Wider World 3 Unit 3.1 Know your food - Story

The Strange Cooking Experiment

Sophie was excited to try a new ​ (a)   for dinner. She wanted to cook something different, so she decided to use ​ (b)   ingredients. She thought the ​ (c)   would be exciting and new. First, she heated some ​ (d)   oil in a frying pan. The smell of the oil made her hungry. Then, she chopped some ​ (e)   vegetables—carrots, peppers, and onions—into small pieces. She put them into the pan and let them fry for a few minutes.

• recipe
• spicy
• flavour
• olive
• raw

While the ​ (a)   were ​frying, Sophie ​ (b)   some potatoes in another ​ (c)   . When they were soft, she decided to ​ (d)   them for a while. She had heard that freezing vegetables could change their ​ (e)   and texture, and she was curious to try it.

• boiled
• freeze
• taste
• vegetables
• pot

After the potatoes were frozen, Sophie cut them into small cubes and added them to the frying pan with the vegetables. The ​ ​ (a)   potatoes and ​ vegetables made a ​ (b)   but delicious combination. ​ (c)   of serving it with bread, Sophie served the food with ​ (d)   . Everyone at the table loved the new ​ (e)   !

• frozen
• strange
• Instead
• rice
• flavour