FOOD VOCABULARY

Overcooked: Cooked beyond the optimal cooking time

Sentence: The pasta was overcooked and too soft

Raw: Not cooked properly/at all

Sentence: The vegetables were raw and hard to chew

Stale/Rotten: Spoiled and past its optimal usage time

Sentence: The whole room smells like rotten eggs

Unripe: Immature food item – not fit for consumption

Sentence: The bananas you bought yesterday were unripe

Poach: Cooking an egg without its outer shell in or over boiling water

Sentence: I like my eggs poached and cooked well

Pint: A unit that is equal to 550 millilitres

Sentence: I grabbed a pint of milk on my way home

Portion: A part or section of a whole

Sentence: I just want a small portion of the pie

Spoonful: As much as a spoon can hold

Sentence: I take my coffee with two spoonfuls of sugar

Bland: Tasteless or having little taste

Sentence: The food tasted bland without the spices

Savoury: Delicious

Sentence: She cooks amazing and savoury food.

Barbecue: A meal in which food is cooked over an open fire outdoors or in a special appliance

Sentence: India doesn’t have the trend of barbecues as much as the West