Vocab
Tastes / Flavours
Sugary: sweet and tastes of sugar.
Bitter: Try eating a spoonful of instant coffee and you will soon know what bitter is.
Bland: lacking flavour
Spicy / Hot: Picante
Dry:
Sour: a sharp acidic taste, such as a lemon.
Burnt: food that has been cooked for too long.
Salty: food that has a lot of salt added to it, such as crisps.
Textures:
Sticky: Crunchy: makes a loud noise when it is eaten.
Crumbly: food that breaks easily when you eat it.
Juicy: food that contains a lot of juice, such as strawberries
Succulent:
More adjectives to decribe food
Unripe: fruit and vegetables that are not ready to eat.
Homemade
Flavoursome
Flavourful
How do you like your steak cooked ?
Blue –
Rare
Medium -Rare
Medium
Well done
Food alergies
I am alergic to :________
Does this food contain
Special dietary requirements
Diabetic
Vegan
Vegetarian
Halal
Kosher
Organic
Cooking methods
Frying
Baking
Steaming
Grilling
Roasting
Cooking Equipment
Frying pan, wok, Roasting tray,
Describing Spanish food in English
Chuletón de Ávila
Lechazo
Cochinillo
Cocido
Mollecas
Callos
Manitos de Cerdo
Morcilla
Fabada Asturiana
Pulpo
Necora
Buey de Mar
Centolla
Vieras
Paella –
Arroz con Costra
Yemas de Santa Teresa
Gazpacho Andaluz
Gazpacho Manchego
Activities
- Warmer activity: Ask students to write down two foods they really like and one food they are not fond of on a piece of scrap paper. Throw the bits of paper into a hat and get the students to pull them out and guess which paper belongs to which person and which two foods they like and which one they don’t.
- Explain the vocab and ask for a the first food the students think of when they are told the meaning of each adjective.
- Adjectives of degree.
- On their own or in groups students are set the challenge of designing a menu and making each course sound as attractive as possible.
- Homework: Watch a cooking program on Youtube (Nothing to complicated) and write down the steps. In the next class they have to explain to the group how to cook it.