It needed to be cooked in a mixture of water and white lime.

它必须在水与白石灰中煮熟。用这沸腾的石灰水来处理早期玉米芯绝对是必不可少的过程。

For ten years his admirer had been labouring to emulate his astonishingly meticulous chains and cascades of foliage, fruit, flowers, feathers and shells in the same white lime or linden wood.

十年来，他的崇拜者一直在努力模仿他制作的一系列用同样的白石灰或椴木做成的树叶、水果、花朵、羽毛和贝壳。