谷中获得温饱，
[07:50.58]The feel of satisfaction brought by these carbohydrates is just provided by millions of hardworking farmers like Huang.而这种碳水化合物营造出的满足感，正是亿万个像老黄这样在土地上辛勤劳作的农民提供的。

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舌尖上的中国英文版第一季02 主食的故事Part 2-陕西绥德黄馍馍