English Food Adjectives ?? - English Vocabulary related to Food

English Food Adjectives ?? - English Vocabulary related to Food Let’s face it we all love ?? our food. Cooking is a pleasure but eating it is even more pleasurable. Here are some English food adjectives you might need to describe how you like your food or how you might described what is served to you in a restaurant. Enjoyed this infographic? Here’s what you can do next: English Food Adjectives When we are talking about MEAT we can use the following English food adjectives:Chewy a bit difficult to eat and requires a lot of chewing Tough like eating leather impossible to bite Tender perfectly cooked and very delicateJuicy nicely cooked that melted in your mouthUsually, in a restaurant you will get asked how youd  like your  meat (or steak) cooked. So next time you could answer:blue completely red on the insiderare 75% red on the insidemedium-rare 50% red on the insidemedium a little bit pinkmedium to well done nearly cookedwell done very well cooked and often chewyFor vegetables we can use the following English food adjectives:over cooked soft and watery or mushyal dente perfectly cooked; a little bit of bite when you chewed themMUSHY is usually used to refer to food that has been over cooked particularly vegetables. They absorb a lot of water and become very soft and mushy when pressed. However, a very favourite English way to eat peas is known as mushy peas and are often served with the traditional fish and chips. English Food Adjectives The potato chips/fries/french fries were: crispy a little overdone, firm, and usually make noise when you bite them crunchy   a nice bite, perfectly cookedgreasy and fat too much oil or fat used in the cookingSTALE is used to describe food that is no longer fresh. More often we refer to old bread as stale when it becomes dry and hard. But many foods can become stale when they are past their sell by date. Milk that is old and not drinkable, however, is called sour milk not stale milk.REMEMBER: We say  STALE breadSOUR milkROTTEN fruit, vegetables or meatRANCID butterWe all like sweet things, biscuits and cakes. However, when referring to certain fruits like lemons and limes we use the word bitter which is the opposite of sweet. The lemon adds a bitter taste .Most recipes now include several references to teaspoons of herbs and spices. This is to add some much need colour or flavour particularly if you are cooking middle eastern or Asian foods.Spicy, however, usually means the food i s quite hot and likely to make your eyes water if there is too much spice added such as chili or ginger. They make a big difference in the taste when the right amount is added but for me it spoils the experience if over used.One of my favourite words to describe food is gooey. It reminds me of a chocolate brownie. Yummy. ??Gooey  stands for food  that is kind of hard on the outside but  inside its sticky and soft.  There are many ways to prepare food. In relation to most meat dishes we can:boil cook in in water that is boiling (100 C)steam cook vegetables, fish or chicken over boiling water roast meat in the oven fry cook in a pan on the stovestew slow cook in a pot for several hoursbake to cook bread, cakes, biscuits in an ovento grill to cook under a grillto heat up to make something hot that is already cookedto microwave to cook something in a microwaveto steam to cook with steam produced by boiling water Cooking Verbs in English Facebook Share on email Email Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Phrases to Describe Your Meal in English When the food is cooked just the way you like it we can describe the meal as TASTY. When you were not so happy with the meal you might say    ah it was alrightit will do!Enjoy the cooking and the eating!!!