Chibi's ワン-Point English: "Cooking"

Hi everyone,

I'm sorry that it's been such a long time since I've written this blog. Alan tells me that some of you have been studying about cooking in your lessons at E-Style. Here are some useful (役に立つ) verbs (動詞) to know:

bake/天火で焼く
boil/ゆでる
broil/直火で焼く
fry/炒める・揚げる
steam/蒸す
scramble/かき混ぜながら焼く
stir-fry/かき混ぜながら炒める
microwave/電子レンジで調理する

You can change the above verbs into adjectives (形容詞) by using the past tense form (過去形) in front of a noun (名詞). Examples include the following:

baked potato; (hard) boiled egg; broiled chicken (だからブロイラーと言う); fried rice; steamed dumplings (餃子); scrambled eggs (スクランブルエッグは和製英語); stir-fried vegetables; microwaved popcorn.

I hope that this comes in handy (役に立つ) in the kitchen.

Bon appétit (いきなりフランス語が出た),

Chibiドン

P.S. Did you notice that "useful" and "comes in handy" both mean 「役に立つ」 in the above explanation?