Vocabulary

• start out: To begin your life or career in a particular way.
• over medium: Eggs cooked on both sides with yolk partially set but still soft.
• for myself: Done for one's own benefit or use.
• authentic: From a reliable source; accurate; true
• crap: Impolite way of saying something is not good; Faeces
• recipe: Conditions likely to create a particular result
• amount: Quantity of something
• comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
• concentrate: To cause to be present in large amount or number
• pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• principle: Moral rule or belief governing a person's behavior
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• dairy: Concerning or made from milk
• stir: To arouse (attention or interest)
• flavor: Quality giving something a particular character
• render: To cause to be in a certain state or condition
• fabulous: Almost impossible to believe, incredible
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• medium: Method of expressing ideas or feelings
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• crappy: Impolite term for not good, worthless
• terrible: Very bad; horrible
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• kick: Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
• celery: Long hard thin green vegetable
• excellent: Extremely good
• pound: The # key on a keyboard
• pot: Container designed to hold or store something
• heat: State of anger, excitement, or arguing
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• lid: Cover that can be lifted or removed, as on bottles
• simmer: To cook or be cooked so that it is just boiling
• balance: Instrument for weighing things
• fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• puree: Juice made from crushed fruit or vegetables
• classy: Showing good taste; elegant, fashionable; upmarket
• perfectly: In a faultless manner; without mistakes
• expensive: Costing a lot of money
• spaghetti: Italian pasta in long thin strands
• pepper: Green, red, or yellow vegetable with hollow center
• add: To include as well
• usual: Being the way things occur most of the time
• cream: Pale color that is yellowish white
• long: Person's name
• mince: To grind meat, etc. into very small pieces
• chili: Hot-tasting spice used in curry, etc.
• olive: Person's name
• onion: Strong-smelling, strong-tasting vegetable
• spicy: Hot and strongly flavored in taste
• stoke: To add fuel or tend a fire to make it stronger
• tablespoon: Large spoon that is used for measuring ingredients
• traditionally: Something done in a customary, traditional manner
• parmesan: Strong aged Italian cheese, e.g. grated over pasta
• pork: Meat of a pig, used for food
• grated: To shred food into very small pieces
• prosciutto: Italian salt-cured ham usually sliced paper thin
• grandma: Mother of your father or mother