and uncertain times of quarantine,

和不確定的檢疫時間。

people from all over the world

五湖四海

are seeking comfort in food.

正在尋求食物的安慰。

Comfort food can fix any bad day.

舒適的食物可以解決任何糟糕的一天。

It's typically high in sugar, fat, and/or salt.

它通常是高糖、高脂肪和/或高鹽。

And the beauty of comfort food is that it varies

舒適食物的魅力在於它的不同。

from person to person.

因人而異。

It's rooted in where you're from

這是根植於你的家鄉。

and who you grew up with.

和你一起長大的人。

We asked 20 people from different cultural backgrounds

我們詢問了20位來自不同文化背景的人

to share what comfort food is to them.

來分享舒適食物對他們來說是什麼。

I'll start with mine.

我先說說我的。

My favorite comfort food is kimchi jjigae,

我最喜歡的舒適食物是泡菜稷。

or kimchi stew.

或泡菜燉肉。

I'm Korean American,

我是韓裔美國人。

and, growing, up my mom made kimchi jjigae

從小到大，我媽媽做的是泡菜炒飯。

pretty often for dinner.

幾乎經常吃晚飯。

My mom's kimchi jjigae has that son-mat.

我媽媽做的泡菜JJigae就有這種兒子的味道。

Son-mat in Korean means, like, hand taste.

森馬特在韓語中的意思是，像，手味。

The best way I can describe it is my mom's special touch.

最好的形容方式就是我媽媽的特殊觸感。

Even if I try to make my mom's kimchi jjigae

即使我想做我媽做的泡菜炒飯也不行

here in New York City, I can't get that taste

在紐約這裡，我不能得到這種味道。

because it lacks my mom's special touch.

因為它缺乏我媽媽的特殊觸感。

So, basically, the flavors that you're getting

所以，基本上，你所得到的味道

are, like, spicy, salty,

是，像，辣的，鹹的。

fatty, sour.

肥，酸。

It's basically everything that I crave

基本上是我想要的一切

when I'm missing my mom.

當我想念我的媽媽，

Tomi Obebe: I'm Nigerian, and one of my favorite

Tomi Obebe:我是尼日利亞人，也是我最喜歡的人之一。

comfort foods has to be amala and okra soup.

舒適的食物必須是amala和秋葵湯。

To make it, you take some yam flour

做的時候，取一些山藥粉。

and you pour it into boiling hot water,

然後你把它倒入沸騰的熱水中。

stir it up very quickly,

攪拌起來非常快。

and it gets to this nice thick consistency.

它得到這個漂亮的厚厚的一致性。

From there, you portion it out to whatever size

從那裡，你把它分到任何尺寸的

you'd like for your meal.

你想吃什麼？

And then you can dip it into your soup of choice.

然後你可以把它浸入你選擇的湯中。

And not only is it a super-tasty meal,

而且不僅是超級美味的食物。

but after you eat it, [snaps] it hits you,

但吃完之後，[啪]就打到你了。

and it puts you in one of those nice food comas.

它讓你在那些漂亮的食物昏迷之一。

I remember sneaking into the kitchen as a toddler

我還記得小時候偷偷溜進廚房的情景

and trying to tear off small pieces of amala,

並試圖撕下小塊的阿瑪拉。

or, like, the eru seeds that they put in the soup

或者，就像，他們放在湯裡的二胡種子一樣。

and taking it back to my playroom.

並把它帶回我的遊戲室。

So, of course, now anytime that I have it,

所以，當然，現在只要我有的，隨時都可以。

I just automatically think of home.

我只是自動地想到了家。

Sarah Isoke: I'm Trinidadian,

Sarah Isoke:我是特立尼達人。

and my favorite comfort food is bake and saltfish.

而我最喜歡的舒適食物是烤肉和鹹魚。

Bake and saltfish is a dish comprised of bake,

烤魚和鹹魚是一道由烤魚組成的菜餚。

which is dough rolled out,

這是麵糰滾出來的。

and a fish called bacalao.

和一種叫巴卡勞的魚。

It's a salted cod that we chop up, we boil,

這是一種鹽漬的鱈魚，我們把它切碎了，我們煮了。

and we sauté with sweet tomatoes and sweet onions.

我們用甜番茄和甜洋蔥炒。

I think it's my favorite comfort food just because

我覺得這是我最喜歡的舒適食物，只是因為。

it brings back a memory of my grandmother.

這讓我想起了我的祖母。

She used to own a daycare, and whenever she was

她以前是開託兒所的，每當她。

making something with dough, like bake,

用麵糰做東西，比如烘焙。

she would roll up little pieces of the dough

她會把麵糰捲成一小塊一小塊的。

and give it to the children to play with.

