Make all its utensils of bronze-its POTS to remove the ashes, and its shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks and firepans.

要做盆，收去坛上的灰，又做铲子、盘子、肉锸子、火鼎；坛上一切的器具都用铜做。

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You take out the pieces and with a couple of forks, shred the meat.

然后取出肉片，拿出餐叉，撕碎肉片。

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Shred the meat (including the end pieces if removed from the cooking liquid earlier) with two forks or your fingers.

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Sharp or blunt, table knives also meant forks, if for no other reason than that, once you stopped impaling your meat (not to mention tearing it up with your hands and teeth) and began cutting it on a plate, you needed a fork to anchor it while you sliced.

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