FOOD VOCABULARY for EFL STUDENTS Vocabulary Can Be a Problem If You Open a Menu in the US Or UK and You Don't Know What the Words Mean
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padlet.com/marciamn/yrjkx2qsud72 FOOD VOCABULARY FOR EFL STUDENTS Vocabulary can be a problem if you open a menu in the US or UK and you don't know what the words mean. MARCIA NETTO 29/04/17, 15:30 HS Appetizers sometimes on a separate plate A small portion of a food or drink served before or at the beginning of a meal to stimulate the desire to eat. Main Course The largest or most important part of a meal in which there are different parts served separately: "I had salmon for my main course." Desserts 1- cake, pie, fruit, pudding, ice cream, etc., served as the nal course of ameal. 2. British. a serving of fresh fruit after the main course of a meal. Side Orders or Side Dishes In a restaurant, an extra dish of food, for example Specialties vegetables or salad, that is served with the main dish, A service or product specialized in, as at a restaurant: roast beef was a speciality of the house. Brunch A meal usually taken late in the morning that combines a Dishes late breakfast and an early lunch. 1- The food served or contained in a dish. 2- An open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood,etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food. French Bread Catering Catering is the activity of providing food and drink for a large number of people, for example at weddings and parties. Sesame Noodles A narrow strip of unleavened egg dough that has been Cold Cut - Sliced assorted cold cooked meats. rolled thin and dried, boiled, and served alone or in soups, casseroles, etc.; a ribbon-shaped pasta. Donut Glossary English Breakfast Traditional breakfast (also called full breakfast, and served in inns or restaurants) may include cereals, porridge or stewed prunes, melon, yogurt, boiled eggs or bacon and eggs, grilled sh, sausages, grilled or fried mushrooms or tomatoes with fried bread, followed by toasted bread and marmalade and tea or coffee. Modern English breakfast (served in hotels or motels) may include cereals, bacon and eggs, toasted bread and marmalade with tea or coffee. Soup Soup is liquid food made by boiling meat, sh, or vegetables in water. Cold Cut Tray Tray - A small, typically rectangular or round, at, rigid object upon which things are carried. American Breakfast In a hotel it includes most or all of the following: two eggs (fried or poached), sliced bacon or sausages, sliced bread or toast with jam/jelly/butter, pancakes with syrup, cornakes Chow-mein or other cereal, coffee/tea, orange/grapefruit juice. In American Chinese cuisine, it is a stir-fried dish consisting of noodles, meat (chicken being most common but pork, beef, shrimp or tofu sometimes being substituted), onions and celery. It is often served as a specic dish at westernized Chinese restaurants. Vegetarian or vegan Chow Mein is also common. There are two main kinds of chow meins available on the market: Steamed chow mein, and Crispy chow mein, also known as Hong Kong style chow-mein. Rye Bread Types of clams Boars Products Boar : A tusked Eurasian wild pig from which domestic pigs are descended, exterminated in Britain in the 17th century. The esh of the wild boar as food. Greens Beef Cuts Mashed Potatoes Potatoes that have been boiled and crushed until they are smooth. Egg Roll Mufns An individual cup-shaped quick bread made with wheat Veggies our, cornmeal,or the like, and baked in a pan (mufn pan) containing a series of cuplike forms. 1.a vegetable. 2.a vegetarian. Pasta Types Pita Bread Pizza Toppings Toppings - Substance, especially a sauce or pieces of food, that is put on top of other food to give extra avor Dumpling 1. A small mass of dough cooked by boiling or steaming 2. a usually baked dessert of fruit wrapped in dough Side Garden Salad Platter 1- A large, shallow dish, usually elliptical in shape, for holding and servingfood, especially meat or sh. 2. a course of a meal, usually consisting of a variety of foods served on the same plate. Mixed Platter Bun 1. a small, sweet, usually round cake: a cinnamon bun. 2. mainly us a small, round piece of bread, especially Pulled Chicken one that is cut horizontally and holds a burger: a hamburger bun Any meat, smoked in a slow cooker until the meat pulls easily from the bone; also called pulled pork , pulled pig , pulled chicken examples fat and gristle are discarded and pulled pork is simmered in sauce before serving. Scallops Rack of lamb/ribs A large piece of meat from a sheep, cow, or pig that consists of its chest and ribs. Spare Ribs Spare ribs (also side ribs or spareribs) are a variety of pork ribscooked and eaten in various cuisines around the world. They are cut from the lower portion of the pig specically the belly and breastbone, behind the shoulder, and include 11 to 13 long bones. There is a covering of meat on top of the bones and also between them. Spare ribs (pork) are Tossed Salad distinguished from short ribs, which are beef. