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  • (upbeat music)

  • - Hello, this is Jack from tofluency.com

  • and today we're going to have a conversation

  • in English about food.

  • - One of my favorite topics.

  • - Yeah, one of Kate's favorite topics.

  • So the idea behind these conversations is

  • to give you exposure to real English,

  • but then also to teach you some phrases at the same time.

  • So we'll teach a little bit of the vocabulary

  • and phrases that we use in the video.

  • But to really learn them, go to the description,

  • and then go over to the website

  • where I'm going to leave a list

  • of key phrases from this lesson.

  • So you'll be able to go through it, read it,

  • see the examples, get an explanation, et cetera.

  • So today you're going to learn a lot about food.

  • I'm going to approach this

  • by talking about traditional meals,

  • and food in general, from the UK,

  • the Unites States, and Spain.

  • Because I'm from the UK.

  • - I'm from the US.

  • - We live in America and we have lived in Spain.

  • Now let's make this very relevant--

  • - Okay. - To what we're doing,

  • because tonight we're going

  • to have some friends over for dinner.

  • And you had some questions for me.

  • - Yes, so,

  • as is pretty common,

  • at least where we live,

  • people have different dietary restrictions.

  • - Yeah.

  • - So for example, there's certain things that they eat

  • or certain things that they don't eat.

  • The friends that we're having over for dinner tonight,

  • one of them only eats chicken and seafood.

  • - Well, a better way to say that is,

  • so, just in my head, she only eats chicken.

  • (softly laughs)

  • But that's it, and seafood.

  • - Okay, let me rephrase that,

  • let me see if this is what you're thinking about.

  • She doesn't eat red meat.

  • - Yeah.

  • - Or pork.

  • - Right, is pork red meat?

  • - I think that pork is technically white meat.

  • - All right.

  • Well, so, yeah, so that's a restriction

  • and that's a really good example,

  • where somebody doesn't eat red meat.

  • Now what are some of the common restrictions

  • here in Nashville?

  • - Sure, so a lot of people are gluten-free.

  • So they don't eat wheat or wheat products

  • that have gluten in it.

  • - Like breads, and obvious, no bread, no pasta.

  • - Yup.

  • - No...

  • A lot of pastries.

  • - And some people have a condition called Celiac's

  • that prevents them,

  • they have really severe reactions to gluten.

  • And other people, it's more of a preference.

  • Some people are dairy-free,

  • so they don't eat dairy products.

  • People can also be vegan,

  • so they don't eat any animal products,

  • and just a variety of different things.

  • So basically, we are trying to think--

  • - This is our task. - This is our debate.

  • So we're trying to see,

  • so our friend eats chicken for sure,

  • so I was trynna think of a chicken-based dish

  • that would be a little bit more exciting.

  • So, trynna think, would we want chicken

  • that was stuffed with spinach and cheese?

  • Or chicken in a rich sauce?

  • Or just like roasted with vegetables

  • and like a glaze on top?

  • So that's what we're trynna decide between.

  • - There's a lot of new vocabulary there.

  • (softly laughs)

  • Like to stuff chicken-- - Uh-huh, yeah.

  • - Which means put something

  • inside it - Inside it.

  • - So another example of that is stuffed pepper.

  • - [Kate] Yeah.

  • - Where you get a pepper,

  • and normally cheese or rice, maybe?

  • - Cheese, rice, breadcrumbs,

  • so you could also do that with mushrooms.

  • - And then a glaze, how would you describe that?

  • - A glaze is like kind of a rich, thick sauce.

  • - Yeah, and you brush it on.

  • - Like so. - Brush on a glaze.

  • - Brush on, yeah.

  • - So yeah, we're trying to,

  • and you said a dish as well.

  • So a dish is part of a meal, isn't it?

  • - Yeah. - Or the main dish.

  • There are so many words and phrases

  • when it comes to cooking and food.

  • - Yes.

  • - And we'd learned that while living in Spain.

  • There's so much to learn in this.

  • So hopefully, this lesson is going to help you with that.

  • - Yeah.

  • - So, okay, so we are cooking a meal tonight.

  • There's a main dish, and then side dishes too.

