A.The man should stop cooking the vegetables. | B.The man should try out some new cookers. |
C.Overcooked vegetables are often tasteless. | D.All the vegetables should be cooked fresh. |
2 . Tips for Cooking on a Tight Schedule
From my experience, there are three main reasons why people don’t cook more often: ability, money and time.
Think ahead. The moments when I think cooking is a pain are when I’m already hungry and there is nothing ready to eat. So think ahead of the coming week. When will you have time to cook? Do you have the right materials ready?
Make your time worth it. When you do find time to cook a meal, make the most of it and save yourself time later on. Are you making one loaf of bread?
A.Try new things. |
B.Ability is easily improved. |
C.Make three or four instead. |
D.Understand your food better. |
E.Cooking is a burden for many people. |
F.A little time planning ahead can save a lot of work later on. |
A.He has invited many people to dinner. |
B.He intentionally cooked a lot of soup. |
C.He doesn’t like leftovers either. |
D.He used leftovers in the soup. |
Robot Chef Learns to Twirl (旋转) Pizza Like a Pro
Pizza has a proud history of fueling late-night lab work, and scientists in Naples—an Italian city famous for its pizza—have easy access to some of the world’s tastiest take-out. But what inspires engineer Bruno Siciliano is not that first bite
“Preparing a pizza involves an extraordinary level of agility and dexterity (敏捷和灵巧),” says Siciliano, who directs a robotics research group at the University of Naples Federico Ⅱ. Stretching a deformable object like a lump of dough (面团) requires an accurate and gentle touch. It is one of the few things humans can handle, but robots cannot—yet.
Siciliano’s team
RoDyMan has been working this spring toward a milestone: stretching the dough
RoDyMan uses visual sensors in its head to track the dough in real time. Using software, it can train
Yet Siciliano admits that
A.Washing the dishes. | B.Taking out the rubbish. |
C.Doing some ironing. | D.Preparing for dinner. |
A.Carrots and cabbages. | B.Cabbages and tomatoes. |
C.Potatoes and tomatoes. | D.Cabbages and broccoli. |
A. served B. spares C. yields D. practically E. consumed F. reminds G. tosses H. strikingly I. stubbornly J. desired K. flavors |
Yunnan Province, covering an area of 394,000 square kilometers, combines unique ethnic cultures, magnificent mountain scenery, rainforest, tea plantations, ancient towns and delicious food. Kunming, Dali, Lijiang and Shangri-La are always on the bucket list to those who haven’t been to Yunnan before.
In the courtyard of her restaurant in Xishuangbanna, Su Ying is preparing to give me a cooking lesson. But she has no pots and pans. Instead, she is going to cook the food in banana leaves and tubes of fresh bamboo on a small fire under an iron tripod in a corner of the yard.
Su
Even to many Chinese, Yunnan seems exotic. Its remoteness
On my trips to the province over the years I have dined on toasted barley flour and
No one restaurant or chef could represent Yunnan. There is no single overarching Yunnan cuisine, but a selection of overlapping ones. And more than anywhere else in China, delicacies
8 . USING YOUR SCORPIO COOKER: USEFUL HINTS
Follow these useful hints to obtain the best results when using your new SCORPIO cooker.
Choice of burner
Use a large burner to bring liquids to the boil quickly, and use a small one for stewed dishes and sauces.
To conserve gas, place the pan centrally over the burner and adjust the flame so that it does not extend past the edges of the pan.
Do not boil food too rapidly. A strong boil does not cook any faster but violently shakes up the food, which may then lose its taste.
flame too high — wastes gas flame not past edges of pan — conserves gas
Utensils
All normally available utensils (aluminum, stainless steel, cast iron, ceramic, etc.) may be used on your new gas cooker, but ensure that they are steady, in order to avoid dangerous spill-over of hot liquids.
Caution: Large Utensils
When a cooker is installed close to a worktop, ensure that whenever large utensils are used, they are placed so that they do not overhand the side of hotplate, as this may cause scorching or charring of the worktop surface.
Oven
There is a gradual change in temperature between the bottom and top of the oven. The first, or bottom, shelf position is the coolest and the fourth, or top, shelf position is the hottest. Because of the temperature change from one shelf position to another, it is possible to cook various dishes which require different temperatures, at the same time. As a rough guide, the temperature change from one shelf to the next is about ten degrees Celsius.
Some recipes do not refer directly to temperature but use descriptions such as “slow”, “moderate”, “hot” etc. when using such recipes, the following chart may be taken as a guide:
OVEN TEMPERATURES | |
slow: | 110℃ |
warm: | 130℃ |
moderate: | 150℃ |
moderately hot: | 180℃ |
hot: | 220℃ |
very hot: | 250℃ |
If preheating is required, allow time for the oven to reach the set temperature. The following table may be used as a guide:
PREHEATING | |
3 minutes: | 120℃ |
6 minutes: | 180℃ |
10 minutes: | 250℃ |
Note that the oven light (where fitted) is located on the splash back.
Storage drawer (where fitted)
The storage drawer situated underneath the oven is designed for the storage of pans and utensils. Do not place plastic utensils or flammable material in this drawer. To remove the drawer, withdraw it to the fully open position. Then lift it dear of the stops. To refit the drawer, locate the nylon drawer slides on the slide tracks. Lift the drawer slightly to clear the stops, then slide it to the fully shut position.
1. How do you conserve gas when using a Scorpio cooker?A.Make the flame as high as possible. | B.Shake up the food. |
C.Keep the flame not past the pan edges. | D.Make a strong boil. |
A.use a large utensil | B.use a small burner |
C.cook it faster | D.use a utensil made of stainless steel |
A.Pans and plastic utensils. | B.Pans and non-flammable material. |
C.Utensils and flammable material. | D.Pans and various dishes. |
A.Buy some ingredients for the salad. | B.Wait for the woman to return. |
C.Hand the store over to the woman. | D.Make a shopping list. |
A.He has invited many people to dinner. | B.He intentionally cooked a lot of soup. |
C.He doesn’t like leftovers either. | D.He used leftovers in the soup. |