5.2.3.4 Prepared food
Use this domain for words referring to prepared food. Cultures vary widely in the number and types of foods they prepare, and in how they classify them. For instance the English distinction between main dish and side dish is not found in the classification system of other languages. If your language has well-recognized subcategories, you can set up a separate subdomain for each. The questions below are based on the main ingredient in the dish.
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(1) What general words refer to prepared food?
Example words: cooked food, prepared food, dish, course
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(2) What words refer to a major class of prepared food?
Example words: main dish, side dish, meat dish, casserole, vegetable, staple, bread, soup, salad, fruit, condiment, dessert, candy, cookie, sweets, savories, snack
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(3) What general words refer to a food made primarily from meat?
Example words: meat dish, main dish, main course
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(4) What types of foods are made primarily from meat?
Example words: roast beef, steak, fried chicken, fish and chips, hamburger, hot dog, pizza, spaghetti, casserole, lasagna, stew
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(5) What foods are made primarily from staple foods?
Example words: mashed potatoes and gravy, pasta, cooked rice, stuffing, oatmeal, porridge, cereal, mush
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(6) What types of bread are there?
Example words: bread, pastry, brown bread, white bread, biscuit, muffin, roll, sweetbread, sandwich, tortilla, toast, loaf
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(7) What foods are made primarily from fruit?
Example words: cranberry sauce, applesauce, fruit salad
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(8) What foods are made primarily from vegetables?
Example words: side dish, vegetable, carrot sticks, onion rings
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(9) What foods are made primarily from leaves and stems?
Example words: salad, tossed salad, green salad, coleslaw
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(10) What words refer to foods that contain a lot of water and are boiled?
Example words: soup, tomato soup, split green pea soup, clam chowder, broth, stew, gravy
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(11) What types of condiments are there (foods that people only eat a little of, because they are expensive, strong tasting, or are added to other foods to flavor them)?
Example words: condiment, garnish, pickle, olive, black olive, green olive, tomato sauce, ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, peanut butter, jam, jelly, preserves
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(12) What words refer to sweet foods?
Example words: dessert, sweet (n), cake, ice cream, pie, cobbler, cookie, cinnamon roll, candy, chocolate, chocolate bar, pudding, lollipop, syrup, treacle
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(13) What foods are eaten away from home (for instance on a journey or at work)?
Example words: sack lunch, picnic lunch, dried food, C-rations, fast food