  • - Yes.

  • - So what are we going to do for sides?

  • - For side dishes, so it depends

  • on which main dish we choose.

  • - Right.

  • - So if we have, for example,

  • a chicken that's roasted with vegetables,

  • that can kind of be part of our side dishes.

  • If not, we're probably gonna wanna do vegetables, salad.

  • - Potatoes.

  • - Potatoes, for example.

  • - And maybe mashed potatoes.

  • - Mashed potatoes are delicious.

  • - Yeah.

  • - But they're more delicious when they're the least healthy.

  • - Or--

  • - More butter is more delicious.

  • - Yeah, aw, yeah. - With mashed potatoes,

  • and many things.

  • - We're not gonna talk too much

  • about what's healthy and what's not.

  • - No.

  • - We're just going to have a good talk

  • about traditional meals.

  • - Yes.

  • - Let's start with breakfast.

  • - Okay.

  • - What is something that people have

  • for breakfast in the UK?

  • Do you remember, or do you know this?

  • - So, what immediately comes to mind

  • is the famous full English breakfast.

  • - Yeah.

  • - Right? - Yeah.

  • - That would be the traditional,

  • and so you would have beans.

  • - Yep.

  • - Toast,

  • a specific kind of bacon.

  • - Yep.

  • - Roasted tomatoes,

  • and eggs?

  • - Yeah.

  • - Is that everything?

  • - More or less, yeah.

  • You could also have things like...

  • What's it called again?

  • - Roasted mushrooms. - Black pudding,

  • which is like blood sausage.

  • - Oh.

  • - I love them.

  • Or mushrooms, yeah.

  • What is a light version of that

  • that I used to have most mornings?

  • - Beans and toast.

  • - Beans on toast.

  • - Beans on toast.

  • - Now, there's a debate about beans on toast,

  • and what we're talking about here is toast

  • with butter on, normally, and then baked beans.

  • - Yes.

  • - And in America, you don't really do that style.

  • - Not really.

  • - Normally, you put pork in there.

  • But they're a little bit different,

  • so just baked beans in a tomato sauce.

  • Now there's a debate here.

  • - Go on.

  • - When you make beans on toast,

  • and the preposition is on toast--

  • - Okay, on toast.

  • - But, you put your toast here on your plate

  • and then people either put the beans

  • right on top, or on the side.

  • - Oh.

  • - Which would you do?

  • - Side, 100%. - Yeah, me too.

  • - Yeah, I mean sometimes I like it

  • when different flavors kind of come together,

  • and intermingle, but to me,

  • the integrity of the toast, the toast not being soggy.

  • - Soggy, that's a good word.

  • - Yeah, you don't want it to be soggy,

  • you want it to be crunchy and dry,

  • is important. - And soggy means wet

  • in this example, yeah. - Yeah, wet and mushy.

  • - Mushy, yeah, it loses its texture.

  • Yeah, so I, beans on one side of the plate,

  • toast on the other, try not to touch.

  • - Yeah.

  • - And then take your toast,

  • usually with your fingers, your hands,

  • put the right amount of beans on for that bite

  • and then take that bite. - For that bite, yeah.

  • I do like choosing the perfect bite,

  • no matter what I'm eating, the perfect amount of things.

  • - Yeah.

  • Other things British people have in the morning are cereal,

  • toast, just toast.

  • Go on.

  • - Marmite.

  • - Marmite, Marmite.

  • Let's move on, I hate it.

  • - You do?

  • - Well, yeah, so they brand it

  • as either you love it or hate it.

  • So they actually know this,

  • and then they make commercials based on this.

  • So they'll take a situation and say

  • you either love it or hate it, like Marmite.

  • - Like Marmite, okay. _ You like it, don't you?

  • - I like it in, I wouldn't even say in moderation.

  • I would say I like it a tiny bit of it.

  • - Yeah.

  • - Almost not enough to really taste it.

  • Sometimes I feel that way about really strong cheese, too.

  • - Oh, I love strong cheese.

  • - Yeah, I do too,

  • in moderation. - In moderation.

  • - I don't like to have a big bite of it.

