胡楊

Have you ever thought about it...

你有沒有想過……

Who invented fried chicken？

誰發(fā)明了炸雞？

Is fried chicken the same everywhere？

炸雞到處都一樣嗎？

How has fried chicken changed？

炸雞是如何改變的？

Whats your favorite food？ Do you like cooking？ Some people like to cook fruits and vegetables. Many people in the South of the United States say that their favorite foods are potatoes， fried chicken， and so on.

你最喜歡吃什么東西？你喜歡烹飪嗎？有些人喜歡煮水果和蔬菜。美國南部的許多人說他們最喜歡的食物有土豆、炸雞等等。

Have you ever eaten fried chicken？ Many people say that eating fried chicken makes them happy. But have you ever stopped and thought about who invented fried chicken？

你吃過炸雞嗎？許多人說吃炸雞使人快樂，但你可曾停下來想過是誰發(fā)明了炸雞嗎？

Fried chicken doesnt have any one inventor3. And its much older than you may think！English cook Hannah Glasse had the first published4 fried chicken recipe5 in 1747. Fried chicken has a long history. The earliest stories of fried chicken come from China， the Middle East， and West Africa. But fried chicken has changed6 a lot over the years.

炸雞并沒有任何發(fā)明者。而且它的歷史比你想象的要久遠得多！英國廚師漢娜·格萊斯在1747年出版了第一份炸雞食譜。炸雞有著悠久的歷史，炸雞的故事最早起源于中國、中東和西非。但是炸雞這些年已經改變了很多。

For many Americans， fried chicken is their favorite. American-style fried chicken started in the American South. Many believe7 it was brought from Africa. We may never know who made the first American fried chicken.

對許多美國人來說，炸雞就是他們的最愛。美式炸雞起源于美國南部，許多人認為它是被人從非洲帶來的。我們可能永遠不會知道是誰做出了第一個美國炸雞。

As early as the 1730s， African Americans were selling fried chicken.

早在18世紀30年代，非裔美國人就開始賣炸雞了。

Later， other people did the same. Have you ever heard of Kentucky Fried Chicken？ Fast-food restaurants selling fried chicken started opening up in the 1950s. Many of them are still around today.

后來，其他人也這么做了。你聽說過肯德基嗎？20世紀50年代，許多賣炸雞的快餐店開始營業(yè)，其中的許多家今天仍然存在。

People all over the world cook delicious fried chicken the way they like. Some are similar8 to American fried chicken， and many of them are not. If you want to taste different flavors9 of fried chicken， order fried chicken in Korea or Japan. What kind of fried chicken do you like？ With its long history， fried chicken is a traditional10 food for many families around the world.

世界各地的人們都按自己喜歡的方式烹調美味的炸雞。有些類似于美國的炸雞，但也有很多不是。如果你想品嘗不同口味的炸雞，試著在韓國或日本點炸雞吃。你喜歡什么樣的炸雞呢？炸雞歷史悠久，是世界上許多家庭的傳統(tǒng)食物。

Try It out

試試

Ready to learn more？ Find a friend or family member to help you to make fried chicken！ If they cant， try it yourself. That way， youll both be ready when you can make it！

準備好再學點東西了嗎？找一個朋友或家人幫你做炸雞！如果他們做不好，你自己試試。這樣，當你會做的時候，你們都能做好準備！

（英語原文選自：wonderopolis.org）