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\nIn a recent post<\/a>, I showed you how to practice your English listening skills with recipes. The post included some video clips from cooking shows. Since then, a student of mine has pointed out that English language cooking shows can be challenging. They have a lot of informal speech and can be heavy in phrasal verbs and specialized cooking vocabulary.<\/p>\n

Because of this, cooking shows really are a great way to expand your vocabulary in spoken English\u2014and learn some new cooking terms too! Today, we\u2019re going to watch a clip from David Rocco\u2019s Dolce Vita<\/em>, a popular American cooking show. The video link will be followed by a transcript that includes notes on language that ESL students may find challenging.<\/p>\n

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VIDEO LINK:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cooking Tuscan Potato Cakes with David Rocco<\/a><\/p>\n

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TRANSCRIPT <\/strong>(with notes for English learners in bold<\/strong>)<\/em><\/p>\n

Now picnic food, party food\u2014it doesn\u2019t have to be complicated or expensive. First thing I\u2019m gonna do is a recipe called gateau di patate, which means potato cake. Everyone loves potatoes. OK, start off with some pancetta. What I love about Italian pancetta is when you cook it up the fat renders down, and gives loads of flavor to the dish. So everything into a hot pan.<\/p>\n

At the beginning of this paragraph \u201cnow\u201d is being used as a spoken verbal pause and not as a preposition of time. David uses \u201cnow\u201d in this way several times in the video.<\/strong><\/p>\n

renders down= liquefies, melts<\/strong> (specifically used to describe the heating of fatty materials)<\/strong><\/p>\n

And \u201cgives\u201d in this context means \u201creleases or adds\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Next, some onion. So what I\u2019m doing is creating a flavor base here. Frying up the onion and pancetta together. A rough chop. And throwing it in with the pancetta. OK, I\u2019m going to let that brown, and what I\u2019m gonna do now is go to my potatoes. And these are regular potatoes. They\u2019ve cooled down.
\nAnd now I can easily work with them and peel the skins back. I want the potatoes to be evenly mashed. You need one egg. And the egg helps bind everything together. Some salt, and some black pepper. My pancetta and onions are looking nice and brown and crisp. Throw in everything, oil and onions right in. Now you want the oil, because that\u2019s where all the good flavor is.<\/p>\n

to bind everything together= to combine all things into one solid form<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYou want\u201d is being used as a way of recommending or suggesting something, similar to \u201cYou should.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYou want the oil, because that\u2019s where all the good flavor is\u201d means that David recommends using oil to give the food a good taste.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cright in\u201d= placed inside something quickly and immediately<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sometimes I call this potato cake my \u201cclean out the fridge\u201d potato cake. I search for ingredients that have kind of seen better days. And in this case my cheese. Sometimes I’m a bit lazy when it comes to properly wrapping my cheeses. And this is pecorino, this is a bit moldy. Now people might think (groan) just throw it out. But just scrape it off and throw it in the potato cake. Now you don\u2019t want to throw this out–I mean this is good cheese still. Now, the parmigiano, same thing, little chunks. Next, some freshly grated parmigiano, this will help bind everything together.<\/p>\n

By saying it\u2019s a \u201cclean out the fridge\u201d potato cake, he means that he takes many old things out of his fridge and puts them into the potato cake. The ingredients will include old food from the fridge that\u2019s almost rotten and no longer good.<\/strong><\/p>\n

seen better days= was in better condition in the past<\/strong><\/p>\n

to throw out= to put in the garbage can<\/strong><\/p>\n

And in this context, \u201cjust scrape it off\u201d means to peel away the mold that\u2019s growing on the outside of the cheese.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A little bit of olive oil. Give it a good mix. Mmm, you can really smell the pancetta, all the cheese. Now, I love this potato cake and most do, because it\u2019s a cross between mashed potatoes and baked potatoes with some of your favorite cheeses and of course pancetta. And growing up, we used to have this all the time at family picnics. Now just get a regular baking dish and put everything in. Just smooth it out. Lastly, some bread crumbs right on top and this forms a beautiful crust when it gets baked in the oven. Not a bad potato cake.<\/p>\n

In this context, \u201cand most do\u201d means \u201cmost other people do the same thing that I do.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

a cross between= a combination of<\/strong><\/p>\n

to smooth out= to make the surface or texture of something free of lumps, wrinkles, inconsistencies, or imperfections<\/strong><\/p>\n

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