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Today, we are going to learn English while cooking.
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Fire.
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In this video, I'm going to continue to teach you the 3 ,000 most common English words English.
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And we are going to be preparing three different meals from dinner to dessert, including one of my favorite meals.
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but you'll have to stick around until the end to see that.
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What are you doing?
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I'm zesting this lemon, which is basically just taking the skin off to get that lemon flavor.
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So zesting 11 is removing the skin layer of it with a grater.
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To get a lemon flavor inside and this is a whisk and you use it to whisk This is whisky.
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I just whisked this mixture and Now he's measuring the oil.
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into a quarter cup.
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So this is the mixture we have right now and he's whisking it.
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You could say he's whisking it or he's mixing it.
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Okay, so right now we are in the kitchen.
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This whole area is the kitchen.
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This is where he spends most of his time in the kitchen.
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This kitchen has a lot of seasonings, a lot of ingredients.
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And I like to spend my time cooking here.
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And as you can see, the kitchen is about normal size or medium size.
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It's not huge like a restaurant kitchen, but it's not very small like sub kitchens.
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And the kitchen has a nice view of the outside from the kitchen window.
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And the kitchen is where you prepare food, cook food, make food So I'm making a bread and now adding the flour in slowly
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To make sure it all absorbs correctly.
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Into the bread.
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And do you normally do that with bread?
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Yep.
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You have to add the flour slowly?
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Especially when you mix it by hand.
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What's that in your left hand?
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A spatula.
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Spatula and in your right hand?
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a whisk.
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Add more flour.
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At this point it gets a little hard to mix.
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We'll use a spatula.
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So the flour is in a container, a plastic container.
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A very common word to use in the kitchen is prepare.
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If you prepare in advance, cooking is much easier.
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So what are you doing now?
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I'm gonna knead this dough, but...
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Knead the dough.
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It's a little sticky.
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So making the dough into a nice, solid, round piece.
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is kneading it.
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How long do you think the bread will take to prepare?
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Four or five hours.
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Okay here we go.
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I have prepared all my ingredients that I need to make these muffins.
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Everything is ready to go.
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I do this
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so I can make sure I have everything I need this
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this this those in the back the oil bananas these are
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all ingredients an ingredient is a vegetable spice liquid meat protein anything
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that goes into a recipe or into your food is an ingredient The main ingredient in banana bread is bananas.
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And right now he's peeling the bananas.
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He's peeling the bananas.
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What are you doing with the bananas.
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Now I'm mashing the bananas.
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- mashing the bananas with a fork inside of a silver bowl.
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a silver bowl or a steel bowl.
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And now he's adding sugar He's adding brown sugar and white sugar.
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into the banana mix.
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Do you like banana bread?
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or banana muffins, what would you prefer?
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Banana bread or banana muffins?
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This is banana muffin shape.
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It's the shape of a muffin.
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But this container is more for like banana bread.
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I prefer this because they're smaller and more crunchy on the outside.
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Do you like banana muffins?
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Yeah.
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Why?
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You get more crust.
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Facts.
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The banana bread.
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Exactly.
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So he just cracked an egg and put it inside here.
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So these are all our ingredients in here,
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eggs, sugar, bananas, vanilla and remember guys these videos are here to give you natural English input Real conversation isn't always perfect.
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And that's okay.
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We focus on making fun vlogs about my daily life and things I enjoy doing.
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We don't focus on making grammar lessons or formal English classes.
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These are fun daily vlogs that aren't scripted or written out.
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And sometimes when you record like that, mistakes are bound to happen.
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You cannot speak perfectly 100 % of the time.
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But you don't need to worry because if I make any mistakes, I will correct myself with text on screen so you guys can learn from that.
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Now let's get into the video.
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So these, all these here, this, this, this, measuring cups.
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These are measuring cups.
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They're all different size measuring cups.
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And this is a cutting board.
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This is also a cutting board, a wood cutting board, and a plastic cutting board.
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So what are you doing now?
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Breaking up this chocolate, right as a topping on the muffins.
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So he's using a knife to thinly slice or thinly chop the chocolate.
