ESL Podcast 353 - Describing the Taste of Food
that is - a phrase used to introduce new information, or to provide additional information about something
Melissa always thought that it would be fun to live alone, that is, until she had to start paying her own bills.
bland - without very much flavor; dull and uninteresting
The salad is very bland if you don't pour enough salad dressing onto it.
lumpy - with small, hard, solid pieces floating in a liquid
The hot chocolate will be lumpy if you don't stir in the powder well enough.
delicious - tasty; with a very good taste; flavorful
We ate some delicious lemon pie for dessert.
flavor - the way that something tastes; the distinct taste of a certain type of food
Vanilla is her favorite flavor, and she puts it in almost everything she bakes.
salty - with the taste of something that has a lot of salt in it
The chips were very salty and they made us thirsty!
spicy - with a strong, hot taste that seems to burn one's tongue even if the temperature is not hot
Mexican food from some parts of the country uses lots of spicy jalapeño peppers.
overcooked - cooked too much; dry and/or burnt from having been cooked with too much heat and/or for too much time
The pie was overcooked and black on the bottom.
raw - uncooked; not cooked
I never thought I would like to eat raw fish, but I love sushi!
texture - the way that the surface of something feels when one touches it
This cotton blanket has a smooth, soft texture, but that wool blanket has a rough texture.
bite - the volume of food that one tears off with one's silverware or teeth and puts into one's mouth at one time
Rafael took a huge bite of his hot dog and almost choked!
sweet - with the taste of something that has a lot of sugar in it
Lynn likes to drink very sweet tea, and usually puts three or four teaspoons of sugar into her teacup.
sour - with the taste of something that has a lot of lemon or unripe fruit in it
This lemonade is too sour! We need to put more sugar in it.
taste buds - the small areas on one's tongue that let one know what something tastes like
After his illness, he didn't enjoy eating as much because he had lost a lot of his taste buds and he couldn't taste his food as well as before.
yummy - delicious; tasty; nice to eat
Those cookies are really yummy! May I please have another one?
it's the thought that counts - a phrase used to mean that intentions are more important than the results of one's actions; a phrase used to mean that what a person meant to do is more important than what he or she actually did
I tried to get you a reservation at your favorite restaurant for your birthday, but there weren't any tables available. But it's the thought that counts, right?