Ready to learn about food vocabulary? In part two of our lesson on food you will find meat, seafood, dairy and drinks.
If you want to learn about berries, fruits, vegetables, grains, beans and nuts, click here to read part 1.
MEAT
Beef – meat of a cow, bull or ox.
Pork – meat of a pig.
Chicken – meat of a hen or rooster.
Lamb – meat of a sheep, usually young sheep.
Duck – meat of a duck the bird.
Turkey – meat of the turkey the bird.
If you would like to learn all about the different animals mentioned in this lesson, click here for part 1 or click here for part 2 of an animal vocabulary lesson.
Steak – a high quality beef cut into thick slices that are cooked by grilling or searing.
Bacon – thinly sliced meat pieces from the back of a pig cooked until crunchy.
Sausage – minced meat stuffed in elongated skin or intestine rolls.
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SEAFOOD
Fish – an aquatic animal that has fins, gills and scales. Fish comes in many different breeds ranging from tiny to large.
Octopus – a mullusc, the limbs of which can be used as food.
Shrimp – a small aquatic animals with elongated body and five pairs of legs. Eaten without its shell.
Caviar – pickled eggs of a large fish, considered a delicacy and is an expensive food item.
Lobster – an aquatic animal the meat of which is considered a delicacy.
Oyster – a small shelled molluscs which produces pearl. Can be eaten raw or cooked.
DAIRY
Milk – a white fatty liquid produced by female mammals.
Cheese – a food item produced from pressed milk. Can be liquidy or hard and are usually yellow, brownish or white.
Butter – a yellow fatty substance made by churning cream produced from milk.
Sour cream – a cream which to which bacteria was added to make for the sour taste.
Yoghurt – a fermented milk product that is semi-solid and usually sweet.
Curd – a milk product that is soft and white, used for making cheese.
DRINKS
Juice – liquid sqeezed from fruits or vegetables.
Water – a liquid that is a base for all the other liquids. It is colourless and transparent, flavourless and does not have a smell.
Tea – a hot drink made by putting tea plant leaves, usually in dried from, in water.
Coffee – a hot drink made by using water and coffee beans.
Alcohol – a flamable liquid created through fermentation of sugars, has intoxicating qualities.
Soft drinks – otherwise known as carbonated drinks, sodas or pop are fizzy beverages that can be produced in any flavour.
Want to learn about drinks? Click here to open our lesson on drinking culture.