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Home Cooking
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Home Cooking
家常菜

Present Perfect Progressive

Date: Sep 28 2011

Grammar: Present Perfect Progressive

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When you want a simple, warm meal that will fill you up and make you feel like a kid again, nothing beats a little home cooking.

Home cooking is food like your mom used to make when you were a kid. In the United States, home cooking is often heavy food with lots of carbs, like mac n’ cheese or mashed potatoes. It may be fattening, but it’s so tasty, you just have to clean your plate.

Hear Devan and Mason talk about their love of home cooking.

当你想要一顿简单、温馨的晚餐,不仅仅能让你填饱肚皮,还能让你重温儿童时光的话,任何食物都无法取代一道小小的家常菜。
家常菜是在你孩提时代妈妈经常做的食物。通常,家常菜是含有大量碳水化合物的油腻食物,例如通心粉和奶酪或土豆泥。它虽然会使人发胖,但却如此可口,让人将其一扫而光。
听听徳凡和梅森如何谈论他们最爱的家常菜。

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Devan

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Mason

Mason

Devan:  So lately I’ve been having cravings for comfort food. You know, mashed potatoes, mac n’ cheese, pie.

Mason:  Oh, that stuff is fantastic, but I’ve been staying away from it because I’ve been trying to eat healthier and that stuff is a little bit heavy.

Devan:  But doesn’t it remind you of home, though?

Mason:  Oh, totally. We used to have pie for dessert like every night. You know, mac n’ cheese was a staple.

Devan:  Yeah. I just love food that reminds me of my mom, and you can smell the smells of the kitchen, everything’s really thick and creamy. I really…that’s why I look forward to Thanksgiving every year, because it just reminds me of home and home cooking, you know?

Mason:  Do you cook that way? Like, are you going to pass on home cooking at some point?

Devan:  I don’t think so. I don’t cook much at all, and when I do, it’s usually very simple, very basic things like boil some veggies and have some bread and butter with it. You know, I’m not…I don’t have my mom’s culinary skills.

Mason:  That’s really the allure of home cooking then, just that you’re not doing the cooking.

Devan:  I think so, I think you’re right. It’s ‘cause somebody else is doing it.

 

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Devan loves home cooking because it reminds her of home. She likes dishes like mac n’ cheese that are thick, creamy, and comforting to eat.

Mason agrees that home cooking tastes good, but he tries not to eat too much of it because it is heavy. He wants to eat healthier foods.

Mason asks Devan if she knows how to prepare comfort foods like her mom used to make. Devan says she doesn’t cook for herself very often. When she does, she makes lighter, simpler meals. That’s another reason she likes home cooking. She enjoys having someone else cook for her.

Do you like home cooking, or do you think it is too heavy? What foods did your mother make for you when you were a kid?

 

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dreamscoming

Tunisia

oh really nothing beats my mom’s couscous with meat, i like it very much

10:44 PM Sep 28 2011 |

M.Rybak

Poland

I love my wife and her cakes!

09:24 PM Sep 28 2011 |

amballa

India

Plz i don’t no english..very poor … How to learning..help me.

08:32 PM Sep 28 2011 |

anfas.alfgr

Yemen

 I think its something that really enjoyable ..
because you feel like your doing something really worth while, and i love it when people  taste my food and say its really good ..
 home cooking  it means home. It means that the food is cleanCool 
 I have read for the home cook a saying :
    ( Home cooking It means things are done from scratch as much as possible )


good luck, enjoy your time in the kitchen
Wink


finallyUndecided,,, I’m new here I’m trying to practice the language
 if there is an error found in the vocabulary I wish to correct my mistakes and comment on them  to learn and benefited ..

07:32 PM Sep 28 2011 |

i love life

Palestinian Territory, Occupied

i would like to thank my mother all the time for she is always cooking and prepare many thing delicious for all my brothers


my mom very good in the kitchen she has a wonderful soul in the home cooking


if you want any sort from the food i am sure my mom will makes it


for my i like eat in my home more than any palce in the past i was prefere to eat in many of the reastaurants but i didnt think that is useful for healthy living if i want to be health i will commitment eat in my home


i guess there are a lot womens dont know cooking they are lack to the confidence in thier selves i know my dear irene she is from ukraine she cooking is very professional


my conclusion say if any one need a delicious food just call me i will prepare it hahahahahahahah i am not reastaurant

07:19 PM Sep 28 2011 |

diva87

diva87

Morocco

not much cuz its too heahy and u feel too full. mum were makes me special food (moroccan food)

05:58 PM Sep 28 2011 |

DaniloOtaku

Brazil

I don’t like home cooking I really love it.For me there’s no food better than home cooking.My Mon cooks a tasty food ^^

05:37 PM Sep 28 2011 |

olim abdusomatov

Uzbekistan

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03:55 PM Sep 28 2011 |

olim abdusomatov

Uzbekistan

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03:51 PM Sep 28 2011 |

raulsbSuper Member!

Mexico

I really like to cook , no mather what if is confort food  or fatting or whateverv . i just love to doit and of course then enjoy it.


 


My best

03:12 PM Sep 28 2011 |

*asma*

*asma*

Algeria

here in algeria we have some meal too heavy like : chakhchoukha . trida . kousksi we prefer to eat it in the lunch

03:09 PM Sep 28 2011 |

*asma*

*asma*

Algeria

i like the home cooking because it’s healthy


 I’m lucky to still have my mom’s cooking and learning to cook from her :)

03:01 PM Sep 28 2011 |

Sophie Ohh

South Korea

I love homme cooking. My favorite food is vietnam wrapped  rice in lettuce.


Because it has many vegetables that are good for health, also I can eat it with many sauces that have may tastes. I enjoy makikng vietnam wrapped  rice in lettuce in home.

01:39 PM Sep 28 2011 |

Ayabree

Ayabree

Iraq

I think Iraqi food is one of the most tasty food in the World, We make so tasty meals. indeed i prefer restaurants food , i dont know why but it has a special tast but that doesnt mean that i dont like home cooking. I belive most of home food is heavy.Oh , my mother cooks very tasty food like Bryany , Dulma , Bamia , haha i think those are obvious just 4 us.

12:59 PM Sep 28 2011 |

doktorx

doktorx

United States

I   am a good cook though. I have to.. Rather than an unhealthy  eating style, it is better to spend sime time cooking.


12:36 PM Sep 28 2011 |

Nairon

Nairon

Brazil

As Brazilian typical dish, beans & rice. It’s so tasty, nowadays I still eat it, it’s impossible for Brazilians not keeping so.

11:54 AM Sep 28 2011 |

rigil_kent09

Philippines

i like home cooking, it is so simple it is so comfortable to eat, eventhough it is really heavy but i love its simplicity though i dont know how to cook but i love when someone is preparing food for me like my mom, it is so delicious. my mother used to cook pasta, sphagetti, rice and viand and it was so great.

09:14 AM Sep 28 2011 |

Beebo Brown

Niger

hi guys I’m new member I wish to be your friend .for me I don’t know Cook .but I like Home Cooking and I always eat in home Especially cooking my mom

07:17 AM Sep 28 2011 |

CatcheR

CatcheR

Iceland

I love home cooking, like my mom always cooks for me, my favorite is fried fish served with tomato ketchup. Wow delicious , yummy

06:39 AM Sep 28 2011 |

ana1maria

ana1maria

Romania

I like and I do home cooking.I mix up recipies and then bang i get the perfect taste.I’m not saying it should be better to always eat heavy foods,but not weak ones as well.There must be some balance between the two:P

06:33 AM Sep 28 2011 |

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