Kitchen vocabulary

Here is some vocabulary connected to cooking and kitchens.

a- Utensils and equipment:

1- a knife : a basic, hand-held tool for cutting food.

2- a peeler : a hand-held tool specially designed for removing the skin from vegetables such as potatoes.

3- a spatula : a thin tool – sometimes made of wood – which is used to remove food from a pan.

4- a strainer / sieve : a tool used to remove water from food. It's bowl-shaped, with lots of holes to let the water run through.

5- a saucepan : a basic metal pan that is often used to cook food in hot water.

6- a lid : the cover of a saucepan.

7- a frying pan : a shallow pan that is often used to cook food in a little hot oil.

8- a wok : a deep pan that is often used in East Asian countries as a frying pan.

9-a cooker : the machine which provides the heat for cooking; it is powered by electricity or gas.

10- an oven : a part of a cooker. It is the box-shaped part of the cooker, which you open like a cupboard, and put food inside to cook it at a high temperature

11- a hob : the top part of the cooker, where you cook with saucepans and frying pans.

b- Cooking:

1- to peel (a vegetable) : to remove the skin from vegetables, such as potatoes.

2-to chop (an onion) : to use a knife to cut some food into small pieces.

3- to slice (a cucumber) : to cut food in a careful way so that you make thin pieces.

4- to dice (a carrot) : to cut food into small cube-shaped pieces.

5- to boil (an egg) : to cook food in very hot water; the water is bubbling strongly.

6- to simmer : to cook food in hot water, but below boiling temperature (100 degrees C).

7- to bake (a cake) : to cook food in an oven.

8- to fry (a sausage) : to cook food in hot oil, usually in a frying pan or wok.

9- to roast (some b : eef)to cook meat, with a little oil, at a high temperature in an oven.

c- Miscellaneous:

ingredients
the different types of food that you need to cook a dish

a recipe
the instructions for how to cook something

an apron
an item of clothing that you wear to protect your clothes.

a cook
a person who prepares food and makes the dinner etc.

a chef
We use this word to refer to a professional cook who works in a restaurant

d-Vocabulary

spuds
potatoes (slang/colloquial).