Procedural texts: Making Tangsa Crisped Rice Cakes

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Peng Shicui, Tasha Rural Township, Longshan County
recorded on 30 January 2003

01	qie¹hhe¹ ha³, da¹mi¹ji¹ lie³ ha³, da¹mi¹ji¹ lie³ ha³-lie³ le la² dong² ce¹, ce¹-lie³ le, ai¹lie¹ you², you² xie³qi³ lie³ la² dong² ge², You thresh the glutinous rice with a threshing machine. After threshing it with a threshing machine, use a mill to remove the chaff. After removing the chaff, then use a sieve to separate it.
02	la² dong² ge²-lie³ le you² pi³-sang¹, xie³qi³ cu³ga³la²-nie³ ai¹di¹ jiu¹, ai¹ huo³lie³ jiu¹, tu³zi³ lie³ jiu¹ sang¹mi¹ ri¹-duo³ la. After separating it, the surface, the coarsest stuff left in the sieve, use those grains, use the largest grains to make 'tangsa' crisped rice cakes.
03	eng, ai¹ huo³lie³ ri¹-bo³-xi² ze³-nie¹ hang, leng³kuo³ leng³kuo³, ai¹ zu²-bo³-xi² ya² ca²-nie¹. Hmm, it's best to use those grains, the large ones, the large ones, they come out [after frying] best.
04	ai¹lie¹ le, ai¹lie¹ you² wo¹-lie³ me tong⁴. wo¹-lie³ me, you² lian¹ dao² wo¹, lian¹ dao² wo¹-lie³ you² tong⁴, ai¹lie¹ la² pe¹ bu⁴. Next, next, wash the rice and steam it. After washing it, wash it again twice; after washing it twice again, steam it. After washing, then soak it overnight.
05	la² pe¹ bu⁴-lie³ le, di²ai² zao⁴gu¹die¹ jiu¹, ai¹lie¹ lao³ci³, lai⁴ da⁴ze³, ni², lao³ci³-da² me zao⁴gu¹die¹ wo¹-duo³, lao³ me² ba⁴-bo³ wo¹-lie³ me jiu¹, ni² geng¹dao¹ leng³si³ tong⁴. After soaking overnight, the next morning, if it isn't sunny like today, you, if it's not sunny you must wash it that morning, if it's sunny you wash it and then steam it straight away without soaking.
06	yi² guo² dui²si³ (null)-lie³ jiu¹, tong⁴-lie³ jiu¹ a¹jie¹-liao³, jiu¹ gang¹kuai² ri¹, ga⁴ hhi³ da⁴ha³, After soaking for some time, then steam it. When it's cooked, then a few of you together, quickly make the cakes.
07	ai¹lie¹ jiu¹ ri¹-ji²-liao³ me jiu¹, lang³lang²-bo³ me jiu¹, ni² guan¹-ta¹-duo³, ang ni² ai¹, ai¹lie¹ jiu¹ me, ni² jiu¹ ga³-liao³ me huan⁴-duo³-hu³ jiu¹ la² dong² huan⁴, When you've finished making them, let them dry in the sun, you can just leave them out. Then when they are dry, turn them over, turn them over.
08	huan⁴-liao³ me, lei⁴ da⁴ze³ huan⁴-ti² me lao²zi¹ da⁴ze³ huan⁴ ang, lao²zi¹ da⁴ze³ huan⁴-liao³ me jiu¹, jiu¹, lang³qi¹-cai³ me jiu¹ sou¹-duo³-hu³ ang. When you've turned them over, if it's like today you can't turn them, turn them tomorrow instead, if it's like tomorrow you can turn them, then in the evening you can bring them in.
09	ai¹ guo² lang³qi¹-cai³ me, guo² cu⁴-bo³ jian¹si³-duo³-hu³, eng¹di¹ qie⁴ kang³ku¹ be², lao³ci³-ku¹ lang³lang²-bo³ me, ni² gai² da⁴ze³ la³ye² [lang³lang²], So in the evening, you bring them in and store them. Here in the mountains, you can dry them during the day in a sunny place, but you can't leave them out in the evening,
10	wo⁴ta³ you² luo⁴die¹ geng²jia¹ ai¹di¹. mao³tang¹zi¹ lie³ duo³ ai¹di¹, ai¹di¹ ba²dang¹ lie³, ai¹di¹ wo⁴ta³-lie¹ du³-bo³-duo³, as there are a lot of people around [because they may steal it]. You must use a blanket, a bedsheet, to cover them outside.
11	du³-lie³ le la² pe¹ nie¹ pe¹-lie³ jiu¹, du³-lie³ jiu¹ cu¹ jian¹si³-duo³-hu³, jian¹si³-lie³ le... mu³ qian¹qian¹ huo³lie³ li³-xi² you² si¹ma³-liao³. After covering and leaving them outside for a night or two, then bring them in and store them in the house. After storing them, ... I forgot to say that you should use wooden hoops to make it.
12	ai¹lie¹ jiu¹ you² gai² ga⁴ nie¹ da⁴ze³ qi³-nie³-xi², gai² ga⁴ nie¹ da⁴ze³ qi³-lie³ le, ni² ai¹, ni² jiu¹ se³si², se³si² lao⁴ le, lao⁴-lie³ jiu¹, guo² jiu¹ se³si² pe⁴-duo³ la, Then just like what we have been doing here these past few days, you fry them, fry them just like these past few days, you need to use [hot] boiled oil, boiled oil, the oil must be boiling hot.
13	pe⁴-lie³ le, you² sang¹mi¹, sang¹mi¹ gang¹kuai² jiu¹ ai¹ tu¹ la², sang¹mi¹ la²-lie³, guo²duo³ sao³ die³ zu²-di²-hu³, When it's boiling, put a raw 'tangsa' cake in straight away, put the raw 'tangsa' in, and it will float up to the surface by itself.
14	sao³ die³ zu²-liao³ le, ai¹lie¹ jiu¹ ni² eng¹di¹ lao¹su¹ huo³lie³, lao¹su¹ huo³lie³ zuan²-duo³, zuan²-lie³, guo²duo³ ai¹lie¹, ai¹lie¹ wan³qian³, guo²duo³ zu²-ji²-diu² hang, When it's done, then use this strainer, use this strainer, you must stir it, stir it, then it will be done, it will float up by itself.
15	zu²-ji²-liao³ le, ai¹lie¹ ni² jiu¹ lao¹su¹ huo³lie³ lu¹, lu¹-lie³ le, you² ai¹, ai¹lie¹ you² a¹jie¹-bo³-xi², zu²-bo³-xi² me you² lu¹-lie³ me jiu¹, ai¹lie¹ you², you² a¹hong¹ zi³ga³, you² ai¹ ta²ku¹ wo²tu¹ la², la²-lie³ guo² you² sao³ die³ zu²-diu², When it has floated up, then you use the strainer to drain it. After draining it, then the cake that's cooked, that's floated up, you drain it and then put another raw 'tangsa' cake into the wok. You put it in, it fries and floats up.
16	ai¹lie¹ jiu¹ guo² jiu¹ sang¹mi¹ zi²-liao³, ai¹lie¹ jiu¹ ga²-duo³-hu³, hang²nie³. ai¹lie¹ qi³-ji²-liao³. ai¹mo³ se³si² lao⁴-duo³ mang, lao⁴-lie³ jiu¹, guo² jiu¹ sa³ die³ zu²-diu² mang. Now it has become 'tangsa', and then you can eat it, it's like this, then it's completely cooked. So you must use old [boiling] oil, old, so that it floats up when it's done.

