After traveling around the world, back to my dear Taiwan Province Province, our food is not far away! However, how do you say "pork" in English for making braised sweet and sour pork ribs? Is it pork? Chopped beef. What about beef? More than a year of "fish"? What's your favorite roast chicken? Wipe the saliva off quickly and solve this puzzle with Hope Square!
How do you say "pork"? Generally, when we mention an animal's "pig", we will use pig; A delicious bacon ham is called bacon ham. If we want to express "pork", we will use pork as a general term. Common pork-related dishes in Taiwan Province Province are:
Sweet and sour spareribs
◎ Pork belly Pork belly
◎ Pig's feet and pettitoes
This year is the Year of the Pig, so many people try not to eat pork during the Lunar New Year celebrations. )
How do you say "beef"? The concept of beef is also very similar to that of pork. When we talk about "cows", we will say cows. If you want to express "beef", you will use beef as a generic term. However, the tender, juicy and luxurious "veal" is not all beef, but veal! Other common beef-related dishes in Taiwan Province Province include:
Beef noodles
◎ Fried beef with scallion and onion
Some people don't eat beef because cows are sacred in their culture.
For some people's cultures, cows are sacred animals, so they don't eat beef. )
How do you say "fish"? There are hundreds of kinds of fish in the water, and their nutritious "fish" are called fish just like their names! However, when we want to specify the fish we want to eat, or all kinds of sashimi we desire, we can use the name of the fish to express it. The following are common fish proverbs:
Tuna tuna
Salmon salmon
Whenever I want to eat fish, I always go to sushi express. Tuna sashimi is my favorite! Every time I want to eat fish, I will compete for freshness. I like tuna sashimi! )
How do you say "chicken"? Baked chicken, fried chicken and chicken legs are all wrapped for me! The favorite chicken is very similar to fish, and it also uses its own animal name chicken to express the "chicken" that we want to chew when we are hungry. The following are common names associated with chickens:
Chicken drum stick chicken leg
Roast chicken roast chicken
He always eats chicken for dinner; Sometimes he cooks roast chicken, sometimes he cooks chicken soup.
He always eats chicken for dinner. Sometimes he cooks roast chicken and sometimes he cooks chicken soup. )
For more information about chickens, please refer to this column: chickens must not be leaked! How do you say "chicken wings" and "chicken breast" in English?
In addition, in fact, chicken can also be called poultry, which refers to the meat of all poultry, such as ducks, geese and turkeys.
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Are you hungry after reading it? Next time you go to a foreign supermarket to choose ingredients, or introduce your specialties to foreign friends, you will know how to express it in English!
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