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Kinds of Food vocabulary — C1

Food vocabulary for advanced discussion of ingredients and produce, covering a staple, condiment and artisan sourdough and describing how fruit can ripen, blemish or turn overripe.

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staple
/ˈsteɪpəl/
A basic food that people eat almost every day and build most of their meals around.
Example: Potatoes are a staple in this part of the country.
condiment
/ˈkɑndəmənt/
A sauce or powder such as mustard or ketchup that you add at the table to lift the flavour.
Example: He puts three different condiments on everything he eats.
perishable
/ˈpɛrɪʃəbəl/
Likely to go bad within a few days unless you keep it cold.
Example: Put the perishable shopping in the fridge first.
sourdough
Bread raised slowly with a living flour-and-water starter, with a faintly sour taste.
Example: I've started baking my own sourdough at the weekend.
comfort food
Simple, warm dishes that people eat to feel better when they are sad or tired.
Example: A bowl of mashed potato is my favourite comfort food.
confectionery
/kənˈfɛkʃəˌnɛri/
Sweet things such as chocolate and boiled sugar treats, thought of as one group.
Example: The shop's confectionery aisle is dangerous when I'm hungry.
delicacy
/ˈdɛləkəsi/
A rare or costly food that people in one place think is very special.
Example: Sea urchin is considered a great delicacy in Japan.
artisan
/ˈɑrtəzən/
Made in small amounts by hand, using traditional skills rather than machines.
Example: We buy artisan bread from the bakery every Saturday.
provisions
/prəˈvɪʒənz/
a supply of food and drink kept ready for later use.
Example: They packed provisions for the long hike.
confection
/kənˈfɛkʃən/
a sweet food, especially a cake or an elaborate sweet dish.
Example: The bakery window displayed an elaborate confection.
ripen
/ˈraɪpən/
When fruit slowly turns soft, sweet and ready to eat, often days after it is picked.
Example: Leave the avocados on the windowsill to ripen.
rind
/raɪnd/
The thick outer skin of a lemon, a melon or a piece of cheese.
Example: Grate a little lemon rind into the batter.
pulp
/pʌlp/
The soft wet inside part of a fruit, especially the bits left floating in juice after squeezing.
Example: I prefer orange juice with lots of pulp in it.
pip
/pɪp/
One of the small hard seeds inside fruit such as apples and oranges.
Example: She spat a pip into her hand and kept eating.
overripe
/ˈoʊvərˈraɪp/
Too soft and old to be nice to eat, after being kept for too long.
Example: These bananas are overripe, so I'll bake a cake.
husk
/hʌsk/
the dry outer covering of a seed, nut or grain, such as corn.
Example: She peeled back the husk to find the sweetcorn.
blemish
/ˈblɛmɪʃ/
a small mark or flaw on the skin of a fruit or vegetable that spoils its appearance.
Example: The apple had a small blemish on one side.
cultivar
the formal scientific term for any variety of plant developed through deliberate breeding, given its own name.
Example: This apple cultivar was bred for its sweetness.
heirloom
/ˈɛrˌlum/
describes a traditional variety of fruit or vegetable grown from seeds passed down for generations.
Example: She grows heirloom tomatoes in her garden.
blight
/blaɪt/
a plant disease that damages or kills crops, such as potatoes.
Example: Potato blight ruined much of the harvest.
poultry
/ˈpoʊltri/
Birds such as hens, ducks and turkeys, kept and sold as meat.
Example: The poultry counter is at the back of the shop.
venison
/ˈvɛnəsən/
The dark red meat of a deer, leaner than beef and with a strong wild flavour.
Example: The pub does a lovely venison casserole in winter.