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And what are you doing now?
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Putting the...
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Batter into the molds, muffin molds.
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The batter is going into the muffin molds.
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Looks like perfect amount for 12.
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What are you doing right now? putting chocolate on Half of them.
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Putting chocolate on the top of half of the muffins.
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So it melts in the oven.
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When you go and buy stuff at a bakery especially, it can be used for different things.
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But when there's 12, You could say a dozen.
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I can get a dozen muffins next time you're going to a bakery or something.
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You could ask, I get a dozen donuts.
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Or if you go to buy eggs, can I get a dozen eggs?
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Look at these beautiful muffins.
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Thank you.
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How long will this take to cook?
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20...
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20 minutes.
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20 minutes.
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Do you usually set a timer?
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Yep.
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I'll put them in the oven.
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So now, walk us through your actions.
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You just picked up the trays, And now what are you doing?
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I'm gonna take 'em to the oven.
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Which is upstairs? So we're outside now.
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We just walked outside and we're walking up the stairs and to go put these muffins in the oven.
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It's preheated.
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So preheating is turning the oven on before you cook in it to have it at the correct temperature.
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I'm going to set a timer for 22 minutes.
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22 minutes.
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He put the muffins inside of the oven.
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And now we're gonna wait 22 minutes, come back, check them and they should be done.
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So this is the bread he made and you can see it's rising.
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Nicely.
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Rising is when it comes up.
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rising.
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The dough is rising.
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This is an electric stove top.
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It's electric as you can see so there's no gas When you're done cooking, always turn off the stove.
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Turn off the stove.
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So now what do you want to do with this?
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You want to boil it - Simmer it.
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- So we're gonna It's going to mix together so we'll heat it up.
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Make sure the sugars melt and once everything's melted together then it'll be good to go.
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So you don't want it simmering or boiling, you just want it to melt together.
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So what is that?
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- MSG.
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- So that's MSG?
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So now you're mixing all the sauces and ingredients together.
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Now if you tell me what this is, And what is it used for?
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This is a counter So a counter is just where you could put stuff on It's like a table, but in the kitchen.
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And it's where all your ingredients could sit.
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your measuring spoons, your phone, The stove All of this is the counter.
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and it's mainly used as a cooking surface or preparing surface.
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So the alarm just went off for the muffins.
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So now let's go get it.
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So the alarm went off.
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We're going to check if the muffins are ready.
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It's very hot.
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There's a lot of heat coming out of here.
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So you have to use these so you don't burn.
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They look done.
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They look very good.
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So we'll take it out.
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So now I'm setting them down on the top of the stove.
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I'm going to close this and then turn off the oven.
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So now the oven's off.
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You always got to make sure the oven's off.
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You don't want to leave it on.
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And I'm going to turn the gas off too.
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We learned this before this is a gas cylinder or a propane cylinder.
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Now let's grab the muffins.
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Another very popular saying, a very popular expression is Now it's the moment of truth.
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And this just means when you're about to try something that you cooked, and you want to see how well it tastes.
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You're not sure if it was good or bad, so it's the moment of truth.
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It's the moment we find out If it's delicious, or if it's not good.
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He's taking out the muffin to see what it tastes like.
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No. There's a chocolate one.
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- No. perfectly moist Not overcooked, let's taste it.
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Thoughts?
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Wow.
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My chocolate is better.
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Busting? is bussy.
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Bussing No cap.
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The chocolate is a little bit too better.
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Okay, so now I'm going to try the normal one.
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This?
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Very moist.
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spongy. and delicious.
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So I would say bussing.
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No cap.
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That was the moment of truth.
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to see how it tasted.
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And it tasted good.
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The moment of truth.
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Okay, so what are you doing now?
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Right now I'm sharpening my knife.
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I want it to be sharp so I can cut the chicken easily.
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And this is a knife sharpener.
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- Is the knife sharp enough?
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- Well, let's check.
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What are you going to do to prepare the chicken?
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I'm going to chop it into the main sections: legs, breasts, wings, thighs.
