Lesson of April 15, 2024

Question 1

What is “carcasses” in English?

Example: I put …………… and other ingredients in a pot and boil everything together.

Answer 1

carcasses
(pronounced CAR-ca-siz)

Example: I put carcasses and other ingredients in a pot and boil everything together.

Question 2

What is “Laisse faire!” or “Laisse tomber” in English?

Answer 2

Never mind!

Question 3

What is “épaissir” in English?

Example: I use cornstarch to …………….. the sauce.

Answer 3

Thicken

Example: I use cornstarch to thicken the sauce.

Question 4

What is “sinusite” in English?

Answer 4

sinusitis

Question 5

What is “chaudron” in English?

Answer 5

Pot

Question 6

What is “fumée” in English?

Answer 6

smoke

Question 7

What is “odorat” in English?

Answer 7

smell

sense of smell

Question 8

What is “baisser la vitre” when in a car in English?

Answer 8

turn down the window

Roll down the window

Question 9

What is “boyaux” when talking about sausages?

Answer 9

casings

Question 10

What is “balance” and “peser” in English?

Example: I have a kitchen …………… to ………… the food.

Answer 10

scale

weigh

Example: I have a kitchen scale to weigh the food.

Question 11

What is “viande hachée” in English?

Answer 11

Ground meat

Question 12

What is “épaule de porc” in English?

Answer 12

Pork shoulder

Question 13

What is “bouillir” in English?

Answer 13

Boil

Question 14

How do we pronounce “dessert” and “desert”?

Answer 14

Dessert = dee-ZERT

Desert = DÈ-zert

Question 15

What is “suivre” as “suivre la recette”

Answer 15

follow

follow the recipe

Question 16

What is “Français” as in “Il est Français.” in English?

Answer 16

French

come from France

Example:
He’s French.
He comes from France.

Question 17

What is “comment” in English?

Example: Comment connais-tu Chantal?

Answer 17

How

Example: How do you know Chantal?

Question 18

What is “chef” in English as in “chef cuisiner”?

Answer 18

Chef

(not “chief”)