おはようございます。KANOです。本日はこちらの記事から。
故郷の食についての思い出記事。面白かった。
Gill, a chef who was raised in Burnpur, West Bengal, had never really needed to: The fruit grew wild around her home, along with pomegranates, mangoes and guava.
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jackfruitって馴染みがないけど、いっしょに生えてたらしいこのフルーツ達から何となく想像できるね。
unwieldy
意味 （大きさ· 重さなどのため） 扱いにくい, 動かしにくい.
A single fruit can reach 100 pounds, and even the small ones tend to be heavy and unwieldy.
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intense
意味 〈熱· 圧力· 光などが〉強烈な, 猛烈な
Fans love its intense, tropical, pineapple-like flavor.
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そろそろ覚えたい単語。
attribute
意味 （本来的な） 属性, 特性, 特質 （特に好ましい有益な性質をさす）
Jackfruit was its own pleasure, with its own attributes and its own set of recipes.
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close-knit
意味 〈人· 地域社会などが〉緊密な関係にある, 結束した （closely-knit ともいう） .
Gill’s father worked at a local steel plant, and the workers came from as far as Gujarat and Rajasthan, Andra Pradhesh and Kashmir — the close-knit colleagues were multicultural, and so were their foods.
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こういう想像が膨らむ単語（複合語っていうのかな）大好き！
tannic acid
意味 [U] [化] タンニン酸.
She cut the fruit into quarters, or big pieces, then removed the skin and boiled the fruit until it was less tannic and more tender.
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