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Vocabulary and Quizzes

1. Picture Dictionary - The Kitchen 1
2. Picture Dictionary - The Kitchen 2
3. Picture Dictionary - Kitchenware
4. Kitchenware Exercise 1
5. Kitchenware Exercise 2
6. Kitchenware Exercise 3
7. Kitchenware Exercise 4
8. Kitchenware Memory Game
9. Kitchenware Word Search
10. Kitchenware Hangman Game
11. Kitchenware 1
12. Kitchenware 2
13. Kitchenware 3
14. Cookware

Interactive Lessons

1. Measure
2. Mix
3. Bake
4. Microwave
5. Grill Safety

Listening

CLB 1-2

1. Making Soup

CLB 3-5

1. Are you a good cook? 1
2. Are you a good cook? 2
3. Chili Recipe
4. Gazpacho Recipe

Reading

CLB 1-3

1. Melted Cheese
2. Make Some Coffee
3. Make Some Toast
4. Fry an Egg
5. Recipe for Easy Potatoes
6. Recipe for French Toast
7. French Toast Word Find
8. Recipe for Hummus
9. Recipe for Sweet Chili Tofu Stir-fry
10. Turkey Recipe
11. Stuffing Recipe
12. Cheesy Potato Soup
13. Chocolate Zucchini Muffins - Part 1
14. Chocolate Zucchini Muffines - Part 2
15. Recipe for Mixed Nuts
16. Baking Soda

CLB 3-5

1. World of Tastes - Writing by ESL Students
2. Barbeque Tips
3. Breakfast Meals
4. Dinner Recipes
5. Baking
6. Ham and Eggplant

Related Grammar

Conversation Questions

1. Food

Related Links

1. Epicurious - Online Recipes
2. Online Recipe Book

Related Topics

1. Kitchen
2. Food
3. Fruit
4. Vegetables
5. Grocery Shopping
6. Nutrition
7. Restaurants and Dining Out

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FOOD PREPARATION, RECIPES, Cooking

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FOOD PREPARATION AND RECIPES

1 cut (up)
2 chop (up)
3 slice
4 grate
5 peel
6 break
7 beat
8 stir
9 pour 10 add
11 combine__and
12 mix_and_
13 put_in_
14 cook
15 bake
16 boil
17 broil
18 steam
19 fry
20 saute
21 simmer
22 roast
23 barbecue/grill
24 stir-fry
25 microwave

Cooking – Food – Picture Dictionary

1 wash

2 peel

3 grate

4 chop

5 crush

6 beat

7 cut

8 slice

9 grease

10 break

11 stir

12 mix

13 knead

14 steam

15 saute

16 pour

17 weigh

18 boil

19 add

20 bake

21 stir-fry

22 grill

23 roast

16 pour

17 weigh

24 barbecue

25 measure

26 fry

Food Vocabulary

Useful Vocabulary | Build Up | Naturally Speaking | Dialogues | Games and Tests

Useful Vocabulary

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Fruit | Vegetables | Meat and Fish | Other Food

Build Up

	Masculine	Feminine	Young
	Bull	Cow	Calf
	Ram	Sheep	Lamb
	Boar	Sow	Piglet
	Cockerel	Hen	Chicken

Commonly Eaten Types of Fish
Salmon
Cod
Plaice
Haddock
Trout

Types of Steak
Fillet
Rump
Sirloin
T-Bone
Stewing

Things to do with eggs
	egg
	boiled egg
	scrambled egg
	fried egg

Naturally Speaking

Uncountable Nouns

A lot of food is made up of uncountable nouns, to make them countable you need to put them in another form.

For example:-

"A ...... of ......".="A piece of fruit."

Here is a list of some of the uncountable nouns in this quarter's vocabulary and some ways to make them countable.

asparagus	A bunch of asparagus.
beef	A slice of beef.
bread	A slice of bread.
broccoli	A piece of broccoli.
butter	A pat of butter.
corn	An ear of corn.
fruit	A piece of fruit.
garlic	A bulb of garlic.
honey	A pot of honey.
jam	A jar of jam.
lamb	A leg of lamb.
pepper	A pot of pepper.
pork	A joint of pork.
rice	A grain of rice.
salt	A pinch of salt.
spaghetti	A strand of spaghetti.
sugar	A cube of sugar.

