上世纪30年代,她出生在美国西部的加利福尼亚。当时,美国正处在历史上最严重的经济萧条时期,物品极度匮乏。为了缩减开支,母亲在后院辟出一片菜园,种下各种蔬菜。5岁那年,她看到母亲把土豆切成小块,装入罐中,放进地窖储藏起来,待过些时日再取出来吃,她心里想:为什么不储存番茄呢?要是储存一罐新鲜的番茄,到 In the 1930s, she was born in California in the western United States. At the time, the United States was in the midst of the worst recession in history and its supplies were extremely scarce. In order to reduce expenses, the mother opened a vegetable garden in the backyard, planting a variety of vegetables. At the age of 5, she saw her mother cut the potatoes into small pieces, put them in jars, put them in the cellar and stored them for some time to eat. She wondered: why not store tomatoes? Pots of fresh tomato, to