Overcooked The Fridge

Introduction This support pack accompanies the video 'Overcooked The Fridge'. To see the video, go to: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/overcooked/fridge This support pack contains the following materials: a pre-watching vocabulary activity; the transcript of the video; two comprehension activities; the recipe

Before you watch Exercise 01 Match the words in the table to their definitions. a. cos c. intense e. make a dent in something g. Spanish omelette b. crank up d. lasagne f. pesto

h. whack

1. a typical dish consisting of eggs and potatoes, and sometimes onion and garlic 2. a sauce originating in northern Italy, made with basil, salt, garlic, olive oil, pine nuts and grated cheese 3. to throw quickly and carelessly 4. a baked dish of layers of pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables 5. to increase the volume or power of something 6. short for 'because' (particularly when spoken) 7. deep and complicated 8. to reduce the size or amount of something Transcript Right, wellcheers! Thats work done. So its dinner time. was thinking about doing a bit of a Spanish omelette, thats your onions, your eggs, bit of pepper, the red pepper variety, but then theres good old pesto, whack that in a bit of pasta very quick, very easy. However, little bit of a special occasion tonight Ive asked a lady to come round, so erm, Ive already prepared a lasagne and were just going to crank up the oven and stick that in. See you later. All right? Well, I bought rather a nice bottle of wine because as I said shes coming over, but just putting the finishing touches to the lasagne. Ive put the basic pasta and tomato layers and its tuna fish cos I dont know whether she eats meat, so bit more cheese needed on the top, just to cover it off and that goes in on the end, so that makes a nice melted cheese top. Right.. well shes here, shes happily sitting down, which means its time for a little drink and of course its a nice white wine, hope it will go with the lasagne. I know that she likes lasagne because when we first actually met it was at an Italian restaurant, that was what she ordered and I found out her name and looked her up on Facebook and offered her, you know, a friendship invite and she said that before she accepted she felt that we ought to know one another a bit better, so thats what we are going to do. Well, its not going so well, shes on the phone. Looks like a really intense conversation, I dont
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know who it is shes talking to maybe its her mum, yeah, its probably her mum. Well, shes gone shes left me holding this, although I have to say, she has made quite a After watching Exercise 02 Put the events in the correct order 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. He found her on Facebook. He invited her to dinner. He met her in an Italian restaurant. He prepared the lasagna. She arrived at his place. She spoke on the phone. They had a drink. They started eating dinner. dent in it, so I dont know why she went, but whatever reason it was, it wasnt that lasagne cos that is great and Ive got over 500 friends on Facebook, so whats one less?

Exercise 03 Decide if the following statements are true or false 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. He makes a Spanish omelette for dinner. He makes pesto and pasta for dinner. He doesn't know if she is a vegetarian. He met her on Facebook. She speaks on her phone during dinner. She leaves to go and see her mum. He's got lots of friends on Facebook.

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Recipe Lasagna (plural lasagne) is both a form of pasta in sheets and also a dish, sometimes named lasagne al forno (meaning "oven-cooked lasagne") made with alternate layers of pasta, cheese, and often rag (a meat sauce) or tomato sauce. Ingredients The Lasagna Minced Beef 450g Tin of Tomatoes 400g Mushrooms 100g Chopped onion 1 Garlic 1 clove Beef Stock 1/2 pint (300ml) Butter 25g Lasagne 1 Packet

The White Sauce Milk 300ml Butter 25g Plain Flour 25g Grated Cheddar 50g

Instructions 1. To prepare the meat sauce, fry the mince beef and onion until brown. 2. Stir in the stock, garlic, tomatoes and mushrooms (sliced). 3. Cook for about an hour until thick and rich. 4. If necessary add 2 tablespoons of cornflour dissolved in a small amount of cold water to thicken. 5. Grease an oven proof dish. 6. To make the bechamel sauce, melt the butter, stir the flour in and add the milk, stirring until thickened. 7. Grate the cheese and add. Add seasoning to taste.

Answers Exercise 01 1. g; 2. f; 3. h; 4. d; 5. b; 6. a; 7. c; 8. e Exercise 02 3; 1; 2; 4; 5; 7; 8; 6 Exercise 03 1. False; 2. False; 3. True; 4. False; 5. True; 6. False; 7. True
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