The Verbs of the Stove
Portuguese cooking splits neatly by what the heat does:
| verb | what it does |
|---|---|
| ferver | to boil (water bubbles) |
| fritar | to fry (in oil, in the frigideira) |
| grelhar | to grill |
| assar | to roast (in the forno) |
| torrar | to toast |
| Boil the water for the tea. | Ferve a água para o chá. |
The Knife Work
Before the stove comes the board: descascar is to peel (descasca a cebola), picar is to chop finely (pica o alho). Both are regular -ar verbs, so their commands are the forms you learned in the last lessons.
| Peel the onion, please. | Descasca a cebola, por favor. |
What Goes In
O ingrediente is anything the recipe calls for; o tempero is the seasoning. A farinha (flour) and o vinagre (vinegar) join the azeite and sal you already know. A louça is the crockery as a whole — lavar a louça is THE after-dinner chore — and a caneca is the big handled mug your morning milk comes in.
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