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.

做饭的习惯对她来说很奇怪，就中国人一样，如果所说的指没有油脂、焦黄和撒上面粉的东西，而不一碗融化的脂肪，那就应该吃的。