Daily Life - Having Leftovers (C0338)

A:

What’s for dinner?

B:

Leftovers.

A:

What? Leftovers of what and from when?

B:

From last night! I took the left over turkey, mixed it with some diced peppers and onions, added a little bit of mayonnaise and made some sandwiches!

A:

Isn’t that dangerous though? I mean bacteria and germs reproducing on food that was left out or reheated?

B:

Well, I didn’t leave the turkey out at room temperature for more than a an hour and I refrigerated it soon after we finished eating. Also, when reheating, I put it inthe oven for fifteen minutes at one hundred degrees Celsius.

A:

Well ok, I am just afraid of getting food poisoning.

B:

Don’t worry about it! Making a new meal out of leftovers is almost an art! Not only do you save money, but you also get to be creative and have something different to eat!

Key Vocabulary

leftovers

food remaining uneaten at the end of a meal

turkey

a large American bird similar to the chicken

mix

of different kinds combined

dice

to cut into small cubes

bacteria

small organisims

germ

a microorganism

reheat

to make hot or warm again

refrigerate

to make or keep cold

food poisoning

becoming sick because of bacteria in food

Supplementary Vocabulary

sanitary

of or pertaining to health or the conditions affecting health

microwave

to cook, defrost, or otherwise prepare in a microwave oven

soap

a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes

contaminate

to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad

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