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ENGLISH FOR CHEFS & COOKS
topic: Cooking related vocabulary 1






Fill in each blank with the correct word. If both words can be used, choose the one that sounds more natural in each situation.


1. Please make sure the water is (cooking/boiling) before you throw the pasta in.

2. I cleaned the (counter/desk) ( = the flat area where food is prepared) before I left last night.

3. Could you please (chop up/chop out) three cups of mushrooms?

4. Tell the customer that the food will be (out/outside) in 10 minutes.

5. These knives are not (sharp/spicy) enough.

6. After you make the sauce, make sure to put it in the refrigerator so it doesn't (go bad/do bad)

7. We need to (purchase/access) ( = buy) more celery.

8. The vegetable (broth/liquid) is too salty.

9. Make sure you warm up the milk before adding it to the sauce. Otherwise it will (curdle/cuddle).

10. Make sure to use the timer so that you don't end up (burn/burning) the bread.

11. The next step is to chop the garlic into very thin (parts/slices).

12. Don't forget to add the (garnish/bread). ( = small bit of food used as a decorative element)

13. Please (slice/fry) the bread in half.

14. It (takes/lasts) about 10 minutes to fry these vegetables.

15. This is too (sharp/spicy) ( = hot). We'll have to mix it with a (milder/dull) sauce.

16. Did you (grate/great) the cheese?

17. OK, now (pour/spill) the sauce over the potatoes.

18. Keep (stirring/starring) for about 5 minutes.

19. Don't put that in the (conventional) oven, just (microwave/cook) it. ( = just cook it in a microwave oven)

20. Make sure you measure all the (ingredients/particulars) properly.





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