My habits of cooking were as strange to her as though I had been Chinese, but if by gravy I meant a greaseless, browned and floured affair, instead of a bowl of melted fat, that was the gravy I should have.

我做饭的习惯对她来怪，就好像我是中国人一样，如果我所的肉汁是指没有、焦黄和撒上面粉的东西，而不是一碗融化的肪，那就是我应该吃的肉汁。