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(to) share recipes
(to) try a dish
VOCABULARY
cooled
traditional
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
What if...?
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Asking for and
Giving Recipes
You
have come to your ESL Help Desk, your home page for questions and comments
about English 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!
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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