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and then put on a dry rub.
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Still a little frozen.
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Here we have a dry rub.
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It's called Sabora.
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And it's called a dry rub because I'm marinating it with only dry ingredients.
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If I were to put in That barbecue sauce into there, then it would be a wet rub.
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because there would be wet ingredients.
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Marinating is putting seasoning and spices onto the meat and then you let it sit
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for a couple minutes
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or a couple hours to let the meat absorb all of the flavors from the rub or the marinade.
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And you want to evenly coat all the meat when you marinate it.
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So you can see, evenly coated with every piece of the chicken having dry rub on it.
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The water is boiling now when it bubbles up like this.
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Boiling.
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I just grabbed the potatoes.
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and I'm gonna wash them at the sink.
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So washing the potatoes to clean off the dirt.
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the dust Anything that's dirty on them, so I'm washing them by hand washing them by hand and this is a peeler.
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So right now I'm peeling the skin of the potatoes off with the peeler.
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potato keeler.
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This is what slicing looks like.
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Bye.
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Okay.
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That is slicing.
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When you cut something thinly, slicing.
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- Thank you.
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Bye.
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So now I just cube them.
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like in a square shape.
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and these are wedges I'm going to go ahead and put it in the middle.
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You can see these are wedges, they're like fries but bigger and thicker wedges.
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Thank you.
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And these are fries.
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Fries are smaller thinner and long.
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fries, wedges slices So these are different ways you could cut potatoes.
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when you're slicing potatoes, be sure not to slice your finger Not a slice.
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your finger because then you'll have a cut and it'll start bleeding so slice the potato, Don't slice your finger.
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What is this?
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This is a stove.
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On the stove there's a pot and I turned the heat on already.
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because there was some water in there and I wanted it to evaporate
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So you could feel the heat coming from the pot, you can feel the heat It's hot.
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Now I'm going to add some oil.
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Now that there's no water in it, put the oil in.
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Oil is used for many things, including frying, deep frying, cooking.
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Oil, it's a very popular cooking ingredient and it's essential to cooking.
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There's canola oil, sunflower oil, avocado oil, sesame seed oil, peanut oil.
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There's so many types of oils.
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But oils aren't just for cooking your hair.
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also contains oil, your skin
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and your body and your face has oil And then there's also oil that you put into your vehicle or your car.
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engine oil.
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So now I'm going to go get lemons.
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to make A lemonade and we have A lemon tree.
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that has the best lemons to make lemonade with.
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So now, I'm just going to go over there.
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Get those lemons.
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We'll make the lemonade.
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So the lemon tree is here.
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We have a lemon tree here, but we also have a lemon tree Over here, I think I'm gonna get the lemons from there this time since they're lower.
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easier to grab.
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their lower hanging fruit And that's also a very popular English saying a very popular English saying,
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go for the lowest hanging fruit first.
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When someone says go for the lowest hanging fruit, It means go for what's easiest first.
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So go for what's easiest to achieve, easiest to get.
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first because it's the lowest hanging fruit.
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You can just grab it.
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The ones that are higher up, harder to grab.
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go for the lowest hanging fruit.
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You can see I'm just making a basket out of my t -shirt.
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So we got three here.
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I am picking Lemons.
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- Thank you.
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I am picking the lemons from the lemon tree.
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How many lemons are you going to get?
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I love to make a jug of lemonade.
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We got the lemons here.
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difference between a lemon and a lime.
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Lime is small. and green.
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Lemon is like this.
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It's bigger. and yellow.
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- Thank you.
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- - - Uh.
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- Bye.
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I think that's enough.
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I think we got enough lemons here.
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Thank you.
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Let's go back to the house.
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Just connect with the gas.
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Just fire up this grill.
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Thank you.
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So fire up the grill, what does that mean?
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Let's turn on the grill.
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Fire up the grill.
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There you go, now it's on.
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I'll let it heat up a bit, then we'll clean it with the brush.
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Thank you and then it'll be ready to cook.
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I use it to light the, The oven? or the barbecue if it's too windy.
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And here we have the marinated marinated chicken.