Dialogue

It's Friday afternoon and John's friend Mark is coming for tea tomorrow.
Mrs S:	John, is Mark coming for tea tomorrow?
John:	Yes mum, I told you yesterday!
Mrs S:	Oh did you? Sorry, I must have forgotten.
John:	What are we having?
Mrs S:	I don't know yet, I was just writing out the shopping list. What sort of things does he like?
John:	Anything, just about. I know he hates pasta though, he never eats school dinner if it's pasta.
Mrs S:	OK, what about pizza.
John:	Yeah, pizza would be great, not too much salad though please mum.
Mrs S:	How about a fruit salad for pudding instead?
John:	With ice cream?
Mrs S:	Yes, ok.
John:	Great, I can't wait!

Entertaining at Home - It's Saturday and John's friend Mark has just arrived.
John:	Hi Mark!
Mark	Hi John, how's it going?
John:	Fine, and you?
Mark	Oh you know.
John:	Yeah, tell me about it.
Mrs S:	Hello Mark, how are you.
Mark:	Very well thank you Mrs Smith.
John	Mum, can we go and play in my room?
Mrs S:	Yes, after tea. We're having pizza tonight Mark, is that alright?
Mark:	Yes Mrs Smith that should be fine, but I am a vegetarian.
Mrs S:	Oh John, you didn't tell me!
John	Sorry mum, I didn't know.
Mrs S:	Well it's just as well I bought mushroom pizza as well then, isn't it?
Mark:	I'm sorry if it's any trouble Mrs Smith.
Mrs S:	Don't worry Mark, it's not your fault, we can eat the salami pizza and you can have the mushroom one. Why don't you both go and play upstairs, tea will be a little bit longer than expected!
John:	This way Mark.

Games and Tests for this Vocabulary Unit

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Crossword

Dictation and Spelling Test

Hangman

Match It - Fruit

Match It - Vegetables

Memory - Fruit

Memory - Vegetables

Reading and Comprehension

Rumble - in association with Eating

Video - Let's enjoy cooking! (May take a while to load)

Word search - Fruit

Word search - Vegetables

Word Search - Mix

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Home > Vocabulary > English Vocabulary > Learn English Vocabulary – Cooking a skewer!

Learn English Vocabulary – Cooking a skewer!

9 July 2013 in English Vocabulary, Vocabulary

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Hello!

Some people love cooking, some don’t. But sometimes we simply don’t have time to make a meal. Today we will learn how to make a “Minted lamb skewers with cherry tomatoes”. And, of course, get to know more lovely English words related to cooking.

This recipe is for 4 people and will take about 10 minutes. See? Very fast!

Ingredients

2 lamb leg steaks
2 tbsp chopped fresh mint
3 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
2 tbsp olive oil
100g cherry tomatoes
1 small courgette, thickly peeled

tbsp – this means tablespoon, so just use a soup spoon!

How to prepare the skewers

Combine the lamb, mint, garlic and olive oil in a bowl, then leave to marinate for at least 1 hour or preferably longer.
Preheat the grill to a high heat. Thread alternate pieces of lamb, tomato and courgette onto 4skewers, then season and drizzle with any remaining marinade.
Grill for 10 minutes, turning regularly, until the lamb is cooked through.

Mmmm… didn’t that sound delicious?

Vocabulary

Lamb – the meat of a very young lamb.

Steak – a thick, flat piece of meat and especially beef (in this case lamb).

Chopped – to cut (something) into pieces by hitting it with the sharp edge of an ax, knife, etc.

Mint – an herb that has a strong pleasant smell and taste and that is used in medicine and food.

Cloves – any one of the small sections that are part of a large head of garlic.

Crushed – to press or squeeze (something) so hard that it breaks or loses its shape.

Courgette – a dark green vegetable that is long and smooth and that has soft skin which can be eaten. In the US they are also called zucchinis.

Peeled – to remove the skin from (a fruit, vegetable, etc.)

Marinate – to put meat or fish in a sauce for a period of time to add flavor or to make the meat or fish more tender : to soak in a marinade.

Thread – to put something through another thin object. In this case, putting the skewer through the vegetables and meat.

Skewer – a long pointed piece of metal or wood that is pushed through pieces of food to keep them together or hold them in place for cooking.

Season – to add salt, pepper, spices, etc., to (something) to give it more flavor.

Drizzle – to pour a small amount of liquid onto or over something.

What’s your favourite recipe? Please share, let’s get ideas from all over the world!

Song Sugar, Sugar by Archies

Steps to listen to the song:

1. Watch the video and undderstand what is it about

2. Read the song and highlight unknown words

Look for the words in the dictionary

3. Then, listen to the song and complete it