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Have
you enjoyed the recipe?
Well, now let's go over the language used in
the interview.
First of all, let's explain what a homemaker
is.
A homemaker is an expert in all matters concerning
administration and running of a household, cooking,
budgeting, sewing etc.
Lisa used some typical culinary terms: 'drain'
means eliminating excess water from food after
washing or boiling.
You drain pasta, vegetables, and so on.
'Hull' means removing inedible parts from food,
like peas, beans, or strawberries, 'mash' means
crushing some food, such as potatoes or carrots,
into a paste, 'whip' means beating to a fluffy
consistency, as in whipping cream, 'whisk' means
whipping, egg whites for example, to a froth,
incorporating air, or until firm: we say 'whisking
stiffly'.
'Stir' is moving a spoon around a liquid; when
we add one ingredient to another and mix them
together's when we say 'stir in'.
'Fold in' means blending other ingredients to
a whipped mixture stirring gently, 'pour' means
adding a liquid into a mixture or serving tea,
coffee, water...
Lisa also mentioned a 'goblet', which is a small
cup with stem to serve fruit salad or ice cream,
a 'pint', which is a unit of liquid measure
equivalent to 568 ml, a UK pint, or 550 ml,
a US pint.
A 'tablespoon' is also used as a unit of measure.
In order to express appreciation about food,
we say 'tasty', 'delicious', 'yummy', 'mouth-watering'.
Lisa said 'in-season berries', to mean fresh
fruit.
Otherwise we say 'out of season'.
Not to be confused with the word 'seasoning',
which means adding salt, pepper and other spices
to food.
A 'berry' is a small fruit, such as a strawberry,
blackberry, raspberry, blueberry.
Another useful term is 'serving', you can also
say 'helping', it refers to individual portions
of food.
Well, I hope you've had a good time and I'll
see you next time!
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