The preserving and pickling corner

A kitchen corner where food preservation is underway. On the stove, a large pot is cooking jam, next to which are clean, sterilized glass jars inverted to dry; on the countertop, an old-fashioned meat grinder is clamped to the table edge, a scale, a stack of round wax paper and cotton string, and a pile of freshly picked berries in a wicker basket, still with leaves. On the shelf by the wall are last year's finished products—jams, pickles, candied fruits, each jar labeled with a handwritten date, colors ranging from amber to deep purple. This is a regular annual event, not a display. Avoid: using modern food processing equipment, cleaning the countertop, using commercially printed labels, making fruits and vegetables look like they were bought from a supermarket.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個正在進行食物保存的廚房角落。爐上一個大鍋煮著果醬,旁邊排著洗淨消毒後倒扣晾乾的玻璃罐;檯面上有一台老式的絞肉機夾在桌緣、一個秤、一疊圓形的蠟紙與棉線、以及一堆剛採的莓果裝在柳條籃裡還帶著葉子。牆邊的架上是去年做的成品——果醬、醃菜、糖漬水果,每一罐都貼著手寫日期的紙標籤,顏色從琥珀到深紫。這是一年之中固定會發生的事,不是擺設。避免:使用現代的食品加工設備、把檯面清理乾淨、使用印刷標籤的商業罐頭、讓水果與蔬菜看起來像超市買的。