George said it was absurd to have only four potatoes in an Irish stew (Джордж сказал, нелепо класть только четыре картофелины в ирландское рагу), so we washed half-a-dozen or so more, and put them in without peeling (поэтому мы вымыли еще полдюжины или около того — и положили их /в котел/ без чистки = неочищенными). We also put in a cabbage and about half a peck of peas (мы также положили капусту и где-то десять фунтов гороха; peck — пек /мера вместимости сыпучих тел = 2 галлонам = 9,09 л/). George stirred it all up, and then he said that there seemed to be a lot of room to spare, so we overhauled both the hampers (Джордж все перемешал и затем сказал, что есть еще много свободного места, и потому мы тщательно осмотрели обе корзины; to stir up — хорошенько размешивать, взбалтывать), and picked out all the odds and ends and the remnants, and added them to the stew (выбрали все остатки и добавили их в рагу). There were half a pork pie and a bit of cold boiled bacon left, and we put them in (там были половина пирога со свининой и кусок оставшейся холодной вареной грудинки, и мы положили их в /котел/). Then George found half a tin of potted salmon, and he emptied that into the pot (потом Джордж обнаружил полбанки консервированного лосося и опорожнил ее в котел).

economy ['knm] overhauled [,uv'h:ld] remnant ['remnnt]

So we scraped them, and that was harder work than peeling. They are such an extraordinary shape, potatoes — all bumps and warts and hollows. We worked steadily for five-and-twenty minutes, and did four potatoes. Then we struck. We said we should require the rest of the evening for scraping ourselves.

I never saw such a thing as potato-scraping for making a fellow in a mess. It seemed difficult to believe that the potato-scrapings in which Harris and I stood, half smothered, could have come off four potatoes. It shows you what can be done with economy and care.

George said it was absurd to have only four potatoes in an Irish stew, so we washed half-a-dozen or so more, and put them in without peeling. We also put in a cabbage and about half a peck of peas. George stirred it all up, and then he said that there seemed to be a lot of room to spare, so we overhauled both the hampers, and picked out all the odds and ends and the remnants, and added them to the stew. There were half a pork pie and a bit of cold boiled bacon left, and we put them in. Then George found half a tin of potted salmon, and he emptied that into the pot.

He said that was the advantage of Irish stew (он сказал, это достоинство ирландского рагу): you got rid of such a lot of things (вы избавляетесь от массы вещей; to get rid of). I fished out a couple of eggs that had got cracked, and put those in (я выудил пару яиц, которые разбились, и положил их в котел). George said they would thicken the gravy (Джордж сказал, они сделают подливку гуще).