I have failed time after time recently to make any fluffy steamed bread again. I would attribute the failure either to the flour or to the cold weather.

近日蒸饃難再暄，非咎面粉卽怨天。

Because I usually poured hot water into the pot before making a fire, a large amount of vapor rushed out shortly from beneath the rim of the cover, and then almost no time was left for the further rising of dough.

沸水注鑊先於爨，氣疾蓋為發祸端。