並把它送給孩子們玩。

And we would just

而我們只是

go crazy for those little pieces of dough.

為這些小塊麵糰瘋狂。

Matthew Ferere: My favorite Haitian comfort food is griot.

Matthew Ferere:我最喜歡的海地美食是griot。

Griot is fried pork shoulder that has a special cut

炸豬肩是一種特殊切法的油炸豬肩。

where it has just the right amount of fat

脂肪含量適中

and just the right amount of skin on it.

和恰到好處的皮膚上。

You would season it well,

你會好好調理它。

bake it briefly,

簡單的烘烤一下。

and then fry it.

然後再進行油炸。

So, after that, it'll get that nice

所以，在那之後，它會得到那個漂亮的。

crispy on the outside, tender on the inside taste.

外脆內嫩的口感。

I can remember being a child,

我還記得小時候。

you know, at every Haitian gathering, family party,

你知道，在每一個海地人的聚會， 家庭聚會，

if you had griot on your plate that night,

如果你有格里特 在你的盤子裡的那一夜。

you knew it was gonna be a good night.

你知道這將是一個美好的夜晚。

Lisa Paradise: My comfort food has always been pastina,

麗莎天堂我的舒適食物一直是pastina。

which is like a really unhealthy version

這就像一個真正的不健康的版本。

of Italian wedding soup.

的意大利婚禮湯。

It has no vegetables.

它沒有蔬菜。

It's really just pasta and meatballs.

其實就是麵條和肉丸子。

So, the way that my mom makes her meatballs

所以，我媽媽做肉丸子的方法。

is really what I always crave.

真的是我一直渴望的。

She does a mix of pork, of ground pork,

她做了一個混合的豬肉，地面的豬肉。

ground beef, and ground veal.

牛肉粉和小牛肉粉。

And then she adds in just five ingredients.

然後她只加了五種材料。

So, the five ingredients are salt, pepper,

所以，這五種材料是鹽、胡椒粉。

garlic powder, parsley, and cheese.

大蒜粉、香菜和奶酪。

It's not just, like, Parmesan cheese;

這不只是，像，帕爾馬乾酪。

it's always pecorino Romano cheese.

它總是佩科裡諾羅馬諾奶酪。

That's, like, the go-to key ingredient.

這是一樣，去的關鍵成分。

Whenever I go home or whenever I'm, like,

每當我回家或每當我，喜歡。

sad or sick or whatever,

悲傷或生病或什麼的。

that's what I want my mom to make me,

這就是我想我的媽媽讓我。

or that's what I, like, want to eat.

或者這就是我，喜歡，想吃。

Naja Newell: I'm from New York, and my favorite

Naja Newell我來自紐約，我最喜歡的是

comfort food is grilled cheese.

舒適的食物是烤奶酪。

Growing up as picky eater,

挑食的成長過程。

grilled cheese was the No. 1 thing I could get

烤乳酪是我能得到的第一件事。

from every single family member

家家戶戶

and every single restaurant

和每一家餐廳

and it be almost the exact same every single time.

而且每次都是一模一樣的。

So, today when I make grilled cheese for myself,

所以，今天我給自己做烤奶酪的時候。

I just use white or wheat bread,

我只用白麵包或小麥麵包。

and I'll use white American cheese.

我會用美國白奶酪。

It reminds me of being best friends with my mom.

這讓我想起了和媽媽是最好的朋友。

Alyson Brown: I'm Alyson Brown, and today

Alyson Brown：我是Alyson Brown，今天。

we're gonna talk about beef patties,

我們要討論牛肉餅。

because that's my favorite Jamaican comfort food.

因為這是我最喜歡的牙買加舒適食物。

Growing up, my father used to bring home,

長大後，父親經常帶回家。

like, a box of beef patties.

像，一盒牛肉餅。

And he used to put them on the table

他經常把它們放在桌子上

and it was first come, first serve,

而且是先到先得。

and if you did not get your beef patty,

如果你沒有得到你的牛肉餅。

you would be tight.

你會很緊張。

I love beef patties because of how diverse they are.

我喜歡牛肉餅，因為牛肉餅的種類繁多。

You could get a beef patty, a callaloo patty,

你可以買一個牛肉餅，一個callaloo餅。

a ackee patty, any type of patty.

Ackee餅，任何類型的餅。

My family is Jamaican.

我家是牙買加人。

The're from Jamaica.

他們來自牙買加。

I'm American, I was born here.

我是美國人，我在這裡出生。

But when we go to Jamaica, it's over.

但當我們去牙買加，它的結束。

The patties are, like, hot and ready. They delicious.

