Food products
No, we're not giving you a complete list of names for all fruits, vegetables, fish or meat. Any dictionary or dictionary will do you good for that. And if you're in an English-language country, you can try one live lesson at the nearest supermarket. However, we will note some strange names that will help you navigate when shopping.- mince or minced beef - mince or veal meat
- pâté - pâté
- cream - cream /sweet, liquid/
- crème fraîche/sour cream - sour cream
- full-fat milk - whole milk
- semi-skimmed milk - semi-skimmed milk
- Skimmed milk - skimmed milk
- Bunch of bananaas - banana dick
- Bunch of graves - berry
- baking powder - baking powder
- icing sugar - powdered sugar
- yest - yeast
- vinaigrette - vinegrette /blend of oil and vinegar/
- Vinegar - vinegar
- clove of garlic - garlic clove
- stick of celery - celery blade
- spring onion - green onions
The main adjectives for the taste qualities of food
In addition to recognizing products that make up a dish, you should be able to describe the taste or understand what is coming to your taste when another describes it for you. This will help you avoid unpleasant moments especially when trying exotic tasty. you will be prepared to expect salty, sweet or spicy taste, as well as explain what you like and what you do not.- bland - tasteless
- Delicious - very tasty
- Horrible - terrible
- Poor - bad
- salty - salty as a clear salty taste
- Savory - for food of the category salty dishes
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- sweet - sweet
- sour - sour
- tasty- delicious
- spicy, hot - spicy
- Mild - mild
- fresh - fresh
- mouldy - fungus
- off - broken
- rotten - rotting
- scale - aged (used for bread and cakes)
- tender - fragile
- tough - tough
- over-done or over-cooked - overcooked, overcooked
- under-done, uncooked
Curry and spicy food
The adjective spicy usually describes food that has many spices. It may be more or less spicy or simply seasoned with exotic flavors for our taste, or untraditionally combined ingredients. Most often when we think of spicy food, we think of Indian cuisine, which is famous for its many spices. Indian food is very popular all over the world. Chicken Tikka Masala and Lamb Curry with Tomatoes are among the favorite dishes of English. without explicitly adding cayenne pepper, often the combination of different additives leaves on the tongue that particular taste called spicy. Here are the most common spices that have this effect.- coryander - coriander
- chilli powder cayenne pepper
- cinnamon - cinnamon
- cumin - cumin
- curry powder powder powder powder - curry powder
- nutmeg - Mace
- paprika - red pepper
Typical dishes and pastries
Even before the world was globalized so much, it was not easy to determine the exact nationality of some dishes. This is because even if countries have strictly defined boundaries, often it is the two countries that live very close to mentality, culture and traditions. Adding to that the fact that although less, but centuries ago people have traveled and exchanged ideas, it is clear that often close in ingredients and way of cooking dishes have taken root in the national cuisine of different countries. However, it is not always easy to understand what a food is just by its name. Here are some examples of foods that are well known in our country or look like our national dishes: 1. We start with the sandwich, which sounds almost the same in English -- sandwich. History says that this meal or breakfast is named after its inventor, the English Lord Sandwich. He liked to eat a piece of meat or cheese between two slices of bread. Today, the sandwich has countless varieties starting with bread, passing through the filling and finishing with the garnish sauce. And have you ever thought that in Bulgaria we call the toast and sandwich baked with cheese filling and egg or mint?- The nationality of the Musaka can officially be known worldwide as Greek. But the British have their own national dish, which reminds us very much of our Musaka - shepherd's pie. The main difference is that we use chopped potatoes, and they use mashed potatoes.
- It's a simple baked potato! A whole baked potato topped after that only with butter and merudia, for many of us is a delicious memory from childhood. But for the English, this is obviously not tasty enough. Their version of the baked potato is called baked potato or jacket potato. It's also a whole potato, only pre-cooked or slightly baked, then filled with different ingredients like bacon, cheese, spices... There is also the notion of roast potatoes Or baked potatoes. Only they are not whole, but cut and baked in an oven or a pan as garnish.
- Cauliflower cheese - Don't let the name fool you, it's not cauliflower cheese! Actually, it's a traditional British dish that reminds me of the very colorful. Instead of potatoes, however, they use cauliflower that pick up with various types of cheese and cream.
- Yorkshire pudding - Don't be surprised the dish is not in the dessert column! Despite his name, it's actually a salty dish. It is a dough, like pancake, which can be prepared in different ways - such as separate portions in muffins, in a pan or a large pan, or as the basis for pie and to be baked in various fillings. It is most often served as a side dish to the main course - baking meat and traditionally served at Sunday lunch. He is so beloved of the English that he even has a holiday - the National Day of Yorkshire pudding, which is celebrated on the first Sunday in February in Britain since 2007.
- Apples are the preferred fruit in pastry worldwide. Desserts with them are numerous but the undisputed classic is apple pie- apple pie. Traditionally, it is prepared from pie dough on which are ordered chopped apples sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon. But the British have another variety of apple pies - apple crumble. The Krabble was allegedly invented in Britain during World War II. The shortage of food products did not allow the making of pie peels. So as a base of the pastry, people began to use crumbs of butter, sugar and flour flavored with various spices - vanilla, cinnamon.
- Rice pudding - It's our well-known pussy or just milk and rice. The origin of this dessert is Asian cuisine, but the unusual combination of rice, milk and sweet spices makes it popular throughout the world. He's also a favourite of the British, only they call it rice pudding.