2. boil: in water, e. g. potatoes or rice
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.)
WAYS OF COOKING FOOD
3. rare (= cooked quickly and red inside)
medium-rare (= cooked longer but still red in the middle)
medium (= cooked more and pink)
well-done (= cooked longer and not pink)
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR STEAK?
4. Taste the sauce (= try a bit to see if it´s good)
and add salt if necessary.
You can really taste the garlic in this.
It´s very tasty. (= lots of flavour – a positive word)
WHAT DOES IT TASTE LIKE?
5. salty: lots of salt
hot/spicy: lots of spices, e. g. curry, chilli
sweet: lots of sugar
bitter: e. g. very strong coffee
sour: e. g. lemons
fresh: recently produced or picked, e. g. fresh bread, fresh
fruit
fattening: food wich makes you put on weight/
DESCRIBING FOOD AND DRINK
6. fattening: food which makes you put on weight/get fat, e. g.
cream, cakes, etc.
healthy: good for your health/fitness, e. g. salad or fruit
chilled (= very cold), e. g. white wine is usually chilled
still: describes water without gas
sparkling is water with gas (also called fizzy water)
DESCRIBING FOOD AND DRINK
7. Starters
Leek and potato soup
Onion soup
Grilled spicy prawns
Spaghetti with courgette and bacon
Warm goat´s cheese with spinach salad
Ham omelette
Caviar egg
A TYPICAL MENU
8. Main Courses
Pan fried salmon with spinach
Breast of chicken in a white wine sauce with mushrooms
Roast fillet of pork with apple sauce
Grilled steak in a pepper sauce
Boiled beef, mixed vegetables, potatoes
Grilled chicken, French fried potatoes
A TYPICAL MENU
9. Desserts
Chocolate cake with cream
Fresh fruit salad with cream
Pancakes with ice-cream
Chocolate mousse
Strawberries with fresh cream
Apple pie
Selection of cheese with home-made bread
A TYPICAL MENU
10. mousse (= a light cold food made from eggs mixed with
cream: chocolate mousse, salmon mousse)
pepper – 1. powder (greyish black or creamy coloured powder
produced by crushing dry pepper corns, which is used to give a
spicy/hot taste to food)
- 2. vegetable that is usually green, red and yellow,
has a rounded shape and is hollow with seeds in the middle
USEFUL WORDS
11. paprika – a red powder used as a spice to give a slightly hot
flavour to food, expecially in meat dishes
salt cellar (US usually saltshaker) – a small container with
salt
pepper pot (US pepper shaker) – a small container with
several holes in the top that contains pepper
USEFUL WORDS
12. pepper mill – a small device, the top part of which you turn by
hand to crush the peppercorns
vinegar
oil
napkins
toothpicks
USEFUL WORDS
13. Do you often eat the following food in your country? If so, do
you eat it in the same way?
raw fish fried rice
fried eggs baked potatoes
roast beef raw spinach
roast peppers boiled eggs
grilled cheese baked bananas
EXERCISES
14. Look at the menu and answer these questions:
1. Which starter doesn´t contain vegetables?
2. Which dish contains pasta?
3. Which main course may be rare or well-done?
4. Which main course is definitely cooked in the oven?
EXERCISES
15. 5. Which main course will probably be quite spicy?
6. Which main course contains alcohol?
7. Which dessert(s) will be quite sweet?
8. If you don´t want to put on weight, which would probably be
the best dish for the main course?
9. What would be your advice to people who don´t want to put
on weight?
EXERCISES
16. Choose an adjective which could describe these things:
honey ……………. bacon …………………
lemon ……………. fillet steak ………….
bread ……………. cakes ………………….
mineral water ….. coffee ………………..
EXERCISES
17. Answer these questions about the food you like, and eating in
your country. If possible, answer another person the same
questions.
1. Do you eat steak? If so, how do you like it cooked?
2. Do you like hot spicy food?
3. In restaurants, do you normally drink still or sparkling
water?
EXERCISES
18. 4. Do waiters normally leave fresh bread on the table?
5. Do you normally eat a starter, main course and dessert when
you eat out?
6. How many of these do you normally find on the table in a
café or restaurant in your country?
salt pepper oil vinegar napkins toothpicks
EXERCISES