  • I like to have a little bit of it with other things.

  • - Yeah, I understand that.

  • Yeah, that's a little bit like a strong sauce

  • or a spicy sauce at the same time.

  • - Like hot sauce.

  • - Hot sauce, or horseradish.

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  • What is a typical American breakfast?

  • - So, we have many of the same breakfast foods.

  • Beans are not very popular as a breakfast food at all.

  • - No. - I'm not sure

  • if anybody has it. - At barbecue restaurants--

  • - Yeah.

  • - That's a very popular side dish.

  • - Uh-huh. - But not--

  • - But not a breakfast food. - No.

  • - So we tend to have...

  • It's hard to think about exactly

  • what's the most traditional.

  • - It is.

  • - But we often have baked foods.

  • So pancakes, waffles, muffins.

  • - You have dessert for breakfast.

  • That's what I wanna say.

  • You have dessert for breakfast.

  • - Okay. - All this maple syrup.

  • - Yes, uh-huh. - All over it,

  • like blueberry muffins.

  • - Yes.

  • - Or pancake with lots of maple syrup.

  • We have pancakes one day a year.

  • - On Pancake Day?

  • - On Pancake Day.

  • That's when we have pancakes.

  • But yeah, it amazes me.

  • - Yeah.

  • - You'll have donuts for breakfast.

  • When I'm saying you, this is like a general--

  • - Americans, yeah. - Yeah.

  • It astonishes me.

  • - Yeah, donuts, to me, are kind of the ideal breakfast food.

  • - They're the worst.

  • - So good.

  • - I've never liked donuts.

  • - Really?

  • - Yeah, I remember when I was younger,

  • I used to have one and enjoy it.

  • But for me, I just don't like donuts.

  • - So there's two different kind of styles of donuts.

  • - Right.

  • - Okay, so you have your donut,

  • and it, to me, it's either gonna be

  • kind of flakey and cakey, and frosted,

  • so it kind of melts in your mouth,

  • or it's going to be what I think of as the more traditional,

  • kind of cider donuts, so they're a little bit thicker,

  • and more fried kind of tasting, and chewy.

  • - Right, yeah.

  • - I have a preference, a clear favorite,

  • I like the traditional,

  • thick cider donuts,

  • especially with fresh-pressed apple cider,

  • more than the glazed kind.

  • You don't like donuts at all,

  • but if you had to choose, which would you prefer?

  • - Probably the cider ones.

  • - Good choice. - I have no idea

  • what they taste like.

  • - Really?

  • - Well, no.

  • - Okay, I'm gonna take you to a cider orchard

  • and you're gonna try it--

  • - Oh, I've had those.

  • - Yeah!

  • - When we went to the cider orchard.

  • - Yeah.

  • - This is where they grow apples,

  • and just a little thing about cider.

  • So if you say cider in the UK, it means alcoholic.

  • - Yes.

  • - But you say hard cider.

  • - Yeah, we would say hard cider and it's not,

  • I don't think it's as popular--

  • - No.

  • - As the fresh cider. - It's getting more popular.

  • So, but for me, my perfect breakfast is bacon and eggs.

  • What for you, chocolate?

  • - You know when-- - And coffee?

  • - Yeah.

  • I do like chocolate and coffee.

  • That's usually like I need a little bit of fuel

  • to get me going, a little bit of caffeination.

  • But I like either fresh fruit,

  • or I like pancakes,

  • specifically buttermilk pancakes with some syrup

  • and maybe bacon. - You say buttermilk,

  • I don't really know what a buttermilk is.

  • - Buttermilk is? - Yeah.

  • - Okay, so buttermilk is, it's milk that's kind of like

  • a little bit, it's more like-- - Creamier.

  • - It's creamier, it's a little bit more sour.

  • It's almost like yogurt or sour cream.

  • It's kind of like halfway to yogurt or sour cream.

  • It's a little thicker.

  • - I think it's a important thing to say as well

  • that when my mum comes to visit,

  • she can't understand menus here.

  • - Yeah.

  • - She doesn't know what things are.

  • So if you feel overwhelmed by this language,

  • know that you're not alone.

  • - No.

