天亮就埋下的晚餐

在一座冒着蒸汽的小湖旁边,波莉看见一排大锅放在黑色地面上的几个深坑边。一位系着厚围裙的厨师用绳子把封好的锅放进每个坑里。波莉落在旁边看着,好奇什么东西值得埋在地里煮。

Near a small lake covered in steam, Polly found a row of big pots next to deep holes in the black ground. A cook in a thick apron lowered a sealed pot into each hole using a rope. Polly landed nearby to watch, curious what could be worth cooking in a hole in the ground.

每口锅里都装满了肉、香肠、卷心菜和蔬菜。这些坑是被下面的火山加热的,温度差不多和开水一样。这里完全不用火。热量只从很深的地下来,顺着裂缝上升,那些裂缝很久以前就用石圈标好了。

Each pot was full of meat, sausage, cabbage, and vegetables. The holes are heated from below by the volcano, to about the same heat as boiling water. No fire is used at all. The heat comes only from deep underground, through cracks marked with stone rings long ago.

厨师主要用手比划着告诉波莉,锅要在地里埋六七个小时。等的时候,人们会去看湖或者去镇上。然后他们再回来把晚饭挖出来。

The cook showed Polly, mostly with his hands, that the pots stay buried for six or seven hours. People go visit the lake or the town while they wait. Then they come back to dig up their dinner.

第一口锅拿出来的时候,浓浓的蒸汽升了起来,煮好的肉香飘满空中。波莉没有留下来吃,但她看着厨师把锅端走,为这顿由火山做出来的饭很自豪。

When the first pot came out, thick steam rose up, and the smell of cooked meat filled the air. Polly did not stay to eat, but she watched the cook carry the pot away, proud of a meal the mountain had cooked.