English as a business language

Boiling is fast and easy to control. The secret is to use as little water as possible and avoid overcooking so all the vitamins and flavors are retained.
Steaming vegetables is the best way of retaining flavor, color and vital nutrients. Just be careful not to overcook them as this will make them tasteless.
Roasting isn't just for potatoes - root vegetables, squashes and tomatoes all taste wonderful cooked this way. Roasting works by intensifying flavors and causing natural sugars to caramelise, creating a crisp outer coating and a tender centre.
Stir-frying uses very little oil and cooks vegetables quickly, so they keep their texture and taste.
Griddling and barbecuing are direct heat cooking methods, which produce vegetables with a crisp coating and a tender centre.


About grains and legumes


A grain is a small, hard, dry seed – with or without an attached hull or fruit layer – harvested for human or animal consumption. People grow different kinds of grain as food. The different kinds of grain are perhaps one of the most important foods in the world. The two main types of commercial grain crops are cereals and legumes. Some kinds of grain are: corn (maize), rice, wheat, barley, millet, rye, oats, etc.


Legumes or pulses contain nutrients that are especially valuable. Legumes need to be cooked before they are eaten – this improves their nutritional quality, aids digestion and eliminates any harmful toxins. Some types of legumes are: beans, soybeans, kidney beans, peas, green peas, lentils, etc.


Word file:
Contamination – çirklənmə, yoluxma
Bulky – həcmli, tutumlu
Reduction – azalma, azaltma, ixtisar
Cardiovascular disease – ürək – dammar xəstəliyi
Enjoy – zövq almaq
Overcook – çox/həddən artıq bişirmək
Tasteless – dadsız
Squash – 1.əzmək, əzilmək; 2.boranı, balqabaq syn: pumpkin (boranı)
Turnip, radish – turp
Cauliflower – gül kələm
Brussels sprout – Brüssel kələmi
Legumes – paxlalılar
Harvest – məhsul; syn. crop
Corn (maize) – qarğıdalı
Rice – düyü
Millet – darı
Oats – yulaf
Bean – lobya
Pea – noxud
Lentil – mərci


Questions:

1. 
   How can vegetables be eaten?
   
2. 
   What kind of vegetables do you know? Can you say their names?
   
3. 
   Which methods of cooking vegetables do you know?
   
4. 
   What is boiling method of vegetables?
   
5. 
   What can you say about steaming method?
   
6. 
   And what about roasting? Stir - frying? Griddling?
   
7. 
   What types of cabbage can you name?
   
8. 
   What is the synonym of the word "turnip"?
   
9. 
   What is a grain?
   
10. 
    What kind of grains do you know?
    
11. 
    What about legumes?
    
12. 
    Can you say some names of legumes?
    

Dessert. Types of desserts

A dessert is a type of food that is eaten after lunch or dinner. It is usually a sweet food, like ice cream, cookies, and cakes. In some countries, cheeses such as Brie cheese and fruit are served as dessert. Some desserts are decorated, like birthday cakes. Others are simple, like pudding. Many desserts are baked (cooked in an oven). Some desserts are served with whipped cream as a topping.

Baked desserts
Baked desserts are made by putting the ingredients in a hot oven. Baked desserts include cakes and muffins (a mixture of flour, eggs, sugar, oil, baking powder, and flavorings); sweet breads such as banana bread and raisin bread (a mixture of flour, sugar, oil, baking powder, and flavorings); cookies such as chocolate chip cookies (a mixture of flour, eggs, sugar, oil, and flavorings). Puddings and custards (a mixture of milk, eggs, sugar, and flavorings) can be made in the oven.