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| administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7376 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes  12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 1 of 7 28 January 2006 at 6:05am | IP Logged | ||
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I've been cooking for years and over the years have acquired many recipes in many languages. At first it was a big problem to understand each term in each language. Tarragon, turmeric, canola oil, bay leaf etc... none made immediate sense and I had to dutifully look up each and every term in a dictionary - quite a chore!
But now this vocabulary is pretty much committed to memory and I can use cookbooks in French, English, Italian and German with almost perfect understanding. It's really great to be able to access all those recipes directly in the language, and I encourage anybody dealing with the tedious learning stage of another technical topic to persevere. Results are well worth the efforts! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| cbashara Senior Member United States adventuresinspanish. Joined 7129 days ago 186 posts - 188 votes 1 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 2 of 7 29 January 2006 at 5:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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Very encouraging. I am about to spend a week in Puebla Mexico. I am going to take a cooking class 2 hours a day while I am there, so I hope to really brush up on food and cooking terms in Spanish.
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| administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7376 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes 12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 3 of 7 30 January 2006 at 12:11am | IP Logged | ||
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Puebla is a lovely city, make sure you check out Cholula and its pyramid-turned-into-church about 10 miles out from the city. The 'mole poblano' is one of the most complex sauces one can cook, it is really delicious and rather intriguiging. Have a good trip!
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| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7015 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 4 of 7 30 January 2006 at 6:00am | IP Logged | ||
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Remember to share some recipes with us!
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| cbashara Senior Member United States adventuresinspanish. Joined 7129 days ago 186 posts - 188 votes 1 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 5 of 7 30 January 2006 at 9:44am | IP Logged | ||
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Don't worry, I will certainly bore you all with a trip report and recipes when I get back. Thanks for the tip about Cholula. I had been debating whether or not to make the daytrip. I have heard conflicting reports. I will certainly take your advice and take the time to visit. I am a huge mole fan. We have a few excellent (i.e expensive) interior-style Mexican restaurants here in Austin so I am anxious to compare with the *real thing*. I will be out of town for most of February, so I will not be around a lot. Until then though I am scrambling to brush up on key phrases and words.
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| administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7376 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes 12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 6 of 7 30 January 2006 at 3:30pm | IP Logged | ||
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Cholula is one of the most striking sights I've ever seen in Mexico. Basically there is a hill with a gorgeous wedding-cake Baroque Catholic church on top. But the hill is not a hill. It's a pre-hispanic pyramid that has been covered in earth and 'christianized' with the tiny chapel on the top. You can enter the pyramid through the side and make your way through a narrow but very long tunnel. Extremely impressive. For those who have seen Quentin Tarantino in 'From Dusk till Dawn' it will bring back memories.
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 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5847 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 7 of 7 16 March 2010 at 8:35pm | IP Logged | ||
Why not Spanish as a cooking language? Spanish recipes are fun as well and you have the language listed in your repertoire. I enjoy using Spanish cooking magazines. Fasulye 1 person has voted this message useful |
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