Sorrel is a leafy green plant whose leaves taste sharp and sour — lemony rather than bitter, really, and that sourness is the whole reason cooks want it. It is used in soups (there is a famous one in Poland and Russia), in French sauces for fish, and raw in small amounts in salads.

Sorrel酸模 is a leafy green plant是一種綠葉植物，whose leaves taste sharp and sour它的葉子吃起來又酸又刺激——lemony rather than bitter, really說真的是比較像檸檬的酸，而不是苦味，and that sourness is the whole reason cooks want it而那股酸味正是廚師想要它的全部原因。It它 is used in soups被用在湯裡 (there is a famous one in Poland and Russia)（波蘭和俄羅斯有一道很有名的湯）, in French sauces for fish也用在法式魚料理的醬汁裡，and raw in small amounts in salads也會少量生食加在沙拉裡。

It grows wild in fields all over Europe, and children who grew up in the countryside will tell you they used to chew the leaves. It is uncountable when you mean the ingredient: "add some sorrel".

It它 grows wild in fields all over Europe在整個歐洲的田野裡野生生長，and children who grew up in the countryside而在鄉下長大的孩子 will tell you they used to chew the leaves會告訴你他們以前常常嚼它的葉子。It它 is uncountable when you mean the ingredient當你指的是這種食材時是不可數的：'add some sorrel'（比如「加一些sorrel」）。

There is a second sorrel that is a completely separate word with a completely separate history, and it will confuse you if nobody warns you: a light reddish-brown colour, used almost only about horses. "She rode a sorrel mare." And in the Caribbean, "sorrel" means yet another thing again — a red hibiscus drink people make at Christmas.

There is a second sorrel還有第二個sorrel that is a completely separate word with a completely separate history是一個完全不同、來源也完全不同的字，and it will confuse you if nobody warns you如果沒人先提醒你，會讓你搞混：a light reddish-brown colour它指的是一種淺紅棕色，used almost only about horses幾乎只用在講馬的時候。'She rode a sorrel mare.'「她騎著一匹sorrel母馬。」And in the Caribbean而在加勒比海地區，'sorrel'「sorrel」 means yet another thing again又是另一個完全不同的意思——a red hibiscus drink people make at Christmas是人們在聖誕節會做的一種紅色洛神花飲料。

Same spelling, different plant. If you meet sorrel in a recipe, the sour leaf is nearly always what is meant.

Same spelling, different plant拼法相同，指的卻是不同的植物。If you meet sorrel in a recipe如果你在食譜裡看到sorrel這個字，the sour leaf is nearly always what is meant幾乎都是指那種帶酸味的葉子。