Practical English: cooking vocabulary

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This week, Brendan is going to do a cookery demonstration for you. He’s going to show you how to cook an omelette – in English, of course – and underneath that you can find an Audio Word Study with all the vocabulary and so on from his video.

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OK, so, let’s crack on and take a look at Brendan cooking an omelette!

Bren’s Blog #002: Making an Omelette

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Brendan: Hello! Today I’m going to cook a cheese and onion omelette.

So first of all we need the ingredients. We need some eggs, fresh eggs, an onion, some garlic and some cheese. Also, we need some kitchen implements to help us do this.

We need a knife for cutting, a fork, which we are going to use to mix the egg, or beat the egg, a cheese grater and a bowl.

OK, so first of all (Brendan drops the fork) It’s not funny! Don’t laugh.

OK, first of all, I’m going to peel the onion. I’ll cut the end off and peel the skin because we don’t want to eat that, do we?

OK, there are a few things we can do with a knife. We can cut, like that, cut the onion in half. Or we canstab! (a brief horror interlude) or we can cut it into slices, like that , or chop the onion into little pieces.

Now, we need to mix, or beat the eggs, sometimes we say ‘beat the eggs’, so break the egg, beat the egg.

First, I’m going to fry the onion in a frying pan. A frying pan is a pan for frying. So, I pour in some oil, olive oil, very healthy.

You want to fry that for five minutes, but not to burn it, just to fry it gently. While the onions are frying, I’m going to grate the cheese. This is a cheese grater.

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Jane: It sounds like you are grating the wrapper as well.

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Brendan: It’ll be alright. So now, we add the egg. Pour it into the pan.

OK, the egg’s nearly done, so now we put the cheese in. Now I’m going to fold the omelette over, fold the omelette in half. 

Take it out of the pan and put it on the plate. And there we have one lovely cheese and onion omelette, ready to eat!

So now you know how to make an omelette in English! It was very tasty – I think I’ll try to persuade him to do more cookery demonstrations!

Did you notice that Brendan’s accent is different from mine? He comes from Northern England, and I come from Southern England.

So his vowel sounds are quite different. For example, he says ‘cut’ /kʊt/ and I say ‘cut’ /kʌt/, he says ‘lovely’ /ˈlʊvlɪ/ and I say ‘lovely’ /ˈlʌvli/.

In the Audio Word Study below, there is an audio recording of my voice, so you can compare our pronunciation.

 

Here is Audio Word Study #061 on DailyStep.com

 

Here are all the useful expressions from Bren’s Blog #002, showing you how to make an omelette.

Notice difference between my accent and Brendan’s voice in the video, as he is from near Manchester in Northern England, and I am from Hampshire in Southern England.

To help you remember the phrases in this Word Study, try to speak along with my audio recording.

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1. to cook = to prepare and heat food

2. an omelette = a dish made from beaten eggs

3. first of all = to begin with / to start

4. ingredients = the individual items of food needed for the recipe

5. kitchen implements = tools that are used in the kitchen to cook and prepare food

6. a knife = an implement for cutting (a good knife is very sharp so it cuts very easily, a bad one is blunt and is not good for cutting)

7. a fork = a piece of cutlery with 3 or 4 prongs

8. beat the egg = mix the egg vigorously

9. a cheese grater = a kitchen implement used to cut food into small pieces

10. a bowl = a round, deep dish

11. to peel = to remove the skin

12. I’ll cut the end off (phrasal verb: to cut off) = I will remove the end using a knife

13. stab = puncture with the point of a sharp object, often a knife (this is usually a violent act)

14. cut it into slices = slice it (note: to slice means ‘to cut into thin pieces’, the way we cut bread.)

15. to chop = to cut into small pieces

16. to break the egg = to crack the shell of the egg

17. to fry = to cook in a pan using hot oil

18. a frying pan = a pan for cooking with hot oil

19. to pour = to move liquid from one container to another

20. healthy = good for the body

21. to burn = to overcook so that it becomes black or brown

22. to grate = to rub against the sharp edges of a grater (in order to break something into smaller pieces)

23. the wrapper = the packaging / the paper or plastic around a product

24. It’ll be alright (informal) = It will not be a problem

25. put the cheese in (phrasal verb: to put something in) = add the cheese

26. to fold the omelette over (phrasal verb: to fold something over) = to bend and double the omelette

27. fold the omelette in half = bend and double the omelette into two equal parts

28. Take it out of the pan (phrasal verb: to take something out)= remove it from the pan (more formal)

29. put it on (phrasal verb: to put something on) = place it on top off

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Now, how many of these can you remember? Watch the video again and listen out for all these words and phrases. That’s all for Audio Word Study #060 on DailyStep.com.

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