  • - And that a native English speaker can come to America

  • and just get really confused,

  • and I was, at first, as well. - Yeah.

  • - I was at first.

  • - One thing to say

  • about the United States

  • and about our cuisine, our language,

  • a lot of different things is that

  • we are, in many ways, a melting pot.

  • - Explain that.

  • - So people come from different countries

  • and different cultures, and people come,

  • and they become American.

  • And at the same time,

  • they bring a little bit of their culture,

  • and it all kind of blends together.

  • - Yeah.

  • - So in a town,

  • in a small city or a large town,

  • you'll probably be able to get Japanese sushi,

  • you'll be able to get Mexican food,

  • you'll be able to get Indian food, Chinese food.

  • And all of those different cuisines,

  • different styles of cooking come with their own vocabulary.

  • - Yeah, yeah.

  • That makes sense.

  • And then just certain things are different,

  • like fries, chips, I made a lesson on this.

  • - Yes.

  • - I'll leave it in the description.

  • I feel where things overlap the most are at lunchtime.

  • - Sandwiches? - Sandwiches.

  • - Sandwiches.

  • - We don't really eat sandwiches.

  • - Really?

  • - When was the last time you had a sandwich?

  • - Oh, like we eat them together?

  • - For lunch.

  • - Yeah, we haven't had sandwiches in a while.

  • - Yeah, 'cause we don't really eat bread,

  • so that's probably the reason why.

  • - Yeah, bread is kind of essential to make a sandwich, yeah.

  • - But at school, I used to always have a sandwich.

  • My favorites were,

  • we can talk about favorite types of sandwiches.

  • - Ooh, yeah.

  • - Lancashire cheese and salad cream.

  • - Yes, we have neither Lancashire cheese,

  • nor would we think of putting salad cream.

  • Salad cream is a British thing,

  • it's like a sweet mayonnaise.

  • - Yeah.

  • - We don't have it.

  • - No, but you can find it.

  • So that's like a, yeah, Lancashire cheese

  • and sour cream. - You can't really find it.

  • - Earth Fare have it. - You have to go out of your

  • way to find it a little bit. - Earth Fare have it.

  • - True.

  • - Lancashire cheese and salad cream, or tuna,

  • or tuna and salad cream sandwiches.

  • Those were the two main ones I had,

  • but most people have like sliced turkey,

  • or sliced ham, sliced chicken.

  • - Yeah, we say deli meat.

  • - Deli meat.

  • See, there's so many differences.

  • We wouldn't say deli meat.

  • - No.

  • - And then,

  • the best sandwich I think is a BLT.

  • - Yes, BLTs are good. - Bacon, lettuce, tomato,

  • with avocado or without for you?

  • - Oh, always avocado.

  • - Yeah, with. - Yeah.

  • - The cream, the creaminess of it in addition

  • to everything else. - Yeah, delicious.

  • - Yeah, it's the best sandwich.

  • Other lunch items that people usually have

  • is a salad, very simple.

  • - Yup.

  • - Lots of variations of salads,

  • but we won't go into every one.

  • - Nope.

  • - Anything else?

  • Sandwiches, salads, soup?

  • - So, I think that we might have touched on this before,

  • but the most typical lunch sandwich for children--

  • - Oh, yeah.

  • - In the United States really surprised you

  • when you first heard about it,

  • you were shocked, you didn't understand it.

  • - Well, I also remember, we were in a car,

  • and you said PB&J, and I said, "What's that?"

  • And you couldn't believe it.

  • - I know.

  • - And you were with a friend.

  • - Yeah.

  • - Won't say names, but you know, with a friend,

  • and she just couldn't believe it either.

  • And you gave me clues and I finally got it.

  • - Yeah.

  • - So, PB&J.

  • It's a little quiz time, do you know what that means?

  • It's peanut butter and jelly.

  • The average American eats 1500, 1500,

  • PB&J sandwiches by the time they're 18.

  • The average American.

  • - Just leave that there. - And so there are certain

  • Americans who don't eat those which means

  • that some Americans probably eat 5000 of them.

  • - That's usually how averages work.

  • - Is that possible?

