ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY 2

Kinds of meat. Seafood. Fish. Vegetables. Dairy products. Cereals & pasta.

a) pork, beef, veal, mutton, venison, ham, gammon, bacon, poultry, game, offal, a joint of beef, beefsteak, a fillet of beef, a cutlet, a chop, pheasant, partridge, grouse;

 

b) seafood, shellfish, crab, lobster, shrimp, prawn, oyster, cockle, mussel, squid, crayfish;

 

c) cod, hake, plaice, mackerel, herring, sardine, trout, salmon, eel, carp, perch, pike

 

d) cauliflower, broccoli, spinach, courgettes /zucchini/, aubergines /egg plants/, beans, spring onions, asparagus, turnip, beetroot, lettuce, chicory, leek, artichoke, marrow, radish, fig, date;

 

e) parsley, fennel, dill, rosemary, thyme, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, curry;

 

f) dairy products: whole / low-fat / pausterized milk, condensed milk, butter, cream, sour cream, kefir, yoghurt, cottage cheese, margarine, mayonnaise, hard / soft cheese

 

g) cereals & pasta: barley, buckwheat, oats / oatmeal (AE), porridge / oatmeal, rice, cornflakes, semolina, muesli, macaroni, noodles, spaghetti, vermicelli, to drain pasta in a colander

· white / wheat bread · brown / rye bread (with bran) · a roll / bun · a ring roll, a bagel · a croissant · a muffin · pastry, biscuits / cookies (AE) · a wafer / a waffle · a sponge cake · a doughnut · a rusk · bread crumbs · a loaf of bread · a slice of bread · to keep bread in a bread bin · an apple pie · a pancake · meat, cheese, cherry dumplings