Meals and Cooking Vocab
(Dora) What are the 3 meals in a day?
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner!
Bonus 50 points: What time of day do you eat each meal?
(James) You use your teeth to do this with food.
You use your teeth to chew!
Bonus 50 points: What is the opposite of chew?
(James) What are 3 ingredients you need to make desserts?
Flour, butter, sugar, eggs, milk, and more!
Where do eggs come from?
(Dora) What is your favorite food to eat? Why?
I like to eat ____, because...
-Because it tastes _____
-Because it smells _____
-Because it looks _____
(James) What are 3 different kinds of meat?
Beef, pork, and chicken! Can you think of any others?
Bonus 50 points: What is the word for someone who does not eat meat?
(Dora) The kitchen is very dirty. What should you do?
You should clean up the kitchen!
How can you clean the kitchen?
(Dora) Can you describe a dessert?
A dessert is sweet, a dessert is delicious...Or maybe a dessert is gross!
(James) In your opinion, which country has the best food? Why?
Hint: An opinion (uh-PIN-yin) is something you think or believe.
In my opinion, ______ has the best food. This is because...
(Dora) What are 5 different flavors/tastes?
Sweet, sour, salty, spicy, bitter...
Which flavor is your least favorite?
(Dora) The vegetables are too big. Mary uses a knife to _____ ___ the vegetables for the recipe.
Cut up or chop up!
Bonus 50 points: Use cut up or chop up in a new sentence.
(James) Do you have a sweet tooth?
Hint: If someone asks you this question, they are asking if you like to eat candy and sweets!
I have a sweet tooth because...
I do not have a sweet tooth, because...
(James) Do you know how to make your favorite meal? Is it fried, boiled, or steamed? What ingredients do you need?
I do/don't know how to make my favorite meal.
You need these ingredients: ____, ____, ____...
(James) How can you describe the texture of food?
Hint: Texture is how the food feels in your mouth.
The food is soft, the food is crispy, the food is crunchy...
(James) What is the verb for when you cook food in very hot oil?
To fry!
Use fry in a sentence.
(Dora) Do you like to try new foods? Why or why not?
I like to try new foods because...
I do not like to try new foods, because...
(Dora) Do you know how to cook? Do you like to cook? Why or why not?
I do know how to cook!
I do not know how to cook.
I like cooking because...
I do not like cooking because...
(Dora and James) What tools do you need to cook something? List as many as you can remember!
Pot, pan, lid, spoon, chopsticks, tongs, spatula...
(Dora and James) If your food is very cold, what should you do?
Heat up the food!
Bonus 50 points: What is the opposite of heat up?
(Dora and James) What tools do you need to bake something? List as many as you can remember!
A bowl, whisk, measuring spoon, measuring cup, scale, rolling pin, pan...
Which of these tools do you have at your house?
(Dora and James) Is it important to know how to cook? Why or why not?
It is important to know how to cook, because...
It is not important to know how to cook, because...