  • 3000 would be 10 years.

  • - Wow, that seems high.

  • - 3600, I know, that's my point.

  • - Where are you getting the statistics?

  • - Wikipedia, I will fact-check this.

  • Which means I will make sure this is true,

  • but I'm sure I read it.

  • So I'll leave a pinned comment with a link to the source,

  • but it's astonishing if true.

  • - If true, to me it just, that is what kids eat.

  • - Did you ever have school dinner, or school lunches?

  • - Yes.

  • - Were they any good?

  • - No, not great.

  • They tend to be really full of carbs,

  • like pasta.

  • Usually, there's just something

  • a little bit unappetizing about them.

  • - People just used to get pizza and fries.

  • - Yup.

  • - Or hotdogs, that was it, really.

  • - Yeah, that sounds about right.

  • - I used to, I did it a little bit when I first,

  • Carl and I used to do it at the end of primary school,

  • or 10, 11, and then I did it the start of high school,

  • which is 11, 12, and I remember they had salad bars

  • and stuff like that, and I can't remember what I got.

  • But mainly, my parents packed me sandwiches.

  • - Yeah. - Yeah.

  • So, used to have sandwiches.

  • I just wanna ask you a quick question

  • before we talk about dinners-- - Go on.

  • - And restaurants, if you could only eat one meal

  • for the rest of your life, what would it be?

  • - Oh, man, I kind of thought

  • that this question might be coming.

  • And, can I cheat?

  • Can I say Indian buffet?

  • - Yeah.

  • - Yeah, that's my favorite--

  • - Yeah, that's--

  • - Thing, ever.

  • - I won't cheat, and I'll say...

  • Probably a chili.

  • - A chili?

  • - Yeah, I could just eat chili all day, everyday.

  • - Do you like it spicy or not so spicy?

  • So, chili with beans or without beans?

  • - Without beans.

  • - Without beans, but with ground beef,

  • tomato sauce-- - Yeah, yep.

  • - Chili seasoning-- - Mushrooms, probably.

  • - Mushrooms, okay. - Chili seasoning,

  • like a tomato sauce, tomato paste,

  • and then, maybe like Worcestershire sauce.

  • I made a video on that.

  • - Yeah.

  • - Yeah, that's what I'd make,

  • but an Indian buffet, we love a good Indian buffet.

  • - Yeah. - Even an average one.

  • - Yeah, I love curry, I love spicy curry.

  • I love a variety of curry,

  • and it's a lot of Indian restaurants,

  • during the lunch hour,

  • they'll have an open buffet

  • where you can just get a variety of different things

  • and then come back, and I like it because you get to go

  • and figure out which are your favorites,

  • and then you get to go back and have more.

  • - You're a two-plater.

  • - Mm-hm.

  • - I'm a three-plater.

  • - Yeah.

  • I occasionally am I three-plater, too,

  • or you know-- - That's usually dessert.

  • - Yeah.

  • (upbeat music)

  • - Dinner, I'm gonna start by saying a traditional dinner

  • in England is the Sunday roast.

  • - Yes.

  • - And I grew up having a Sunday roast every Sunday.

  • People like to bash,

  • or say that the UK food is terrible.

  • I think it is so good.

  • - Yeah.

  • - It is excellent.

  • The home cooking, the shepherd's pies, the hot pots.

  • A lot of traditional dinners

  • in the UK will be a meat and two veg,

  • and that's pretty standard for every day of the week,

  • but then on Sunday, things get extra special

  • because you get roasted potatoes,

  • a roasted beef, or lamb or turkey,

  • usually carrots or parsnips, a Yorkshire pudding, and gravy.

  • It's just such a good meal.

  • - Yeah.

  • - Such a good meal, so that is very traditional on a Sunday.

  • And normally, it's anytime between 12 and 6 you have it,

  • but you don't really stick to the traditional times.

  • So you might have it at four o'clock instead.

  • And another thing is dinner in the UK is usually around six.

  • - That seems pretty comparable.

  • I would say that,

  • so everyone talks about Thanksgiving dinner,

  • and what I realized,

  • the more time that we spent

  • around family and friends from the UK is

  • that you kind of have like a small version

  • of Thanksgiving dinner every week.

