Potatoes were a new thing, nothing mystic, nothing religious; women and children could plant them—earth-apples that came from foreign parts, like coffee; fine rich food, but much like swedes and mangolds.

马铃薯是一新事物， 既不神秘也不宗教； 妇植它们——来自异域的土苹果， 如咖啡； 美味丰富的食物， 但很像瑞典人芒果。