Food Idioms and Vocabulary

• The document includes food-related vocabulary, idioms, food categories, and related terms

Food Idioms

• "I was milked" means "I was cheated or swindled."
• "You are as cool as a cucumber" describes someone serene, calm, and undisturbed under stress.
• "She went bananas" means she got into a rage and lost control.
• "I am in the soup/jam" signifies being in trouble.
• "You saved my bacon" means someone got you out of trouble.
• "It's a piece of cake" means something is very easy to do.
• "Pie in the sky" refers to hopes and dreams that will never be realized.
• "He over-eggs the cake" means he exaggerates too much.
• "The bread and butter" refers to basic necessities (food, clothing, shelter).
• "The icing on the cake" is something nice added to something already good.
• "The big cheese" is the most important person or leader.
• "What's cooking?" (informal) means "What's happening?" or "What's going on?"
• "Money for jam" is money made with no effort.
• "That was hard cheese" means that was bad luck.
• "I have bigger fish to fry" means having more important things to do.

Describing Food

• Descriptive words for food include hot, cold, raw, cooked, soft, chewy, sweet, sour, crisp, crunchy, dry, soft and creamy, spicy, juicy, salty, good/delicious/tasty, and bad/terrible/awful.

Cutlery and Dishes

• Cutlery includes a fork, spoon, and knife.
• Dishes include a plate, bowl, glass, cup, and saucer.

Pizza Ingredients

• Ingredients required to make pizza include a spoon, bowl, frying pan, tomato sauce, rolling pin, flour, salt & pepper, vegetable oil, cheese, mushrooms, green peppers, pepperoni, onions, olives, bacon, and oregano.

Useful Expressions

• Useful food-related expressions encompass "canned food," "Chinese food," "Italian food," and "fast food."
• Meal-related terms include "breakfast," "lunch," and "dinner-supper."
• Tableware terms include "cup-glass," "bowl," "fork," "knife," "plate," and "spoon."

Desserts & Junk Food

• Desserts listed are fruit salad, black forest cake, fruit pizza, honey doughnut, sugar pie, and strawberry shortcake.
• Junk foods listed are salty chips, cold popsicles, cherry sundaes, chocolate bar, buttered popcorn, greasy french fries, chewy bubble gum, smooth jello, and sweet candies.

Drinks

• Beverages listed are coffee, tea, hot chocolate, water, beer, wine, milk, juice, and soft drink.

Milk and Dairy Products

• Milk and dairy products include skimmed milk, chocolate milk, mild cheese, strong cheese, yellow cheese, goat's milk cheese, curd cheese, cottage cheese, raspberry yogurt, blueberry milkshake, butter, vanilla ice cream, soft ice cream, whipped cream, sour cream, banana pudding, and cream of chicken.

Bread and Cereals

• Bread and cereals include cheese bread, crusty bread, raisin bread, bran muffin, English muffin, all bran cookie, oatmeal cookie, wheat germ, shredded wheat, whole wheat crackers, vegetable crackers, white rice, brown rice, croissant, chocolate granola bar, meat ball spaghetti, cheese macaroni, and spicy pizza.

Meats, Fish and Alternates

• Meats, fish and alternates listed are crab claws, lobster, oysters, shrimps, scampies, rainbow trout, tuna, bacon, baloney, beef cubes, duck, fried chicken, hot chicken, ham, hot dog, hamburger, crunchy or smooth peanut butter, almonds pecans peanuts, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, liver, meat pie, pork chops, roast beef, shepherd's pie, spare ribs, steak, and turkey.

Fruits and Vegetables

• Fruits listed are crunchy apples, sweet bananas, juicy pineapples, small blueberries, smooth pears, sour lemons, round cherries, large pumpkins, blackberries, grape, grapefruit, kiwi, mandarine, nectarine, peach, plum, raspberry, strawberry, watermelon, and dried fruits.
• Vegetables listed are asparagus, beet, brocoli, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, celery, corn on the cob, cucumber, garlic, green pepper, lettuce, mushroom, onion, pea, potato, radish, tomato, beans, and zucchini.