Part III cooking

Read the next entry from the diary and the menu that follows. Note down all that you think needs to be done in order to serve the meal. Then read the list of things to be done and amend or complete your notes.

The proof that cooking isn't for me: a further extract from the diary of a person who is about to go out to work.

After several weeks of Chicken Chow Mein for dinner, I decided that things had gone far enough. After all, there couldn't be that much to preparing a simple four-course meal once a day. We sat down together to plan a menu, then a programme of attack, adding a theatrical flavour for extra spice.

Our first menu:

Asparagus soup - for starter

Roast Chicken, potatoes, carrots, peas - main dish

Peach Flan - for dessert

Act One	scrub asparagus stems strip away the base cut out woody parts scale the fish, bone and fillet it cut off head and tail peel and wash potatoes top and tail carrots shell peas thaw frozen chicken skin peaches and remove stones
Act Two	chop up asparagus or shred it измельчать; шинковать chop up разрубать; крошить place fish on greased foil slice potatoes резать ломтиками или слоями, нарезать; dice carrots нарезать в форме кубиков crack two eggs for the flan открытый пирог (с начинкой из фруктов, сыра, грибов и т. п.) separate them
Act Three	scald marrow bones for stock обваривать, ошпаривать, обжигать крепкий бульон из костей brown them in oven put in large pan; add other ingredients bring to boil and simmer to extract juices strain through sieve or muslin brush fish with melted butter stuff the chicken cover the breast with bacon rashers season and rub with lemon juice cook in middle of pre-heated oven sift flour and salt into bowl for pastry cut up butter, rub into flour, mix or blend add water, sprinkling evenly over surface beat egg-whites and fold them into mixture добавлять какой-л. ингредиент, медленно вливая его и помешивая ложкой knead gently, then chill for 30 minutes а) замешивать, месить (тесто, глину) б) смешивать до получения однородной массы
Act Four	pour stock over asparagus and boil allow to bubble for an hour, stirring regularly dress the fish украшать, разукрашивать свежевать, разделывать (тушу) приготовить (для еды) , приправлять (еду) place in hot oven steam vegetables baste the chicken сбрызгивать жиром, поливать жиром (мясо во время приготовления) roll out pastry bake in oven whip or whisk cream for topping
Act Five	warm the plates skim the soup to remove fat, etc. garnish the fish coat with pre-prepared sauce drain vegetables make gravy from stock carve meat grate nutmeg over flan leave to cool
Finale	serve
Epilogue	freeze or ice leftovers

The next day I read the plan of action ... and went out to find a job. Chicken Chow Mein is OK, even though it has this rather strange after-taste.

Read the list of foodstuffs and the list of verbs. Note down what you can do to each of the foodstuffs by listing the appropriate verbs. Then take each verb and say which of the foodstuffs it can be used with.

wash mince knead	sift/sieve chip	grate whip stir
carve scale bone stuff spread slice mash skewer насаживать на вертел, шампур string scrape grind shred	eggs potatoes fish cream dough vegetables meat flour	peel skin shell pluck dice beat chop crush crack squeeze sprinkle scramble
whisk snip	drain/strain mix/blend	roll (out) dip smother