  • - Yeah.

  • - That's the Sunday roast.

  • - It's the king of dinners.

  • - Yeah.

  • - It's the best.

  • - We appreciate it too, but it happens once a year,

  • and it's a huge production,

  • everyone gets really stressed about it,

  • and we make a big fuss about it.

  • But you just do it every week.

  • - Yeah, stressed about-- - Pretty much.

  • - Make a big fuss about. - About it.

  • - Which means you put a lot of energy

  • and you're making sure it's perfect, right?

  • - Yeah.

  • - To make a fuss about that.

  • That can also mean something else as well,

  • to make a fuss, like to complain.

  • - Oh, yeah, that's more of a British expression.

  • - Oh, is it?

  • I don't know what's British and American anymore.

  • - I know, we're kind of mixed up, actually.

  • - Yeah, yeah, and then I think there are other things

  • that the UK and America do, lasagna.

  • So, people make a lasagna at home, make pizza.

  • - Yup.

  • - If you wanna go that direction.

  • What else? - Hamburgers, hotdogs.

  • - Yep.

  • Stir fries,

  • chilis, beef stews.

  • Those types of things.

  • - Yup.

  • - In another lesson we talked about

  • how the robot vacuum changed our lives.

  • But also, the instant pot.

  • - Yes, we have a pressure cooker

  • that cooks everything faster.

  • - Yeah, a lot faster.

  • - Yeah, it's really good for recipes

  • that would take four hours or eight hours to finish cooking,

  • You can cook them in an hour. - It's like an hour.

  • And it tastes so much better.

  • I just think the taste of it is excellent.

  • - Yeah, 'cause it puts everything under pressure and so,

  • as you know, if you are cooking at sea level

  • or if you're cooking at altitude,

  • the pressure affects your cooking time.

  • So, the pressure cooker just increases the pressure,

  • so it takes less time to cook things.

  • But we've really enjoyed it,

  • and it kind of has a cult following.

  • - It does.

  • - So people who like the instant pot are very,

  • like it a lot and try to convince other people to like it.

  • So we've become those people.

  • - Yeah, our neighbor just bought one.

  • - Yeah.

  • - But they see how amazing it is.

  • - Yeah.

  • - It is very good.

  • - It's very good. - That and the air fryer.

  • I love the air fryer.

  • - Yeah.

  • - Although, things are taking up too much space on top.

  • Anyway, so yeah, we talked about breakfast,

  • we talked about lunch, mainly, traditional dinners.

  • I just wanna talk a little bit about snacks--

  • - Mm! - And tea and coffee.

  • The coffee in Spain is unbelievable.

  • It's the best, isn't it?

  • - Yeah.

  • - I wanna make that style of coffee

  • as soon as possible.

  • - Okay.

  • - Because we drink coffee, we enjoy it,

  • why not make it really good?

  • Tell us the best way to make coffee.

  • What machine you need and how to make it.

  • 'Cause it'll be interesting to see people from Brazil,

  • Spain, Italy, Turkey.

  • - Yeah.

  • - Russia, is it known for its coffee?

  • - We'll find out. - Columbia.

  • Columbia, if you're from Columbia, let us know.

  • - I think so.

  • - Sorry if I've missed any country, Vietnam,

  • I know coffee's big there.

  • So yeah, we wanna know how to make really good coffee.

  • Because I grew up drinking instant coffee.

  • You take out the jar, pour it in hot water, and there it is.

  • - My parents had a coffee machine,

  • but we always bought the least expensive kind of coffee.

  • - So it wasn't-- - So it wasn't anything fancy.

  • - Yeah.

  • Yeah, I'm just, yeah, I really wanna drink good coffee.

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  • Snacks.

  • - Snacks.

  • - What are popular snacks in the US?

  • What would you have?

  • - So, there's healthy snacks,

  • and then there's unhealthy snacks.

  • - So healthy, you'd say like fruit?

  • - Fruit, mm-hm.

  • - I mean, we can get into the debate of whether a,

  • what are they called?

  • Granola bars, those little, bars, basically.

