读到立法局议员吴霭仪圣诞节致法律界选举人的信，有趣得很。信是英文，有感而发，发为幽默。文字简练而清雅，可以观摩，殊难中译。第一段说圣诞节吃火鸡政治上不正确，人人改吃鹅，她於是做了一点关於鹅的研究工作：

        In anticipation t some of us may sider foing tically incorrect turkey （ill gros of ti） for t researcter bird.

        生金蛋的鹅只有童话里有。食谱上只说鹅是喜欢移栖的候鸟，起初属猎鸟，后来驯为家禽。产蛋的鹅养到五六岁鹅肉甚乾硬，多半要炖或醃。

        Firstly, I o tell you t tence, let aloy, of t Lays t in fairy tales. My Larousse Gastronomique says t ting bird inally prized as a    game bird and later domesticated... Laying birds may be kept until t is by toug is usually stewed or preserved..."

        烹食香港之鹅有两款基本法。中式方法是拔毛洗浸弃掉一切肮髒不纯的东西，过滚水，涂色酱，风乾，明火烧红。英式方法於鹅肚中塞满八宝，煮后封入烤箱密烤，熬炼出油，至骨肉分离为止：

        tly, to be plucked, draies. Folloer, painted o dry io a brilliant red over an open fire. tis seems t tuffed ig oven, until all t is rendered, and the bones.

        至於用哪一种方法去泡制，鹅通常是做不了主的（“Usually, to whod is used”）。

        照英国食谱说，鹅未必是圣诞佳餚，倒是九月二十九日米迦勒节租客送给业主的礼品。那是英国四大结账日之一，租客恐怕租约续不了，非巴结一下地主不可。当然，这一类的奉献未必保得住权利；历来都是这样的：

        You    acc to Elizabeton''s Cookery of England, t necessarily a Cmas dis omary    by tenants to t Micember） "For feare time to time during tee for anybody''s rigory has shown.

        英国人圣诞节作兴吃里脊牛排，殖民地香港自难免俗。可是，加官晋爵渐渐不利於政治生涯，有些餐馆善解人意，步步为营，菜单上里脊肉sirloin的sir字都删掉了：

        You are also a tismas fare,    sirloin. ically dubious, you so see it referred to in tious restaurants simply as "loin".

        形势如此，聊颂圣诞尽量作乐（“ Cmas possible in tance!”）
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