餅是一樣，熱和準備。他們的美味。

Manuel Silva-Paulus: I'm from New York, I'm Dominican,

曼努埃爾-席爾瓦-保盧斯：我來自紐約，我是多米尼加人。

and my favorite comfort food is mangu.

和我最喜歡的舒適食物是曼古。

Mangu is basically like mashed potatoes,

曼古基本上就像土豆泥一樣。

but instead of potatoes,

但卻不是洋芋。

it's plantains.

它的大蕉。

And it's a breakfast food,

而且是早餐食品。

so most Dominicans will eat it in the morning.

所以大多數多米尼加人會在早上吃。

Mangu is typically eaten with cebollas on top,

Mangu通常是和cebollas一起吃的。

which is onions;

這就是洋蔥。

queso frito on the side,

旁邊的墨西哥醬油炸醬。

which is fried cheese;

也就是油炸奶酪。

salami, which is a type of meant;

臘腸，這是一種意思。

and usually, like, some people will get a fried egg on it.

通常，像，有些人會得到一個煎蛋上。

Personally, I love eggs, so I always get them on it.

我個人喜歡吃雞蛋，所以我總是把雞蛋弄上去。

The reason why mangu is my favorite comfort food,

饅頭之所以是我最喜歡的慰藉食品。

besides the fact that it's delicious,

除了它的美味之外。

is because it just reminds me of being

是因為它只是讓我想起了被

in the Dominican Republic and just, like,

在多米尼加共和國，只是，喜歡。

being around great weather, sunny,

正在身邊的好天氣，陽光明媚。

like, just an all-around great vibe.

喜歡，只是一個全方位的偉大的氛圍。

Selena Singh: My comfort food is pepperpot.

Selena Singh:我的舒適食物是胡椒鍋。

It came from Guyana's first people,

它來自蓋亞那的先民。

known as the Amerindians.

被稱為美洲印第安人。

Pepperpot is a meal that is boiled with cassareep

椒鹽鍋是一種用卡薩雷普煮的飯菜

and spices and any choice of meat,

和香料以及任意選擇的肉類。

but my personal favorite is beef.

但我個人最喜歡的是牛肉。

It can be eaten with anything;

它可以和任何東西一起吃。

bread, cassava bread, rice,

麵包、木薯麵包、米飯。

anything you would like.

任何你想要的。

Pepperpot reminds me of Christmastime

椒鹽鍋讓我想起了聖誕節。

and all the family time

和所有的家庭時間

and a rich culture in Guyana.

和蓋亞那豐富的文化。

Samantha Lee: My favorite comfort food is congee,

Samantha Lee：我最喜歡的舒適食物是粥。

a type of rice porridge.

一種米粥。

It's often eaten with yau ja gwai,

常與姚家輝一起吃。

also known as a Chinese doughnut.

又稱中式油條。

There are also many different types of congee.

粥的種類也有很多。

I've had it plain, with dried scallops,

我吃過原味的，還有乾貝。

with preserved egg and salted pork,

鹹蛋和鹹肉。

and just whitefish.

而只是白魚。

Growing up, my mom would

從小到大，我媽媽會

make this for breakfast some days,

把這個當做早餐，有些時候。

and she would also make it for me when I was sick

我生病的時候，她也會給我做。

and I couldn't keep any solid foods down.

我不能保持任何固體食物下來。

My mom passed away in January of 2018,

我媽媽在2018年1月去世了。

so the process of making congee and eating it

熬粥吃粥

reminds me of her love, her dedication,

讓我想起了她的愛，她的奉獻。

and her patience as my mother.

以及她作為我母親的耐心。

Isabella Paoletto: I'm Mexican American,

伊莎貝拉-保萊託：我是墨西哥裔美國人。

and my favorite comfort food is tamales.

我最喜歡的舒適食物是玉米餅。

Every year, my grandma and her sisters get together

每年，我奶奶和她的姐妹們都會聚在一起

and they all make tamales for us to eat on Christmas Eve,

他們都會在平安夜給我們做粽子吃。

so it really reminds me of home

讓我想起了家鄉

and of Christmastime and of my family,

以及聖誕節和我的家人。

so it's really special.

所以它真的很特別。

My family makes the dish with shredded pork

我家做這道菜的時候，是用肉絲做的

in a red chili sauce with green olives.

在紅辣椒醬和綠橄欖。

Basically, right now only my grandma

基本上，現在只有我奶奶

and my aunts know how to make it,

而我的阿姨們知道怎麼做。

but they've started to teach me and my mom

但他們已經開始教我和我媽了。

and my sisters how to do it, so that way,

和我的姐妹們怎麼做，所以這樣。

we can pass it on to the next generation.

我們可以把它傳給下一代。

Harry Kersh: My favorite comfort food is Marmite on toast.

