VOA慢速英語：衛(wèi)生官員們對火雞爆炸做出警告

Ask the majority of Americans about the highlight of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, and they think of oven-roasted turkey.

詢問大多數(shù)美國人有關(guān)傳統(tǒng)感恩節(jié)晚餐的亮點，他們認(rèn)為是烤箱中烤出的火雞。

But with the increased popularity in outdoor cooking, many Americans have moved out of the kitchen.

但隨著戶外烹飪的日益普及，許多美國人都走出了廚房。

Brent Clodgio checks a Thanksgiving turkey while tailgating before an NFL football game between the Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears in Detroit, Nov. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

And they are diving into huge pots of nearly boiling oil.

并且他們都在深入研究裝滿接近滾燙食用油的大鍋。

Well, not the cooks, but their Thanksgiving turkeys.

哦，并不是烹飪，而是他們的感恩節(jié)火雞。

In recent years, some Thanksgiving dinners feature a turkey immersed in a fryer filled with hot cooking oil.

近年來，一些感恩節(jié)晚餐以一只火雞浸泡在裝滿沸騰食用油的油炸鍋里為特色菜肴。

Also called Cajun fried turkey, this type of cooking originated in the American south. Outdoor turkey frying started in Louisiana and Kentucky in the 1930s, according to Esquire magazine.

也叫做印第安炸火雞，這種類型的烹飪起源于美國南部。據(jù)《君子雜志》記載，在20世紀(jì)30年代，室外油炸火雞開始于路易斯安那州和肯塔基州。

Fried turkey at Thanksgiving started to become popular in the 1980s. This Cajun cooking rage spread into the north United States quickly. Newspapers in New York and Ohio printed Cajun fried turkey recipes. Celebrities like Martha Stewart and Emeril Lagasse madebird frying wildly popular. visit the website www.chinavoa.com to get more information!

20世紀(jì)80年代，在感恩節(jié)油炸火雞開始成為流行。這道流行的印第安烹調(diào)迅速傳播到位于北部的美國。在紐約和俄亥俄州，報紙上都在印刷印第安油炸火雞食譜。像瑪莎·斯圖爾特和埃默里爾·拉賈斯等名人使得油炸鳥類廣受歡迎。

But, there is a problem.

但仍然存在一個問題。

Each year, fire departments respond to more than 1,000 fires related to deep fryers on Thanksgiving Day. These fires cause more than $15 million in property damage, according to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).

每年，消防部門對在感恩節(jié)進(jìn)行油炸而引起的1000余起火災(zāi)進(jìn)行回應(yīng)。據(jù)美國國家消防協(xié)會報道，這些火災(zāi)造成超過1500萬美元的財產(chǎn)損失。

For the past seven years, the state of Texas led the United States with the most grease- and cooking-related injuries during the Thanksgiving holiday. The insurance company State Farm says 38 Texans have been burned byturkey roasters. The state of Illinois reported 27 injured. Pennsylvania and Ohio tied for third with 23 injuries each.

過去七年中，在美國感恩節(jié)假期期間，得克薩斯州在美國與油脂和烹飪相關(guān)的受傷案件中名列前茅。保險公司國營農(nóng)場表示已有38位德州人被火雞烤肉爐燒傷。伊利諾伊州報道有27人受傷。賓夕法尼亞州和俄亥俄州并列第三，各有23人受傷。

But it's no joke.

然而，這可不是一個玩笑。

The most common injuries from turkey frying are severe burns caused by spilled or splattered oil.

油炸火雞最常見的損傷就是被潑濺的油嚴(yán)重燙傷。

The NFPA suggests holiday chefs to set up the fryer far away from any building. Make sure the turkey is completely thawed before frying, they say. A partially-thawed turkey will cause the oil to splatter. Frozen turkeys are full of water, and as the saying goes, oil and water do not mix.

美國國家防火協(xié)會建議假期期間，廚師應(yīng)將炸鍋放置在遠(yuǎn)離任何建筑物的地方。他們表示，在油炸火雞前要確保其完全解凍。部分解凍的火雞將導(dǎo)致食用油飛濺。冷凍火雞充滿水分，而且常言道，油和水不相混合。

Safety officials also warned about moving the fried turkey to the serving table. Hot oil can splash or spill easily.

安全官員們還對將油炸火雞端送到服務(wù)餐桌上作出警告。滾燙的油很容易飛濺或溢出。

Two years ago, a turkey fryer fire brought 23 fireman to a Charlotte, North Carolina home to control a blaze. The same year, a home in Minnesota was damaged by a turkey cookout.

兩年前，油炸火雞大火調(diào)動23位消防員到北卡羅來納州夏洛特市以控制大火。同年，在明尼蘇達(dá)州一個家庭被火雞野炊所破壞。

I'm Anna Matteo.

我是安娜·馬特奧。

Jim Dresbach wrote this story for Learning English. Kathleen Struck was the editor.

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Words in This Story

oven – n. a piece of cooking equipment that is used for baking or roasting food

turkey – n. a large American bird that is related to the chicken and that is hunted or raised by people for its meat

splatter– v. to cause a liquid to move or fall in large drops

thaw– v. to stop being frozen or to cause something to stop being frozen