Your mother may have told you not to play with your food, but clearly these foodies have never taken heed¹ of that message.

你妈妈也许告诉过你不要玩弄食物，但显然这些吃货根本不把这句话放在心上。

A bizarre new trend for building Jenga-like towers out of your meal is sweeping² Instagram, with bloggers posting impossibly high constructions out of fries, cookies, brownies and churros.

最近有个奇葩新潮流正在席卷Instagram--食物“叠叠乐”。网友们纷纷晒出自己用薯条、曲奇饼干、布朗尼蛋糕和西班牙油条叠出的“高塔”，实在不可思议。

Instagram users have shared hundreds of photos under the hashtag #foodjenga, with each one more daring than the last.

Ins用户在#食物叠叠乐标签下分享了数百张照片，这些照片一张比一张更令人开眼界。

A few have made structures out of French and sweet potato fries, interlocking them vertically³ and horizontally just like in a real game of Jenga, where players have to take turns in removing one block at a time from a tower.

有几个人用法式薯条和地瓜条横竖交叉往上搭，就像玩真正的叠叠乐游戏一样。在叠叠乐游戏中，玩家必须轮流从塔中抽出一块积木。

Some have gone for stability rather than height, with one foodie creating a large but sound construction out of French bread.

有些人寻求的是稳定性而不是高度，一个吃货用法式面包搭建了一个又大又稳当的塔。

Meanwhile others have taken a risk, with some of the food towers leaning precariously⁴, looking as if they will topple at any minute.

其他人则选择冒险，一些食物塔倾斜得让人心惊，仿佛随时都会倒塌。