F2F Class Notes 7th November (Celeste)***
Next class: Continue writing directions or instructions on how to eat Hairy Crabs.
Vocabulary
sleeve n. – part of a dress, shirt, jacket that touches your arms
eg. In the winter we wear long sleeves.
eg. In the summer we wear short sleeves or sleeveless dresses…
duck/goose feathers / down feathers / down n. – feathers often used in clothing to keep warm
eg. I can’t wait to wear my puffy down jacket in the snow.
turducken n. – a chicken inside of a duck inside of a turkey sometimes eaten for holiday dinners in the USA
skeleton ( skel- li – tin ) n. gu jia
eg. Humans and most animals have endoskeletons.
eg. Crustaceans (crust – stay – shins ) like lobsters, crabs and shrimp have exoskeletons. (outside)
How to cook and eat Dazha Xie
- Boil or steam the crabs for 15 minutes. When the crabs are red, they are ready to eat / to be eaten.
- Untie/cut the ribbon/rope/string/grass.
- Flip over the crab on its back to open the belly. If you don’t take/remove the belly, you cannot open the shell.
- Open the shell, then take the stomach and heart out.
- Break/pull/pry apart
TBC
Pronunciation
Alaskan ( uh – lass – skin ) King Crab
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