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So this is our barbecue straws rub.
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Once the chicken is on the barbecue, we'll We'll use this brush.
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to brush it on.
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Okay.
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What are you doing now?
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Now I'm cleaning the grill.
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I let it heat up.
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Now it's easier to clean off anything that could have been on there before.
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- And what are you cleaning it with?
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This is a wire brush.
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And it's used for cleaning grills.
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Now I'm going to turn down the heat a bit.
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So now you put all the chicken on the grill?
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Now that all the chicken's on there, yep we'll start adding the sauce.
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So the trick to getting a nice crust is to Continuously add the sauce.
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Let it caramelize with the heat.
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and keep on adding layers So I'll dab this on there.
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How often are you going to apply the sauce?
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Every 5 to 10 minutes, I'll put the sauce on.
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Okay guys, while Leon is upstairs, barbecuing, I'm gonna make fries and the lemonade.
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So I got the fries that I cut here.
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I got the lemons from outside.
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and I got the oil heating up.
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So now I'm putting the fries into the oil.
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And I want to just make sure they're all cooking nicely and evenly.
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by giving it a little stir.
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And when the fries are done you want to put them in a plate with paper towel.
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I don't have paper towel.
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I just have these napkins.
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So we'll do that instead.
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And this is just to catch any grease from the potatoes, from the fries once you take them out.
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So the grease stays on these napkins and doesn't stay in the fries.
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Or else your fries will be very greasy.
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Beautiful.
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We got the fries here.
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So, how's the meat going?
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It's good.
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So it's almost done.
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50%.
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Looks good.
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Is that the whole chicken?
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Yep.
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Three for you, three for me.
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Why does it look so small?
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A small chicken.
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This is the barbecue view.
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Windy outside today.
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And we just finished cooking everything, the chicken and the fries.
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Here it is.
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Here you have the chicken, looks delicious.
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And that is what we're having for lunch today.
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so now let's make the lemonade this is a lemon
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and i'm going to cut it in half now
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so i just cut the lemon in half
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and i'm going to squeeze one lemon so this is a jug
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and i'm going to make the lemonade inside of this jug So put the lemon juice in there.
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You have to squeeze lemons to get the juice out of them.
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Squeeze them good.
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And if you guys like these videos, and want to see more, make sure to share them with your friends and family or anyone you know trying to learn English.
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Unfortunately, I don't have any ice or anything, but if I put it in the fridge, it'll cool down.
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And now we'll let that cool down.
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So now we're going to do a word search.
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You could also do this at home to practice your vocabulary.
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The three words we're going to look for is "bowl" spatula and glass.
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You have to get two out of the three to win.
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How are you going to win against me?
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3 to One go.
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Okay, so we just did the game.
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I got the spatula.
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and he got the glass
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and a small bowl or a tiny bowl, My God a normal sized bowl
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So you guys could decide who won that but I I don't know.
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He did grab it first.
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But that's a tiny bowl.
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technically is a bowl but...
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Okay, so now, Let's plate the food.
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plate the food.
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Okay, so plating the food is when you dish up your plate.
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Okay, so we have the chicken.
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As you can see here, glistening in the sunlight.
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Then you add your piece of meat Now we have the plate and then we add the fries.
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I already ate, so this is just a small little snack.
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Okay, now let's have a mini quiz.
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Just five questions of what we learned today.
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Okay, what is this called?
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What is this called?
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A muffin.
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This is called a muffin.
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What is this called?
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What is this called?
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apart and what is inside the pot.
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Oil.
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What are these?
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Those are ingredients.
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Ingredients.
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You use ingredients to cook and in recipes.
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So recipes list the ingredients that you need to put into the food or to mix or to cook.
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And that's how you make your food with ingredients.
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What is this?
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What's this?
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- Okay.
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What is it?
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That's a countertop.
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Countertop.
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And what do you use a countertop for?
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It uses a prepping area or somewhere to place things down.
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Yeah, so it's kind of like a table, but for the kitchen.
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You put stuff on a countertop.
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Can you guys write in the comments three things you put on your counter?