n: glutinous rice vt: to hit n: rice thresher vt: to use vsuff: [past] part: (new topic marker) num: one cl: (for actions taking a short time to do) vt: to winnow (using a machine) conj: then advm: again; both... n: sieve vt: to separate n: skin, husk nsuff: [on, above] n: coarse (one) suff: ['s] pron: that conj: then pron: that vt: to use n: largest one n: deep-fried puffed glutinous rice cakes vt: to work, do vsuff: [want] part: (excl) part: (excl) vsuff: [stative] vsuff: [that which] vi: to be good vsuff: [some] part: (excl) vi: to be in large pieces vi: to go out vt: to compare vi: to be good vt: to wash part: (topic marker) vt: to steam cl: ounce cl: occasion cl: night vt: to soak num: second advt: morning n: to shine (of the sun) advt: today vt: to resemble pron: you vsuff: [not] n: sun n: sky vt: to look at advm: quickly advm: at that time num: one cl: (for people) n: 12-hour period vt: (omitted verb) vi: to be cooked vsuff: [past+now] advm: quickly num: several, how many? cl: (for people) advm: all, together vsuff: [end] vt: to dry in the sun vt: to manage vsuff: [won't] part: (excl) vi: to become dry vt: to cross vsuff: [imminent] advt: today vsuff: [can't] advt: tomorrow advt: at night suff: [there/then] vt: to accept, receive pron: he vt: to pack vt: to store up pron: this pron: what n: (in the) mountains advm: also nsuff: [place] pron: this advt: in the evening n: outside pron: (other) people advm: still more n: woollen blanket advm: all n: bedsheet nsuff: [at, from] vt: to cover num: two n: home n: wood n: circle, hoop vt: to say vt: to forget cl: day vt: to fry n: oil vi: to be old vt: to boil n: inside vt: to fling pron: (him)self onom: (sound of deep frying) part: (emphasis) vsuff: [come] n: wire strainer (for deep-frying) vi: to turn advm: completely vsuff: [come+now] vt: to scoop up vi: to be raw n: dried cooked rice n: wok n: inside vt: to change vt: to eat, bite advm: like this conj: therefore part: (excl) onom: (sound of deep frying)