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens. Rotisserie Chicken Steamed Vegetables Meatballs Cooked with steam from boiling water. Balls of minced or chopped meat. ‘pasta with spicy meatballs’ Food Dips Dairy Salad Dairy - used to refer to foods that are made from milk, such as cream, butter, and cheese. Meatloaf A dish of ground meat seasoned and baked in the form of a Bagels loaf. Cheesy Bread Of or like cheese : a cheesy aroma; a cheesy taste. 3.the soft inner portion of a bread (distinguished from crust ). Salad Dressings Chopped Steak Ground, cooked beef, usually served as a main course. Cutlet 1. a small slice of meat a veal cutlet 2. a at croquette of chopped meat or sh Minced or Ground Beaf Crumbs 1.a small particle of bread, cake, etc., that has broken off. 2.a small particle or portion of anything; fragment; bit. Chicken Pie in a Boule Boule, from the French for "ball", is a traditional shape of French Bread, resembling a squashed ball. It is a rustic loaf shape that can be made of any type of our. The name of this bread is the reason a bread baker is referred to as a "boulanger" in French, and a bread bakery a "boulangerie." Chicken Shepherd's Pie Shepherd's pie (made with minced lamb or mutton) or cottage pie (made with minced beef) is a meat pie with a crust of mashed potato, not pastry. The dish can vary widely within its basic denition, whether Bubling cheese as a home recipe or on a restaurant menu. The dening ingredients are ground meat mixed with vegetables, and topped with potatoes. The meat and vegetable lling may include chopped onion, and may be cooked in gravy, tomato sauce or tomato paste. Some recipes have grated cheese on the mashed potatoes, which in Britain would approach the Cumberland pie variant. Broiled Steak Brisket of Beef Brisket is a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest of beef or veal. Blackened Steak Refers to meat that has been rubbed with herbs and spices and then cooked quickly over high heat so that the surface of the meat chars. This also seals in the natural juices, which helps to make the meat tender. Beef Stick Dough Beef Stew Flour or meal combined with water, milk, etc., in a mass for A stew is a combination of solid food ingredients that have baking into bread, cake, etc.; paste of bread. been cooked in liquid and served in the resultant gravy. Ingredients in a stew can include any combination of vegetables (such as carrots, potatoes, onions, beans, peppers and tomatoes) or meat, especially tougher meats suitable for slow-cooking, such as beef. Poultry, sausages, and seafood are also used. While water can be used as the stew-cooking liquid, wine, stock, and beer are also common. Seasoning and avourings may also be added. Stews are typically cooked at a relatively low temperature (simmered, not boiled), allowing avors to mingle. Club Sandwich A club sandwich, also called a clubhouse sandwich, is a sandwich of occasionally toasted bread, sliced cooked poultry, fried bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise. It is often cut into quarters or halves and held together by hors d'œuvre sticks. Modern versions frequently have two layers which are separated by an additional slice of bread, though this is not a required feature of the sandwich. Assorted Meat with Potato Slices Consisting of various kinds of meat mixed together with potato slices. Cobb Salad The Cobb salad is a main-dish American garden salad typically made with chopped salad greens (iceberg lettuce, watercress, endives and Romaine lettuce), tomato, crisp bacon, boiled, grilled or roasted (but not fried) chicken breast, hard-boiled eggs, avocado, chives, Roquefort cheese, and red-wine vinaigrette. Black olives are also often included. Tater Tots Tater tots are pieces of deep-fried, grated potatoes served as a side dish. They are recognized for their cylindrical shape and crispy exterior. "Tater Tots" is a registered trademark of Ore-Ida (a division of the H. J. Heinz Company) that is often used as a generic term. Sherbet An American term for a frozen dessert like sorbet, but containing a small amount of milk fat. Reuben Sandwich The Reuben sandwich is an American hot sandwich composed of corned beef, Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, and Relish Thousand Island dressing, grilled between slices of rye bread.