"Last night you said my meal tasted like dog food," Tina replied. "So tonight I decided not to waste my time making anything special for you. I just fed you dog food!"

蒂娜回道：“昨晚你说我做的晚餐像狗食，所以今晚，我不打算浪费我的时间来为你做些特别的东西，我就给你做狗食！”

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I'm not a very good cook but I decided to surprise my wife by making a three-course meal.

我不擅长厨艺，但我决定做个三道菜的晚餐，给老婆一个惊喜。

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It was here that my mother learned the simple culinary art of making the beans and cornbread meal from her grandmother Charity, who ran a small boardinghouse that welcomed miners hoping to find work inside the damp hollows of the nearby mountains.

NPR: Beans and Cornbread: Feeding Souls a Mile Deep