  • - Yeah.

  • - If they're good or not.

  • And then something that's very popular here--

  • - Go on.

  • - That we don't have in the UK, Goldfish.

  • - Yeah.

  • - Which are these little mini wheat,

  • cheddar cheese crackers, right?

  • - Yeah, lot of cheese, wheat, bread kind of snacks.

  • Potato chips.

  • - Yeah.

  • - Sometimes peanuts could be a snack.

  • - The UK has the best crisps, potato chips.

  • - You have really good flavors.

  • - I actually made a video,

  • and I ranked the different crisps.

  • - What did you say was number one?

  • - It was everything salt and vinegar.

  • I think it was salt and vinegar squares.

  • I never released it, I just thought,

  • I'm not gonna release this video.

  • - It's a niche audience.

  • People looking for snacks in the UK.

  • - People were making these tier-ranking videos

  • and I thought, I wanna do one of those.

  • - Yeah.

  • - But, yeah, it's on my computer somewhere.

  • - Who knows?

  • Maybe it's the moment to shine.

  • - Maybe I'll put it on Facebook or something.

  • - We have salt and vinegar flavor,

  • but I don't think it's as popular.

  • - It's getting better though.

  • She seems seems so proud.

  • - Like, yes, we're doing better.

  • We have more maybe barbecue flavor things than you do.

  • So barbecue flavor's a popular flavor.

  • Also, we both have sour cream and onion.

  • - Well, we mainly have cheese and onion.

  • - Or cheese and onion, I guess that's a little different.

  • Cheese, sour cream, and one flavor

  • that I thought was really strange,

  • I would never have guessed this would be a flavor

  • for a potato chip. - In the UK?

  • - Mm-hm, prawn.

  • - Prawn cocktail.

  • - Prawn cocktail. - Oh, that's a good one.

  • That's a good one.

  • - So it tastes like shrimp.

  • Right?

  • There's like a shrimpy flavor to it.

  • - I guess so.

  • - Yeah, like a prawn flavor.

  • - I always just thought it was more

  • like the prawn cocktail sauce.

  • - Hm, maybe we have very different

  • prawn cocktail flavor. - We'll look into this.

  • - Yes, but the idea that-- - They're very good,

  • it's like sweetened. - That it would be,

  • yeah, it was very unusual for me.

  • - That was on the top tier.

  • - It was on the top tier?

  • - Yeah, Seabrook Prawn Cocktail.

  • - We need to have a snack sampling.

  • - We can do that in another lesson.

  • So, that's enough for snacks.

  • Spain.

  • - Spain!

  • - Spain food, is terrible.

  • I'm joking.

  • - He's joking.

  • - I'm joking, it's very good, isn't it?

  • - So good.

  • - Part of it is just the way that people eat in Spain

  • where for breakfast, it's very light.

  • And this isn't the same for everyone,

  • but this is my idea.

  • Breakfast is very light where it's a pastry and a coffee.

  • - Maybe, yeah, or a little tiny biscuit.

  • - Yeah, bis-kweet, sorry.

  • But yeah, tiny biscuit,

  • and then a coffee.

  • And then they don't eat till two.

  • - Yeah.

  • - And then they have a huge lunch.

  • - Huge lunch.

  • - Or at least that's popular. - So delicious.

  • - We used to share menu of the days.

  • - Yeah, it was too much for us.

  • - Yeah, do you remember that one time in Cantabria

  • when we went camping, and we were sitting outside

  • and they brought us a bean dish, with sausage in it?

  • - Yeah.

  • - And that was a starter, it was like this big.

  • - It was huge.

  • - We didn't know if it was like we take a little bit

  • and put it on our plate, but no, that was it.

  • We got that huge bean dish.

  • - It was, yeah, it was delicious.

  • So rich and so filling.

  • - And then popular lunchtime dishes,

  • I guess, are fish, and octopus.

  • What else did they have?

  • They had lasagna, I remember eating lasagna.

  • - Yeah, yeah, I don't remember that as much.

  • Where we were in kind of--

  • - Basque Country.

  • - Not in the Basque Country,

  • but in Valencia-- - Valencia.

