This lesson introduces vocabulary for preparing ingredients and using everyday kitchen appliances to step up your cooking game.
Prepping the Ingredients
Before you start cooking, you often need to peel (skrælle) your vegetables. A peeler is called en skrællekniv.
| You must peel the potato with the new peeler. | Du skal skrælle kartoflen med den nye skrællekniv. |
If you are preparing a salad or a garnish, you might need to grate (rive) carrots or cheese using a grater (et rivejern).
| The chef grates the carrot on the grater in the kitchen. | Kokken river guleroden på rivejernet i køkkenet. |
Most of this prep work takes place on a cutting board (et skærebræt).
| The girl peels the cucumber on the large cutting board. | Pigen skræller agurken på det store skærebræt. |
Cooking and Mashing
When you bring a soup or a sauce to a gentle, low boil, you let it simmer (simre).
| The soup must simmer in the pot before we eat it. | Suppen skal simre i gryden før vi spiser den. |
Some recipes require you to mash (mose) your ingredients. You can do this with a simple fork or a dedicated kitchen tool.
| How often do they mash the potatoes with the fork? | Hvor tit moser de kartoflerne med gaflen? |
Kitchen Appliances
Modern kitchens are full of helpful appliances. A blender (en blender) is perfect for pureeing fruit or mixing liquids.
| The woman uses the blender because she also wants to mash the fruit. | Kvinden bruger blenderen fordi hun også vil mose frugten. |
For a quick breakfast, you might use the toaster (brødristeren) or boil water in the electric kettle (elkedlen).
| The man puts the toaster next to the cutting board. | Manden sætter brødristeren ved siden af skærebrættet. |
| The water boils quickly in the electric kettle. | Vandet koger hurtigt i elkedlen. |
Finally, when you need to warm something up quickly, the microwave (mikrobølgeovnen) is always handy.
| The boy puts the food in the microwave because he is often hungry. | Drengen sætter maden i mikrobølgeovnen fordi han ofte er sulten. |
