# Cooking & Taste Upper Intermediate

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- CEFR: B2 (Upper-intermediate)
- Theme: Food & Drink
- Words: 20
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Cooking vocabulary for kitchen technique and taste, covering how to simmer, preheat and reheat leftovers and describing texture with words like tender,…

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## Word list

* **leftovers** /ˈlɛfˌtoʊvərz/: Food that was not eaten at a meal and is kept for later. — “I took the **leftovers** to work for lunch the next day.”
* **seasoning** /ˈsizənɪŋ/: Salt, pepper or dried plants added to food to improve its flavour. — “The stew tastes flat; it needs more **seasoning**.”
* **simmer** /ˈsɪmər/: To cook liquid gently just below the point where it bubbles hard. — “Let the sauce **simmer** for twenty minutes with the lid off.”
* **overcooked** /ˌoʊvərˈkʊkt/: Left on the heat too long and gone dry or mushy. — “The pasta was **overcooked** and completely mushy.”
* **preheat**: To turn the oven on early so that it is hot before the food goes in. — “Don't forget to **preheat** the oven to 180 degrees.”
* **drain** /dreɪn/: To pour the water off food you have cooked, usually by tipping it into a bowl full of holes. — “**Drain** the pasta and put it back in the pan.”
* **mouldy** /ˈmoʊldi/: Covered in small fuzzy green or white spots because it has been left too long and gone bad. — “Half the strawberries at the bottom were already **mouldy**.”
* **reheat**: To warm up food that was cooked earlier so it can be eaten again. — “Just **reheat** the curry in the microwave for two minutes.”
* **airtight** /ˈɛrˌtaɪt/: Shut so completely that nothing at all can pass into or out of a container. — “Keep the biscuits in an **airtight** tin so they stay crisp.”
* **spoil** /spɔɪl/: When food becomes unsafe or unpleasant to eat because it has been kept too long. — “Warm weather makes fresh fish **spoil** within a few hours.”
* **bland** /blænd/: Dull to eat because it has almost no taste. — “The chicken was dry and pretty **bland** without sauce.”
* **tender** /ˈtɛndər/: Soft and easy to cut or chew, said about cooked meat. — “The lamb was so **tender** it fell off the bone.”
* **chewy** /ˈtʃui/: Needing a lot of biting before it is soft enough to swallow. — “These cookies are lovely and **chewy** in the middle.”
* **creamy** /ˈkrimi/: Thick, smooth and rich in the mouth, like a sauce or soup made with lots of milk or butter. — “This mushroom soup is lovely and **creamy**.”
* **lumpy** /ˈlʌmpi/: Full of small solid bits, in a sauce or mixture that should be completely smooth. — “The gravy went **lumpy** because I added the flour too fast.”
* **runny** /ˈrʌni/: More liquid and less firm than you would normally expect it to be. — “I like my boiled eggs with a **runny** yolk.”
* **zesty**: having a fresh, sharp, pleasant taste, often like citrus fruit. — “The salad had a **zesty** lemon dressing.”
* **crisp** /krɪsp/: pleasantly hard, dry and fresh, such as a fresh apple or golden bacon. — “He liked his bacon **crisp** and golden.”
* **grainy** /ˈɡreɪni/: having a texture like small grains, not smooth. — “The mustard had a **grainy** texture.”
* **velvety** /ˈvɛlvəti/: having a very smooth, soft texture, like the fabric velvet. — “The sauce had a **velvety** finish.”

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