  • - They have paella, and different styles of paella,

  • and fideua.

  • - Oh, is that the noodles?

  • - The noodle one, mm-hm, both delicious.

  • - And then, it seemed like dinner was a lighter thing.

  • - Yeah, it would have to be after that huge menu.

  • - And then obviously, there are tapas.

  • We used to love going to those tapas restaurants.

  • And then in Bilbao, it was more like little pinchos.

  • - Pinchos, so usually a slice of bread

  • with some kind of creation on top,

  • something usually fried or in a sauce.

  • - Sorry, lots of ham.

  • - Lots of ham.

  • - Lots of ham. - Lots of ham.

  • - But when we went back to Spain,

  • the thing I was excited about the most was the coffee.

  • - Yeah, such good coffee, yeah, so rich,

  • but also really smooth.

  • - Yeah, cafe con leche.

  • That's all we had, really.

  • - Yeah.

  • - Did you put sugar in it?

  • - Yes.

  • - Do you put sugar in your coffee?

  • I think it's the worst thing to do.

  • - Or the best.

  • - Or the best.

  • Yeah, but just the food there was just

  • phenomenal. - Phenomenal.

  • - It was so good.

  • - And it became popular while we were there,

  • but the Mediterranean diet, in general,

  • is supposed to be really healthy, really varied--

  • - I've got a theory. - Different things.

  • - It's all about Omega-3's, and not 6's.

  • - And those come from-- - That's just Mediterranean.

  • - Seafood, and-- - Yeah, olives.

  • - Olives, mm-hm. - Yeah.

  • And we know it is,

  • the Mediterranean diet is a good way of eating.

  • - Why don't we make paella?

  • - When?

  • - Today, 'cause we were trying to decide what dish to make.

  • - Yeah, well, you made it a lot in Spain.

  • You made it very well.

  • - Yeah, and one of my students, when I was teaching English,

  • gave me an electric paella maker.

  • It was like a pan that you plugged in

  • and it just cooked it perfectly.

  • So it would get a little bit hot

  • and then kind of simmer things,

  • and then it would cool down for a while,

  • and then go back on.

  • I didn't quite get the hang of it, but we tried a lot.

  • - Well, that is an option.

  • I'll post on Instagram.

  • - Yeah.

  • - What we make.

  • - We'll see.

  • - Yeah, and Kate's question.

  • - Ooh, um...

  • Hm, this is a little tricky.

  • But-- - Sorry.

  • - I mean, there's so many options.

  • - I do wanna know about coffee.

  • - Yeah, you wanna know about coffee.

  • - How to make the best coffee.

  • - I would like to know

  • what is a dish that we should try?

  • - Yeah.

  • We might have tried it.

  • - We might have tried it.

  • - We've tried quite a lot.

  • - We have tried quite a lot.

  • - Yeah. - We're adventurous eaters.

  • - Yeah.

  • - You more than me. (softly chuckles)

  • - Oh, yeah, I could, yeah.

  • - Jack will try anything.

  • - Mm-hm, definitely.

  • Puffin.

  • - You ate puffin?

  • - Tasted a little bit like squirrel.

  • - All right, now you're--

  • - And I'm joking. - Just pulling my leg,

  • you're just joking. - Pulling my leg, joking.

  • Yeah, so oh, go over to my website.

  • You can learn some of the phrases

  • that we have used in this lesson.

  • Again, this is quite an advanced topic

  • and they'll be a lot of things here, I'm sure,

  • where you thought, I have no idea what that means.

  • - Yes.

  • - But what I recommend you do,

  • go to the website and then watch this video again

  • once you've learned the new vocabulary.

  • So then that's just a great way

  • to repeat what you have learned,

  • and yeah, let's go shopping

  • and decide what we're gonna make.

  • Thank you for watching.

  • - Thanks. - Like and share the video,

  • go to the description, and leave your comments.

  • What should we try and how do we make coffee?

  • All right, goodbye for now.

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高級英語會話。在英國、美國和西班牙談論食品(有字幕!)。 (Advanced English Conversation: Talking about FOOD in the UK, USA, and Spain (with Subtitles!))

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