Kitchenware in Tâi-gí

Do you like cooking? When I was a child, I used to stay in the kitchen with my grandmother watching her making all the traditional Taiwanese dishes. This week, we’ll learn a few words about kitchenware in Tâi-gí.

●Words to know:

1. 灶跤 tsàu-kha (n.) kitchen

2. 鼎 tiánn (n.) pot

3. 刀 to (n.) knife

4. 刀砧 to-tiam (n.) chopping board

5. 鱟𣁳仔 hāu-khat-á (n.) ladle

6. 煎匙 tsian-sî (n.) spatula

●Idiom of the week:

時到時擔當，無米才煮番薯湯。

Sî kàu sî tam-tng, bô bí tsiah tsú han-tsî-thng.

(When the time comes, deal with it; if there’s no rice, then cook sweet-potato soup.)