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Yo usaría mantequilla en lugar de aceite y, si tienes champiñones, podrías picarlos con un poco de cebolla y bacón… ¿tienes bacón? —Es probable.
I should use butter and not oil; and if you have any mushrooms you could chop them up with a bit of onion and bacon — do you have any bacon?' 'Probably.
La labor de limpiar las duras cañas, picarlas en las máquinas dentadas, estrujarlas en las prensas y hervir el jugo en profundos calderos de cobre para obtener un jarabe oscuro, resultaba fascinante para esa gente de ciudad que sólo había visto los albos cristales que endulzaban el café.
The labor of cleaning the hard stalks, chopping them in toothed machines, crushing them in the rollers, and boiling the juice in deep copper cauldrons to obtain a dark syrup was fascinating to these city people, who had seen only the white crystals that sweetened coffee.
Se reveló el secreto a Ciro Smith y a Nab, y el marino no sospechó nada durante todo el tiempo, bastante largo, necesario para secar las hojas delgadas, picarlas y someterlas a cierta torrefacción. La operación exigió dos meses, pero todas aquellas manipulaciones pudieron hacerse a espaldas de Pencroff, que, ocupado en la construcción del buque, no subía al Palacio de granito nada más que a las horas de la comida y del descanso.
Cyrus Harding and Neb were taken into confidence, and the sailor suspected nothing during the whole time, necessarily somewhat long, which was required in order to dry the small leaves, chop them up, and subject them to a certain torrefaction on hot stones. This took two months; but all these manipulations were successfully carried on unknown to Pencroft, for, occupied with the construction of his boat, he only returned to Granite House at the hour of rest.
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