Lesson 15, Exercise 4b - Vocabulary for the 'Can you cook?' exercises, Part 2.

Vocabulary you will hear in the videos in the next 7 exercises, beginning in Exercie 5.

Vocabulary Definition and Audio
pasta
uncountable noun

 All macaroni products*, spaghetti or noodles.



 spaghetti
Example: spaghetti
lasagne raw
Example: lasagne		 ravioli
Example: ravioli
pasta dishes
 noun used as adjective + countable noun


  


 spaghetti dish
Spaghetti Bolognaise		 baked lasagne
Baked lasagne		 ravioli salad
Ravioli salad
bouillabaisse
uncountable noun		 bouillabaisse Bouillabaisse is a traditional Provençal fish stew originating from the port city of Marseille. It often contains 'langouste' which translates as 'crayfish' and is somewhat similar to US lobster, but smaller.
*Others may argue that pasta is the Italian generic name for all forms of alimentary pastes made from a mixture of flour, semolina, and whole eggs or egg whites, but no water, as opposed to macaroni, which contains water and no eggs.
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