Harry Kersh。我最喜歡的舒適食物 是Marmite的吐司。

It just has this really rich, really savory,

它只是有這個真正的豐富，真正的鹹味。

and quite salty flavor.

和相當鹹的味道。

And it's just really comforting,

而這只是真正的安慰。

especially when it's put on some thickly buttered toast.

特別是當它放在一些厚厚的黃油吐司上時。

I have very vivid memories of eating Marmite on toast,

我對在吐司上吃Marmite的記憶非常深刻。

particularly when I was feeling a bit sick.

特別是當我感覺有點不舒服的時候。

I had an operation when I was 3 years old.

我3歲的時候做了手術。

I went under general anesthetic.

我接受了全身麻醉。

When I woke up, the nurse said,

當我醒來的時候，護士說。

"Is there anything we can get you?"

"有什麼我們可以幫你的嗎？"

And my first request was Marmite on toast.

而我的第一個要求是吐司上放瑪米特。

Nisha Stickles: My favorite comfort food is kuay teaw,

Nisha Stickles。我最喜歡的舒適食物是kuay teaw。

or Thai noodle soup.

或泰國麵條湯。

Thai noodle soup is the Thai equivalent

泰式麵條是泰國的

of what a deli sandwich is to New Yorkers.

對紐約人來說，熟食三明治是什麼。

And you can customize each kuay teaw order to be your own.

而且你可以定製每一個kuay茶w訂單，成為你自己的。

My go-to order is kuay teaw ped,

我常點的是kuay teaw ped。

so duck noodle soup with sen mee,

所以鴨麵湯與仙米。

which are the rice noodles that are thinner

哪些是較細的米粉？

than the ones you have in pho.

比你在菲律賓的那些。

And I only will eat it in this one noodle shop,

而我只會在這一家麵館吃。

and I refuse to have it elsewhere

而我拒絕在其他地方擁有它

because they just make it so special.

因為他們只是讓它如此特別。

And it sucks because I can't really replicate

這很糟糕，因為我不能真正複製

that experience in any Thai restaurant here

在這裡的任何一家泰國餐廳都能體驗到

since they don't really specialize in that.

因為他們並不是真的專門做這個。

Jennifer Hernandez: My favorite comfort food

詹妮弗-埃爾南德斯：我最喜歡的舒適食物。

are Colombian arepas.

是哥倫比亞的arepas。

Arepas are cornmeal patties that are typically made

阿雷帕斯是玉米麵餅，通常是由

with salt, water, and masarepa.

用鹽、水和masarepa。

This is my favorite comfort food

這是我最喜歡的舒適食物

because when I was a kid, my dad and I

因為當我還是個孩子的時候，我和我的爸爸。

didn't have matching schedules at all.

根本沒有匹配的時間表。

So by the time he would get home, I was already sleeping,

所以等他會回家的時候，我已經睡了。

and we wouldn't see each other till the weekend.

我們要到週末才會見面

And at the weekends, our favorite

而在週末，我們最喜歡的

family-time activity was to make arepas.

家庭時間活動是製作arepas。

It was also the first meal I learned how to make.

這也是我學會做的第一頓飯。

So, we're gathered in our tiny kitchen.

所以，我們聚集在我們的小廚房裡。

Mold them together, put it in the stove top,

把它們塑在一起，放在灶臺裡。

and then once they were ready and hot,

然後一旦他們準備好了，熱。

my dad would put butter on top,

我爸爸會把黃油放在上面。

sprinkle it with a little bit of cheese,

撒上一點奶酪。

and it was delicious.

而且很好吃。

And it's still one of my favorite meals.

而且這還是我最喜歡的飯菜之一。

Cory Villegas: My favorite comfort food is

Cory Villegas:我最喜歡的舒適食物是

Puerto Rican pasteles de yuca.

波多黎各尤卡蛋糕。

In Spanish, we call it amasa.

在西班牙語中，我們稱之為amasa。

It's like a doughy kind of thing.

就像麵糰的那種。

It has, like...

它有，像...

you can put stuff in it.

你可以把東西放在裡面。

So, you can put, like, meat, chicken,

所以，你可以把，像，肉，雞。

you can put vegetables.

你可以把蔬菜。

I mean, they wrap it around a banana leaf,

我是說，他們把它包在香蕉葉上。

and then they boil it.

然後他們就把它煮了。

And we make them in bulk.

而且我們是大量生產的。

I mean, it takes two to three days to make.

我的意思是，它需要兩到三天的時間來製作。

It's my favorite comfort food

這是我最喜歡的舒適食物

because my aunts and my mom, they sit around,

因為我的阿姨和我的媽媽，他們坐在周圍。