Spanish 2/Chapter 13 (Cooking)

Chapter 13 (Cooking)

Kitchen items

aceite - cooking oil
azafrán - saffron
ajo - garlic
caldo - broth
camarón - shrimp
cebolla - onion
especia - spice
estufa - stove
fregadero - sink
fuego - fire, heat
harina - flour
horno - oven
mariscos - shellfish
masa - dough (for breads or cakes)
microondas - microwave
olla - pot
pedazo (de) - piece, slice of
queso - cheese
refrigerador - freezer
salsa - sauce, salsa, gravy (of meat)
salsa de soya - soy sauce
sartén - frying pan
vinagre - vinegar

Recipe instructions

añadir - to add
no añadas - don't add
batir - to beat
calentar - to heat
cucharada - tablespoon
freír - to fry
hervir - to boil
ingrediente - ingredient
mezclar - to mix
pelar - to peel
picar - to chop
probar - to taste, to try
receta - recipe

Note: Calentar has a stem-change of e to ie. Freír has stem-change of e to i. Hervir has stem-changes of e to ie and e to i.

Preparing food

al horno - baked
apagar - to turn off
caliente - hot
¿Cómo se hace...? - How do you make...?
¿Con qué se sirve? - What do you serve it with?
congelado(a) - frozen
dejar - to leave, to let
no dejes - don't leave, don't let
encender - to turn on, to light
enlatado(a) - canned
fresco(a) - fresh
frito(a) - fried
olvidarse de - to forget about/to
no te olvides - don't forget about/to
tirar - to spill, to throw away
no tires - don't spill, don't throw away

Other expressions

se puede - you can

Negative tú commands

To tell someone what not to do, use a negative command by dropping the -o of the present-tense yo form and add -es for -ar verbs and adding -as for -er and -ir verbs.

No hables. - Don't speak.
No comas. - Don't eat.
No escribas. - Don't write.

Irregular negative tú commands

Some verbs have irregular negative tú commands.

no des - Don't give.
no estés - Don't be.
no vayas - Don't go.
no seas - Don't be.

Etc.

paella - saffron rice dish with seafood, meat, and/or other ingredients (originated in Spain)
tortilla - flat roundbread made with flour or corn flour (originated in Mexico and Central America)
taco - folded tortilla stuffed with meat, cheese, beans, and/or other ingredients (originated in Mexico)

Cultural insight (Tortillas y tacos)

Un taco con relleno de carne, queso y chiles dentro de una tortilla de maíz.

Tortillas have long been a staple food in Mexico and Central America. These flatbreads are made from either corn flour or wheat flour. In Mexico, tortillas can be made into tacos, which are tortillas folded and stuffed with chicken or beef, vegetables, cheese, and chile. Tortillas originated from the Aztecs who once ruled a vast empire covering the southern half of Mexico and a part of northern Guatemala until the Spanish invasion of Mexico in 1519. Corn is a plant that originated in the Americas and its name in Nahuatl (the Aztec language) is toconayao.

Today tortillas are very popular in the United States and are becoming more common in supermarkets as fresh or packaged. Tacos are also very popular worldwide and are seen as the international dish representing Mexico.