Meals (3)
1. Choose the option (A, Β, Ρ or D) which best tits each gap in the recipe below.1.) .. two cups of haricot beans for six to eight hours. Drain, add fresh water, garlic and seasoning. 2.) . to the boil and then 3.) .. gently until the beans are tender. Drain again. Finely 4.) .. some onions, add some peeled tomatoes and cook the onions and tomatoes to a puree. When the puree is ready, add the beans. Meanwhile, 5.) a joint of beef and cover it with butter in 6.) .. 7.) . the beef in a preheated oven at gas mark 5 or 1900C. 8.) .. the beef every ten minutes for an hour, discarding the wrapping for he last ten minutes to 9.) .. the joint. Warm the beans and puree in a 10.) . . Do not 11.) .. as the beans will break 12.) .. the beef into slices and then serve on top of the beans. Traditionally, this 13.) .. is 14.) .. with potatoes and leeks.
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1) A. Rinse 2) A. Take 3) A. simmer 4) A. shred 5) A. season 6) A. paper 7) A. Bake 8) A. Bake 9) A. breathe 10) A. grater 11)A. revolve 12) A. Server 13) A. plate 14) A. served |
B. Scrub B. Induce B. sizzle B. carve B. toss B. foil B. Poach B. Grate B. crackle B. pot B. beat B. Carve B. cuisine B. tasted |
C. Soak C. Bring C. bubble C. chop C. dress C. covering C. Marinade C. Grind C. evaporate C. sieve C. knead C. Chop C. dish C. sprinkled |
D. Pluck D.Render D. stand D.peel D. peel D. bag D. Roast D. Baste D. brown D. kettle D. stir D. Dismantle D. recipe D. rustled up |
2. Ways of cooking food verbs
Shall I stew the beef? [boiled with vegetables in the same pot], or would you prefer it as a casserole? [similar, but in the oven] These lamb chops would be nice barbecued, [done over hot coals, usually outdoors] Have you seasoned the stew? [added herbs/spices/salt/pepper]
How do you like the following foods prepared? Use words above and look up others if necessary. What do you like to put on the foods from the list in the box?
a leg of chicken eggs potatoes cheese sausages a fillet of cod prawns mushrooms
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salt pepper vinegar mustard brown sauce |
salad-dressing oil mayonnaise lemon juice ketchup |
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3. Ways of cooking food boil: in water, e.g. carrots fry: in oil or butter above the heat, e.g. sausages grill: under the heat, e.g. toast or meat roast: in the oven using oil, e.g. meat bake: in the oven without oil, e.g. cakes Note: Food which is not cooked is raw. |
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Cooking steak
If you have steak you can eat it rare (= cooked very quickly and still red); medium-rare (cooked a bit longer and just red in the middle); medium (cooked a bit more and just pink); or well-done (cooked even longer and not pink at all).
Describing food
tasty: has lots of taste: a positive word; tasteless: a negative word
bland: without a strong taste; neutral in flavour, e.g. boiled rice
sweet: lots of sugar; bitter
salty: lots of salt
hot/spicy: lots of spice, e.g. curry
fresh: recently produced, e.g. fresh bread; recently picked, e.g. fresh fruit
tender: easy to cut; a positive word used to describe meat; tough
fatty: meat with a lot of fat; lean
fattening: food which makes you put on weight / get fat, e.g. cream, biscuits, etc.
4. Choose a possible adjective above to describe each of these foods
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lemon chicken honey bacon |
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ice cream fillet steak chillies avocado |
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5. Do you often eat the following food in your country? If so, do you cat it in the same way? Example: In Britain, we often eat 'fish' but not usually 'raw fish'.
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raw fish fried eggs baked potatoes raw spinach fried bread grilled cheese |
fried rice grilled sausages roast beef roast peppers boiled eggs baked bananas |
Traditional Cooking
A new school of cookery has opened in France. "The Friends of French Cookery" has (0) .... started by a group of grandmothers, (16) .... are anxious to (17).... traditional food and cooking techniques alive. They are against the modern day use of freezers, microwaves and TV dinners. None of these grandmothers has (18) .... experience as a professional cook, and they run their school without (19) .... paid. They are motivated only by a desire to produce good quality, tasty food. They are especially keen to teach the younger generation (20) .... to cook traditional dishes and to convince them that traditional food is (21) .... better (22) .... convenience foods and take-always. The grandmothers run cookery courses two or three times (23) .... week, and the fee (24) .... about 10 pounds includes tuition and lunch. Most of the recipes are traditional, and some of (25) .... have ancient legends attached (26) .... them. Only seasonal ingredients (27) .... used. The courses are great fun and tourists join (28) .... with the locals (29) .... they strive together to create a delicious meal. (30) .... midday they all sit down at long tables to eat a three course lunch, which is washed down with a local wine.
Progress test
7. Fill the gaps in the recipe with verbs from the box
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Sprinkle Simmer Bake |
Serve Slice Chope |
Fry Add Peel |
Melt Pour Stir |
BAKED TUNA and APPLE FLAMBE
What you've got| 1 onion 1 apple some stale bread |
| 1 tin tuna 100 g butter a bottle of brandy |
First(1) . the onion and the apple. Thinly(2) .. the onion, and(3) . the apple into small pieces, (4) . the butter in a pan, and(5) the onion gently in the butter until it begins to turn yellow. Then(6) .. half a cup of water. Bring to the boil and leave to(7) for a few minutes. (8) . the tuna and the chopped apple, and (9) thoroughly. Put the mixture in an ovenproof dish. . (10) breadcrumbs over the top, and (11) ....... in a hot oven for 30 minutes or until it is golden brown. Warm a small glass of brandy and (12) .. it over the baked tuna. Set light to it, and (13) .. immediately.
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1. Peel 2. Chop slice 3. Melt 4. Fry 5. Pour 6. Simmer |
7. Add 8. Stir 9. Sprinkle 10. Bake 11. Pour 12. Serve |