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0:00Vanessa: Hi, I'm Vanessa
0:01from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com. What's this? What do you do with this? Let's talk about it.
0:14Next, you need to whisk the ingredients, and then, don't forget to brown the meat. "Huh? To whisk? To
0:21brown? Isn't brown a color?" Well, don't worry. Today, you are going to learn 50 common action
0:29verbs that you can use in the kitchen to help you never forget what you are about to learn. You can
0:35download this free PDF worksheet that I have created for you, my lovely students with all of
0:41today's verbs, definitions, and sample sentences. Plus, you can answer Vanessa's challenge question
0:49at the bottom of the free worksheet. Click on the link in the description to download the PDF today.
0:54Let's get started with our first category of action verbs in the kitchen.
0:59The first category are kitchen verbs that are also nouns. You can learn two things
1:07for the price of one. I blend ingredients in
1:18a blender, maybe to make a smoothie. My husband grinds coffee beans in the grinder.
1:38Are you ready for this one? I toast a piece of toast in the toaster.
1:45Oh my goodness, I toast a piece of toast in the toaster. Unfortunately, I don't have any bread
1:55in my house today, but you can imagine what this does. I toast a piece of toast in the toaster.
2:03I peel a carrot with peeler. I grate the cheese with a grater.
2:26Notice that the T in grater sounds like a D in American English. This is very common
2:33that a T between vowel sounds will sound like a D. I grate the cheese with a grater.
2:43I strain my food with a strainer. Or you can say, I strain my food through a strainer.
2:59I open the can of tomatoes with a can opener.
3:21I whisk the pancake batter with a whisk. Notice that the H is silent. It only sounds like whisk.
3:40I use a mixer to mix the ingredients. I don't have a mixer, I always mix ingredients by hand.
3:49I baste the turkey with a baster. I freeze meat in the freezer.
4:15When I want to grill meat, I use the grill. In the US, we say to grill
4:23more often than to barbecue. I don't usually say, when I want to barbecue meat, usually, I say,
4:31when I want to grill meat, I use the grill. I chop the carrot. Or you could say,
4:48I slice the carrot thinly. We also use to slice for bread. I slice the bread.
4:56I taste the sauce before I add more spices. I bake cookies in the oven.
5:16Or, I roast a chicken in the oven. I use the tea kettle to boil some water.
5:32I let the sauce simmer over low heat. I heat up my food in the microwave. But
5:51we can also use a fun word, to nuke. I nuke my food in the microwave, nuke it.
6:00I nuke my food in the microwave. I fry bacon and eggs for breakfast.
6:10When you fry, usually, you use a lot of oil. Or you can say, I saute my vegetables for dinner.
6:25This usually uses less oil, to saute something. I brown the meat before I add the spaghetti
6:35sauce. I brown the meat. The word brown can be an adjective. My hair is brown. But, it can also
6:45be a verb, to brown meat. This usually means that you don't completely cook it, but the outside is
6:54brown, and it's ready to be added to the dish and cooked a little more, to brown some meat.
7:01I steam my vegetables for dinner. And what's this called? This is a steamer basket.
7:11I use a steamer basket to steam my vegetables. I pour the sauce on the spaghetti.
7:26I spread butter on the bread. As I said, I have no bread in my house right now, I'm sorry,
7:34but here's a picture. I spread butter on the bread.
7:38My son likes to sprinkle cheese on his spaghetti. The word sprinkle is also a noun. "It's this?"
7:54Hmm, these are sprinkles. Usually, you add them to a cake, or maybe to cupcakes. These
8:03are sprinkles. You could sprinkle sprinkles on a cake, or you could sprinkle cheese on your food.
8:17I like to add salt and pepper to my food. But, do you know something strange? Ever since
8:24I had my first son, I don't like pepper anymore. If a dish has a lot of pepper,
8:32usually, I don't like it. But before having children, I didn't care. Very strange.
8:39Let's talk about some verbs for cleaning up the kitchen.
8:43At the end of dinner, we clear the table. We pile up the dirty dishes in the sink.
9:00I scrape the leftover food into a bowl to give to our chickens. They'll be so happy. I scrape the
9:09leftover food into a bowl to give to our chickens. I scrub the food off of the dish,
9:21but if I can't clean it well, then I need to soak the dish. This means I put hot,
9:32soapy water in the dish, and I let it sit for one hour, maybe overnight, and it helps me to
9:40clean the dish better. I let the dish soak. Do you have a dishwasher? If you said no, you
9:48need to squirt some dish soap onto a rag. And, I'm sorry, you need to do the dishes by hand. Whoa, I
10:04had lots of water in it. You need to do the dishes by hand. Do you do the dishes by hand at home?
10:12When I'm done washing a dish by hand, I let it dry. I let it dry on the drying rack. Or we can
10:22say, I let it air-dry. And in fact, we can say the same thing for your hair. After you take a shower,
10:32you can use a hair dryer, or you can let your hair air-dry. This is generally better for your hair,
10:41but not everyone does it. You can let your hair air-dry, or you can let a dish air-dry.
10:47When the dishes are all done, I stack them on the shelf.
10:56Do you have a dishwasher? You're pretty lucky. You can load the dishwasher,
11:06and when it's done, you can unload the dishwasher. The dishwasher sterilizes the dishes. If you had
11:23raw chicken or something that's not so good on your dishes, don't worry,
11:28the dishwasher will sterilize your dishes. After I unload the dishes, I need to sort the
11:40silverware; forks, spoons, knives, and chopsticks. Our final category is generally cleaning
11:49the kitchen. My mom always told me,
11:52"You should clean as you go." To clean as you go means to clean while you're cooking. If you're
12:01waiting for the water to boil, well, you can wipe the counter. Great, do you clean as you go?
12:10When I'm done cooking, I try to tidy up. To tidy up makes things look neat. I try to tidy up.
12:21After dinner, I put away the leftovers in a container. Do you know what this type of container
12:32is called? Well, I'm going to leave it a mystery. You should watch this video that I made about
12:38many, many kitchen words right here in my kitchen. I squeeze the water out of my sponge,
12:47or my rag so that it doesn't drip. I squeeze the water out of the sponge.
12:55I wipe down the sink when I'm done. If my children have made an incredible mess,
13:10I sweep the floor with a broom. Notice, you cannot say,
13:14I broom the floor with a broom. Nope, you should say, I sweep the floor with a broom.
13:21Or if we ate spaghetti, and there is sauce everywhere, I mop the floor with a mop.
13:31If there is something I can't give my chickens, I dump it in the trash, and
13:42my husband takes out the trash. My husband takes out the trash when it's full.
13:49And finally, I pump some soap onto my hay hands and wash them.
14:04Congratulations on learning 50 common kitchen verbs. Don't forget to download the free
14:12PDF worksheet for this lesson. There's a link in the description so that you
14:16never forget any of these wonderful verbs. And now, I have a question for you. Would you
14:26rather cook dinner or clean up? Let me know in the comments, and I will see you again next Friday for
14:33a new lesson here on my YouTube channel. Bye. The next step is to download the free PDF
14:40worksheet for this lesson. With this free PDF, you will master today's lesson
14:46and never forget what you have learned. You can be a confident English speaker.
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