F2F Class Notes 10 June (Peter)

Corrections


I just finished a bake class – I just finished a baking class.

It take a long time for cook – It takes a long time to cook.

 

Vocabulary


Oven – used for baking and cooking, 炉子

Yeast – 酵母, a kind of fungus that helps bread rise

Ex. Yeast allows the bread to rise.

Baking Soda – 发粉, is a man-made chemical used for cooking and can help bread rise

Rye bread – brown bread

Ex. This sandwich is ham on rye.

Wheat – 小麦

Fungus – 菌

Vinegar – 醋*

*Note: in the USA, saying “vinegar” generally means white vinegar, not brown vinegar like in China.

Condiment – a sauce or spice that you can add to cooked food, in restaurants, these are on the table

Ex. Ketchup, Salt, Pepper, Soy Sauce, Vinegar

Ingredient – sauces, spices, or foods used to cook dishes (you cannot find these on the table)

Ex. Chicken, onion,

Onion – 洋葱

Chips – can refer to French fries (long, thin, fried potato), or to crisps (round, thin, fried potato) 在美国是薯片, 在英国是薯条

Pronunciation


Yeast (yeest)

Rye (rai)

Crisps (remember to pronounce both “S” sounds)

Fungus (fʌŋ.ɡəs)