Hello,

Today it was the last lesson about food and meals. Mostly because after a while everybody gets tired of talking about food. But the truth is that this topic includes a lot of things and a lot of vocabulary. It is not easy to talk properly about food.

This is a list of the main things we have studied:

Names of the Meals

Breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper. Supper is a light meal in the night. Dinner is usually the main meal.
 A snack: small portion of food you eat when you are hungry but it´s not time for a meal.

Dinner usually has three parts:
A Starter or appetizer, the main course and dessert.

Words to describe food are:

Tender and tough for meat. If you ask for a steak in a restaurant they´ll probably ask you: How do you want your steak? You´ll have to reply: rare, medium rare or well done.

Sweet, sour, spicy, greasy, oily, tasteless, tasty, crispy (poptaoe chips), soggy (overcooked vegetables), crunchy (bread), creamy, salty, etc.

Cooking methods

Bake (potaoes, bread, cakes), fry, boil, steam, roast ( meats), barbacue, grilling.

Verbs or actions related to cooking

Cut, chop, spread, mash, sprinkle, roll out, add, squeeze, peel off, pour, bread, etc.


Sentences we may use to talk about food

I have never tried....
Have you ever tried...?
The most unusual thing I have ever eaten....
What ingredients do you need to make it?
How do you make it?
Well, first you..., after that you..., then you..., next you... Finally you...

Remember that in English you use You to speak in a general manner.

When we give recipes we use the imperative: Chop the tomatoes, mix them with the peppers...,

In the last lesson we were working on the text Eating for Energy. For the students that were not here, you can find the text in the Aula Virtual. Have you ever logged in? You need your DNI number as a password. So, please, do read the text and do the exercises. For homework: give your own advise. Write 5 sentences like this one:
You should eat more often
And 5 sentences like this:
You shouldn´t eat foods that are high in carbohydrates.

Hope to see you next Tuesday.