I have followed Martha's directions faithfully, soaking the coots overnight in vinegar-water and parboiling with soda before roasting, but they still taste rankly of the marsh mud on which they have fed.

我忠实地遵循了玛莎，在醋水中浸泡一夜，在烘烤前用苏打水，它们仍然尝起来像它们吃过沼泽泥一样难闻。