22 Mar
Basic Italian Vocabulary and Grammar Exercises: Kitchen Tools
Basic Italian Vocabulary and Grammar Exercises: Kitchen Tools
If you love Italy, we are sure that a part of your heart is also turned to its cuisine. Today we will give you some tools of the trade to better juggle around the table.
Italian Grammar Exercises to learn the Vocabulary for the Kitchen
What do you put on the table?
La tovaglia – to cover the table and not dirty it and make it cute, colorful or elegant depending on the occasion!)
Il tovagliolo – to clean your mouth that can get dirty while we eat
Le posate – that is what you use to collect or break up food, fork, spoon and knife
Il piatto fondo – to hold pasta, risotto and soups
Il piatto piano – to contain the main courses and vegetables
Il piattino da dessert – for holding sweets
La coppa/la coppetta – to hold spoon desserts, i.e. softer ones to be taken with a spoon (such as tiramisu, so to speak) or ice cream
Il bicchiere – for drinking water and beverages
Il sottobicchiere – saucer of different materials to place the glass on the table
Il calice – the glass for drinking wine
La tazza – for drinking tea or milk
La tazzina – for drinking coffee
Il piattino – to place cup and cup
Il cucchiaino – to stir the sugar in the coffee
La grattugia – to crumble the cheese to put on the pasta
La caraffa – for holding bulk water or wine
La zuccheriera – to contain the sugar
La saliera – to contain the salt
L’oliera – to contain the oil
What appliances can you use?
I fornelli – in Italy we use them on gas, they are the fires to cook food
Il frigorifero – it is used to store food that needs to stay cold
Il congelatore – it is used to freeze foods and keep them stored for a long time
Lo spremiagrumi – to reduce citrus fruits (lemon, oranges, grapefruits, mandarins…) to liquid and enjoy excellent juices!
Il forno – high temperature cooking system, it can operate on electricity or gas
Il microonde – to reheat food quickly
La lavastoviglie – appliance / machinery he washes dishes, cutlery and pots
Il frullatore – with special blades, it reduces food to pulp and turns it into liquid (mmm, a good fruit smoothie in summer is a real treat!)
Il tostapane – to toast slices of bread
What tools can you use?
La pentola – cylindrical container, with fire resistant material, with high sides and handles. Normally it is covered with il coperchio (the pot lid).
La padella – container used to cook food, round in shape, with a long handle and low edges. Used a lot for frying.
Il tegame – round container, with medium-low edges, is used for cooking, has two handles and is useful for cooking sauces and food.
La teglia – pan similar to the pan used to cook food in the oven
Il tagliere – wooden or plastic board used for slicing vegetables and, cheeses and meats
La scodella o la terrina – fairly deep, round bowl used to mix ingredients
Insalatiera – bowl used to hold salads
Il cavatappi – tool used to open bottles of wine with or of beer
La caffettiera – receptacle in which coffee is prepared and served
La bilancia – tool to measure the weight of the ingredients
L’apriscatole – tool to open the cans (for example the tuna can)
Lo schiaccianoci – tool for splitting nuts with hard shells
Il pelapatate – special knife for peeling potatoes or carrots if necessary
Il mestolo – large wooden or metal spoon used for mixing foods and serving them on plates.
Can you think of other important kitchen tools? Write to info@ellci.it!
Complete the exercises in PDF to learn some cooking secrets.