Online Class Notes (Jesse)

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I’ve made it into a routine of cooking myself every Sunday to develop my skills and eat healthier.last Sunday l’ve started off my first trial of making garlicky spaghetti. I’ve encountered different difficulties furring each steps – preparation, cooking and serving.

Dusting ingredient preparation, i messed up parsley and celery, and minced garlic terribly with a very dull knife. While I was cooking, the recipe’s guidance is saying heat the the skillet over medium- high, but in reality it was really hard to monitor the temperature. More challengingly Is that I’ve never boiled spaghetti before, so i have no sense how long should I cook, and how much salt should I add.

I’ve made it into a routine of cooking myself every Sunday to develop my skills and eat healthier / eat more healthily. Last Sunday I have started off my first trial of making garlicky spaghetti. I encountered different difficulties during each step – preparation, cooking, and serving.

During ingredient preparation, i messed up with some of the ingredients / mixed up (the) parsley and celery, and minced the garlic terribly with a very dull knife. While I was cooking, the recipe said / the instructions said to heat the the skillet over medium- high, but in reality it was really hard to monitor the temperature. What was more challenging was that / More challengingly was that I’ve never boiled spaghetti before, so I have no sense how long I should cook it for, and how much salt I should add.

Vocabulary

it’s not the be all and end all – not the most important thing in life / not life and death

breakenly reading – sporadically / intermittently reading it

biggest daughter – eldest daughter

evisage my future – picture sth happening
eg. I envisage my future and it’s hard for me to see it clearly

I have a really uncertain future and I feel like I’m at a crossroads 

impromptu speech 

messed up / screw up / f*&* up – make a mistake
mixed up – confused 2 things / multiple things