不学点“吃”的表达都对不起春节胡吃海塞的自己

You are what you eat 人如其食

Eat in/Eat out   在家吃／在餐馆吃

Binge eat 暴食

To eat or not to eat

I’m (absolutely) starving.  饿瘪了

I could eat a horse.  我（饿到）可以吃下一匹马。

I could eat.   我可以吃点（吃点东西没问题）

I’m full (up to my eyeballs)  已经饱了（已经撑到要满出来了）

I’m (absolutely) stuffed     塞饱了 （稍显直白）

I couldn’t eat another bite.   一口也吃不下了

I’m done.   我吃好了（稍微直白）

How do we eat?

Bite  咬

Chew   嚼

Swallow   咽下

Savor (the food)    品味

Nibble at   小口咬

Pick at    吃一点点

With no appetite, she just nibbled at herfood.

Wolf down   狼吞虎咽

Why did you wolf down that pizza soquickly?

Stuff one’s face   胡吃海塞  (稍微直白)

I have been stuffing my face all week.

Whatdo we eat?

3 Elements in describing food: 三个要点教你描述各种菜

-       Ingredients (What is it?) 食材

-       Cooking method (How is cooked?) 烹饪方法

-       Taste (How does it taste like?)  味道口感

e.g. Crispy roast duck

Cookingmethods:

-Fry （煎/炒/炸…）

   Stirfry 爆炒／翻炒（中式锅炒）

   Deepfry   炸

Boil      煮

Steam   蒸

Stew     炖

Braise    焖

Grill     （烤网烤架）烤    

Roast      烤（大块肉/整鸡整鸭）

Bake       烤（蛋糕/饼干／焗饭）

Sour/Sweet/Bitter/Spicy/Salty   酸甜苦辣咸

Savory – Bland   

入味（调料味道较明显的）－没有味道（口味清淡）

Tender – Tough/chewy  

嫩 －老／耐嚼

Crisp  脆（通常指带有油脂的皮）

Crunchy  爽脆 (通常指新鲜蔬菜)

Idioms with “eat”

-Eat one’s words  承认原来说的话是错的

He said this relationship would never last.He has to eat his words now that they are getting married.

-Good enough to eat 秀色可餐

Yum, she/he looks good enough to eat!

Eat someone alive    生吞活剥／吞噬

Eat someone for breakfast    

He eats people like you for breakfast. 吃了你都不够他塞牙缝的（他比你强大太多）

Homework：

麻婆豆腐

辣子鸡丁

西芹炒虾仁

蒜蓉蒸扇贝

松鼠桂鱼

牛肉馅饼