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ENGLISH
VOCABULARY
for Today's Podcast
(to) share recipes
(to)
try a dish
cooled (adjective)
traditional (adjective)
(a)
dish
(to) make (something) up (oneself)
instead of
(a)
sauce
(a) main dish
(an) appetizer
(an) ingredient
(a) fillet
(a) stalk
celery
thinly sliced
(to) serve
(to) cut into
~
section(s)
(to) season ~
(to) prepare ~
(to) slice ~
a strip
lengthwise
on an angle
(to) chop ~
deep
(to)
boil ~
boiled
(to) turn (something) off
(a) flame
(to)
let (something) cool
(a) sauce
(to) combine
(to) serve
(a) platter
(a) side dish
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Recipe?
Asking for and Giving Recipes
You have come to your ESL
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grammar and writing. We are podcasting from beautiful and
historic Boston, Massachusetts. If you are in our listening
audience today, we are glad you stopped by.
If
you're like many people, you love to eat good food. And if you
are like many people, you love to cook.
And you also love
to share recipes.
I
recently tried a dish from Japan from one of my
students and it was delicious. Naturally I wanted the recipe
for myself. What do you need to do in order to get a recipe?
All you have to do is to ask for it! Listen to the following
dialogue.
What's the name
of this dish? What do you call this dish?
It's called "Cooled
Salmon with Yogurt Sauce".
Where did you
get this recipe from?
Salmon is a traditional
Japanese dish, but this particular dish I made up
myself.
Instead of a traditional sauce, I
am using yogurt.
Is this served
as an appetizer, a main dish, or as dessert?
This is a main
dish, but it can also be served as an appetizer.
What
ingredients do I need?
You need salmon fillets,
several stalks of celery, carrots,
thinly sliced, one (1) onion thinly sliced, one (1)
cup of white wine, two (2) cups of water, ketchup, vanilla yogurt,
Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper.
How many people
does this serve?
It serves six.
What do I do?
How do I begin?
First, you cut
the salmon into 1-1/2" sections.
Next, season the salmon with salt and pepper.
Next, you have to prepare the vegetables.
Slice the celery into thin strips.
Slice the carrot in half lengthwise, and then chop
or slice it on an angle. Cut the onion in
half and slice each half thinly. Next, in a deep
pot,
boil two (2) cups of water and about one (1) cup of
white wine together, and add the sliced vegetables,
beginning with the carrots. Boil them together for
five minutes. Add the salmon into the boiled
mixture and boil for another 5 minutes.
Turn
off the
flame and let the mixture
cool.
To make the sauce,
combine
the ketchup, yogurt, and Worcestershire sauce together.
How do I serve
it?
Serve the fish with the vegetables on the main platter.
Serve the sauce as a side dish.
What if I don't
have white wine?
If you have red wine, you can
use that, but I prefer the white wine.
Bon appetite!
Does
this dish sound like something you'd like to try making? Does it
sound like something you'd like to try eating?
Homework
Now it's your turn to ask
somebody who cooks a dish that you find really delicious for the
recipe.
That's our English lesson for
this week. We hope to see you next week here at the
ESL Help Desk!
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