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JacksonFive's
Free Weekly "Learning English" Newsletter
Issue: 06      "Cooking Methods"    March 26, 2000
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Dear Readers,

    How was your week?

    One of you asked me last week what a bonsai was (from issue04).
    This week, I took some pictures of one of my bonsai.  I have
    decided to share them with you.  You can find these pictures at
    http://www.path2english.com/Reference/Bonsai.htm.

    As you can see, the word bonsai means small miniature tree.  This
    English word originated from the Japanese, who made the bonsai
    art form famous.  However, you might not know this, the Japanese
    originally learned the art of bonsai from China.  The Japanese
    word bonsai is actually the word 盆栽 in Chinese.  Bonsai and 盆栽
    even sound similar, don't you think?

                                                              JacksonFive

THIS WEEK's FEATURED QUESTION:

    "What are the different ways to have something cooked?"

ANSWER:

1) Grilled: meat cooked on a cooking device (also called grill).  This
    device has parallel bars of thin metal.  The meat sits on these
    bars while the fire is underneath.  Meat cooked this way usually has
    evenly spaced black lines on them.  Outdoor barbecues are usually
    cooked this way also (device: barbecue grill).
      Example from Perkin's online menu:
      Chicken Supreme, a seasoned, grilled chicken breast topped with
      bacon, cheese and our own barbecue sauce.

2) Barbecued: cooked outside on an open fire.

3) Boiled: cooked using boiling water.

4) Baked: to cook by dry heat as in an oven, usually for bread or
    pastry.

5) Roasted: similar to "baked" except it is used for meats.  "Roasted"
    means cooking by dry heat putting fat or other sauces on top.
      Example from Perkin's online menu:
      Country Club Melt Lean, oven-roasted turkey, bacon strips, sliced
      tomatoes and cheese on sourdough bread.

6) Smoked: a meat or fish that used smoke to give it more flavor or to
    preserve it.
      Example from Perkin's online menu:
      Classic Egg Favorites Two farm fresh Grade AA eggs and choice of:
      crisp bacon strips, lean smoked ham, sausage links, sausage
      patties.

7) Charbroiled: using charcoal to cook.  This adds an "outdoor" taste
    to the food.
      Example from Perkin's online menu:
      Perkins Steak & Eggs Top sirloin steak, charbroiled and served
      with two fresh eggs.

8) Sauteed: to fry food quickly in a little bit of fat.
      Example from Perkin's online menu:
      Frisco Melt Our hearty melt sandwich of 1/2 lb. lean ground beef,
      sauteed onions, tomatoes, cheese and Thousand Island dressing.
      Served on sourdough bread.

    I'm not an expert in cooking.  Actually, I don't cook so this was a
    very challenging lesson for me to create.  I hope I didn't miss any
    of the more common cooking methods.

    I must say that I found some very helpful support material on the
    Perkin's Restaurant website (a famous franchise in Canada).  The
    pictures there however made me "drool" (def: 流口水, hungry)  ^_^
    See if you agree, http://www.perkinsrestaurants.com/ (click "Menu").

    I also found some good "Chinese cooking methods" at this website,
    http://www.chinesefood.org/com.htm.  So as not to "reinvent the
    wheel" (idiom meaning "doing something over again"), you can visit
    their website for this information.

    This lesson, "cooking methods" was the first lesson requested by a
    fellow reader.  I enjoyed writing it so if you have any good lesson
    topics of your own, I now take "requests".

NEXT WEEK's FEATURED TOPIC:

    "Yummy (def: taste good) breakfast foods you can order."

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