Hi, everybody! I am Georgiana, your English teacher and founder of SpeakEnglishPodcast.com. My mission is to help you speak English fluently.

Today you'll learn some more cooking vocabulary in English.

And with a mini-story, you will improve your speaking.

You'll see, it's like having a conversation with another person.

Do you remember that I talked about my kitchen appliances in a previous episode and explained some techniques I use when cooking?

I talked about using my blender to make a green smoothie, almond milk, soups, flours, batters, dough, nut butter, juices, and dips.

I also mentioned how I loved using my instant pot to pressure-cook, steam, boil, and even make yogurt with it.

I explained what a pressure cooker was, and how steaming works.

Today I'll continue talking about my cooking habits and my favorite appliances and kitchen tools.

I must say that I love buying a new kitchen appliance, and during the lockdown, I've purchased a lot of them.

For some reason, everyone started baking, so I really felt that it was the best moment to purchase a KitchenAid stand mixer. If you don't know what this is, let me explain.

It's a stand mixer; therefore, it's so much more convenient than a hand mixer. One of the reasons why I prefer using a stand mixer is because it allows me to multitask.

With this particular mixer, I can make up to 9 dozen cookies in a single batch.

It also comes with different speeds for stirring, mixing, beating, creaming, and whipping, and mashing ingredients quickly and easily.

But first, let explain how I use it depending on the speed.

I use speed 1 and 2 to stir, combine, and mash. For example, I love preparing mashed potatoes with it. I add some butter, salt, and potatoes, and in minutes, I got a creamy mashed potato.

Speed 4 is for mixing batters, such as cookies.

Speed 6 is for creaming or whipping. I use it to finish mixing cake, doughnut, and other batters.

And speed eight it's for fast beating and whipping.

I use it for whipping cream and beating egg whites.

Do you see how many things I can prepare with this thing??

We can take advantage of this machine to learn new cooking vocabulary in English.

Let's talk about the attachments.

It also has tons of attachments that can make almost anything from ice cream to sausages.

It comes with an ice cream maker, food grinder, spiralizer, food processor dicing kit, vegetable sheet cutter, sifter, sausage stuffer, slicer/shredder, fruit and vegetable strainer, and much more.

Let me explain how I use two of my favorite attachments, and like this, you can learn new English vocabulary.

One of my favorite attachment is the ice cream maker. It's incredible. You can prepare ice cream with it in only 20 minutes.

Remember, I told you that I make yogurt? And I use that yogurt to make frozen yogurt.

I make sure to add the ice cream bowl in the freezer at least 48 hours before making the frozen yogurt.

When I'm ready to enjoy some frozen yogurt I simply take out the ice cream bowl from the freezer, and I slowly pour in the yogurt and other ingredients.

I do this while I'm having lunch or supper, so the frozen yogurt is ready just in time for dessert.

Great! I've started talking about dessert, but let me tell you what else you can do with this thing because it's very versatile.

Another attachment that I find handy is the slicer/shredder attachment.

I use it for different purposes, especially for shredding cheese and vegetables like a carrot.

Have you ever made a carrot cake? I really need a good shredder for that, and this one saves the day.

By the way, if you really love carrot cake like me, let me know, and I will dedicate a whole episode on how to prepare it.

And that's it for today. If you really love these kinds of lessons, just let me know, and I will create some more episodes on this topic.

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