cooking terms

Question

for all the concineros/cocineras out there~ would u like to add a new cooking term or your favourite food?

terms

cazuela- saucepan sirva la comida- serve the food

food

la langosta

Answer 1

Comida barata y sabrosa . Pero saludable.

Food cheap and tasty. But healthy.

amigo, thank you for that new word in my verbal world, saludable gracias - Jon-Dunn, Aug 25, 2013

Very yummy Ray - pmikan-pam, Aug 26, 2013

Cheap and healthy - my favorite combination (as long as it includes steak!). - Findy, Aug 31, 2013

You are welcome guys.Thanks. - ray76, Aug 31, 2013

Answer 2

griddle = comal

Se usa un comal para calientar tortillas y hacer hotcakes.

You use a griddle to heat up tortillas and make pancakes.

Answer 3

Asador de pollos.

Takeway of ready-cooked chickens that have been cooked on a sort of rotating spit.

Trust me, the taste is good, my explanation is poor!

Pollo rostizado is spit roasted. Pollo asado is roasted on a parrilla. - gringojrf, Aug 26, 2013

What is a parrilla? Asadiores are take-away places, really, quite basic, but ok. - annierats, Aug 26, 2013

Typo, asadores. - annierats, Aug 26, 2013

Annierats see my entry here in this thread for parrilla. Asar here in Mexico is used exclusively for grilling but I see the verb asar can mean roasting as well. - gringojrf, Aug 31, 2013

Well, in Spain, I promis e you, you can buy spit roasted chickens from the asadoros. But I'mnow on my way over there to check on it! - annierats, Aug 31, 2013

Answer 4

Parrilla = grill (as in BBQ grill)

Me encanta costillas de puerco asada en la parrilla.

I love pork ribs cooked on the grill.

Mmm, sounds good! - annierats, Aug 26, 2013

Answer 5

Freír. ( To fry).

El sartén. ( The frying-pan)

Don't jump out of of the fryingpan into the fire.

No nos dejes caer de las brasas al fuego.

Answer 6

a la plancha = grilled

Tacos de pescado a la plancha son ricos.

Grilled fish tacos are delicious.

Gambas a la plancha..mmm - annierats, Aug 26, 2013

Answer 7

El horno -- the oven.

En el horno podemos hornear el pan. ( We can bake teh bread in an oven)

I love fresh baked bread...with melting butter. I had the best ever in Buenos Aires at a little restaurant where JLo and hubby Marc had their wedding brekky....must have been the bread that killed them. - 0095ca4c, Aug 25, 2013

Sorry...that should have been San Juan...although the toast in BA was good too. - 0095ca4c, Aug 25, 2013

Margerhite is your husband married to soembody else, kindly explain????? - annierats, Aug 25, 2013

Well, I was going to put '' la cocinadora'' , a term I used to no effect in Spain. Nobody understood atha tI meant '' the cooker''. - annierats, Aug 25, 2013

jaja annie...JLo = Jennifer Lopez y su marido. - 0095ca4c, Aug 25, 2013

Answer 8

la tostadora - el pan - facíl

You get a vote for bother ing to start cleaning, what energy, just whilst toasting the toast.. - annierats, Aug 25, 2013

Great job, you are so clever. - pmikan-pam, Aug 26, 2013

Great idea! lol I would need a pie chart that includes "burn toast." - Findy, Aug 31, 2013

Answer 9

Tortilla de patatas -- Potatoes and egg omlet.

Se llama tortilla española! - annierats, Aug 26, 2013

Gracias annie - pmikan-pam, Aug 26, 2013

Answer 10

olla = pot

La olla se usa para hacer caldos.

The pot is used to make stews.

Answer 11

Huitlacoche = corn fungus (mushroom)

Me encanta quesadillas de huitlacoche. Ver este video.

[Huitlacoche][1]

[1]: http://mx.ask.com/youtube?q=quesadillas de huitlacoche&v=W_gUbMYoDYQ&qsrc=472

Answer 12

calabaza de verano

también, yo cocinaba los espárragos esta noche

Answer 13

Dice = dados Cortar en dados,como la cebollas, el tomates,las pimientos y el cilantro.Salsa .Oh Yes.!

Answer 14

calabaza de verano

también, yo cocinaba los espárragos esta noche

please delete this duplicate, gracias, Jonathan - Jon-Dunn, Aug 30, 2013