I have followed Martha's directions faithfully, soaking the coots overnight in vinegar-water and parboiling with soda before roasting, but they still taste rankly of the marsh mud on which they have fed.

我忠实地遵循了玛莎的指，中浸泡一夜，烘烤前用苏沸，但它们仍然尝起来像它们吃过的沼泽泥一样难闻。