No grain, except rice, is used to so great an extent as an article of food.

除了大米以外，没有哪一种农作物像玉米一样被如此广泛地用作粮食。

Salted beef is not an article of food either in the great house, or in the cabin.

咸牛肉不是大屋里的食物，也不是小木屋里的食物。

Naturally, this article of food would at once betray a decline in the virtues of its maker; butter must be a subject of the dairyman's honest pride, or there is no hope of its goodness.

自然地，这种食物会立即暴露其制造者美德的下降；黄油必须是奶牛场老板诚实的骄傲，否则就没有希望它的好处。