Four ways to cook
| verb | what it means |
|---|
| asar | to roast in the oven, or grill over a fire |
| cocer | to cook food in boiling water |
| freír | to fry in oil |
| hervir | to boil |
El agua hierve, and you cueces the pasta in it. People also say hervir la pasta, but cocer is the usual verb for food cooked in water. It goes cuezo, cueces, cuece, cocemos, cocéis, cuecen.
Raw or bland
Crudo is raw; soso means a dish needs salt or flavor. For the dish in front of you, both normally go with estar.
Probar, oler a, saber a
Probar is to taste food or try something new; probarse is to try on clothes. Saber also means to taste, and oler to smell (huelo, hueles, huele, olemos, oléis, huelen). Add a to say what of: huele a ajo, sabe a pescado.
Praise with -ísimo
Rico becomes riquísimo (c → qu), bueno becomes buenísimo, soso becomes sosísimo.
La cafetera
Many Spanish homes make coffee in a small stovetop cafetera, the moka pot. Poner la cafetera is to put the coffee on.