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Three things you put on your counter.
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Yo when something tastes good, What do you say after?
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What's an expression, a very popular English expression that you say?
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you could say that hit the spot Exactly.
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If something tastes very good, very delicious, If you enjoyed eating it, and you're no longer hungry, you say that hit the spot.
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That's a very popular expression to say after you finished eating
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and the meal was good that hit the spot that satisfied me.
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That was delicious.
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I enjoyed that.
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That hit the spot.
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This is my favorite comment from last video.
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I read all of your comments, so leave a comment where you're from, what you learned, and if you enjoy these videos.
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And this is the countries you guys were from last video.
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If you want the 3000 words and to join my English discord community, that's completely free.
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The link is in the description to join.
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And if you guys want to see more, here's my personal Instagram.
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Without further ado, here is the word summary.
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I'm zesting this lemon.
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This is a whisk.
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This is whisky.
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Mixing it.
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This whole area of the kitchen.
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A spatula.
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Add more flour.
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Container.
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Prepare.
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Knead the dough.
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Dough into all my ingredients.
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He's peeling the bananas.
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Now I'm mashing the bananas.
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And now he's adding measuring cups.
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Batter into the molds a dozen.
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The oven on.
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I'm going to set a timer for 22 minutes.
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The rising is when it comes up.
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This is a counter.
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There's a lot of heat coming out of here.
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Muffin.
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Chocolate is a little bit too better.
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Right now I'm sharpening my knife.
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And this is a knife sharpener.
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Here we have a dry rub.
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The water is boiling now.
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It's a peeler.
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So right now I'm peeling the skin.
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This is what slicing looks like.
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So now I just cube them.
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And these are fries.
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There's a pot. So...
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I am picking lemons.
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Is fire up this grill?
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The grill.
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This is a wire brush.
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Start adding the sauce.
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I have these napkins.
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So this is a jug.
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Okay, so plating the food.
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LEARN ENGLISH Through My Daily Life | Easy English Vlog
TeensDaily ConversationHigh School Students
About This Lesson
In this lesson, you will learn English in a natural and engaging way while cooking. By following along with the culinary process, you will practice listening comprehension and pronunciation of common English words and phrases. This real-life context will help you better understand how to use vocabulary in everyday situations, particularly in the kitchen. Whether you are preparing a simple meal or an exquisite dessert, you'll improve your speaking skills as you cook. Stick around to learn not just the language but also some delicious recipes!
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- Zesting: The practice of removing the outer skin of citrus fruits to extract the flavor.
- Whisk: A tool used for mixing ingredients quickly and efficiently.
- Knead: The process of working dough into a smooth and elastic consistency.
- Prepare: To get ingredients ready in advance to make cooking easier.
- Mixing: Combine ingredients until they are evenly distributed.
- Spatula: A kitchen utensil used for lifting, flipping, or spreading food.
- Flour: A common baking ingredient made from ground grains.
- Dough: A mixture of flour and liquid that is used to make bread and other baked goods.
Practice Tips
To maximize your learning experience, consider using a shadowing app while watching this video. Shadowing is a powerful technique for improving your pronunciation and fluency. As you listen to the demonstration of cooking terminology, try to repeat the phrases and sentences in real-time. This will not only enhance your speaking skills but also familiarize you with the rhythm and tone of conversational English.
Since this lesson is delivered at a conversational pace, aim to mimic the speaker’s intonation and emphasize key vocabulary. If you find certain sections challenging, feel free to pause and rewind. This shadowing site allows you to dissect phrases that are relevant in cooking scenarios, providing you with a hands-on approach to learning.
Additionally, integrate this lesson into your IELTS speaking practice by discussing the cooking process you followed or the meal you prepared. This practical application will reinforce vocabulary retention and help you with spontaneous speaking skills in various contexts. Remember, the goal is to learn English with YouTube innovatively and effectively!
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | if I make any mistakes, I will correct |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | aren't scripted · are bound · should be done |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have also just launched · have prepared · I've done |
| Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form | start bleeding · start adding · finished cooking |
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.