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Food and cooking - vocabulary

By Katarzyna Piecuch

Open Ended

Which food products can you name in English?

1) Which type of food is your favourite?
2) Which food items would you use to make your "perfect breakfast?"?

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​Food vocabulary

fry - smażyć, i.e. Fry pancakes in hot oil until they become crispy
mix - zmieszać, zmiksować (np. blenderem); i.e. Mix eggs, flour and water together
peel - obrać; i.e. Peel potatoes and carrots before chopping them
roast - piec (zwłaszcza mięso); i.e. They have Sunday roast on family holidays
slice - pokroić (zwykle na plastry), przekroić (np. chleb); You have to slice the bread before preparing sandwiches

add - dodać (jakiś składnik); i.e. add some sugar
bake - piec (w piekarniku); i.e. I baked a cheescake
beat - ubić (np. białka jajek); i.e. You have to beat egg whites to make souffles
boil - gotować (na kuchence) do momentu wrzenia; i.e. Boil some water before adding pasta to it.
chop - siekać (np. warzywa); i.e. Chop some cucumbers and add them to the salad

Cooking - basic vocabulary

Multiple Choice

You have to ... potatoes before cooking

• peel

• fry

• mix

• beat

Multiple Choice

You have to ... the water in a pot before putting pasta in it

• fry

• boil

• mix

• bake

Multiple Choice

... the chicken breast in the oven for thirty minutes

• fry

• bake

• roast

• chop

Multiple Choice

You often have to ... egg whites to prepare different dishes

• peel

• bake

• add

• beat

Multiple Choice

... the apple pie in the oven at 160 degrees

• boil

• bake

• fry

• roast

Multiple Choice

... some walnuts into small pieces and add them to the salad

• beat

• fry

• chop

• slice

Multiple Choice

... all the vegetables in hot oil before adding them to the cooked pasta

• slice

• bake

• boil

• fry

Multiple Choice

You have to ... cucumbers and radishes and then mix them to make a cucumber salad

• slice

• chop

• peel

• fry

Multiple Choice

... a pinch of thyme to the roast to make it more flavoursome

• chop

• mix

• boil

• add