a lot of knowledge about pronouncing certain names of food at the same time it could make

you hungry well I have with me a list of food names which we end up saying absolutely wrong

so what I am gonna do is I am gonna help you correct the pronunciation of each word here

which happens to be name of one of my favourite food items

let’s see the first one and the first one belongs to the berry family meaning it is

a fruit ok it is spelt with a "P" but let me tell you that the "p" is silent and lot

of people call this fruit rasp-berry no there is no rasp in raspberry because that is absolutely

wrong I must tell you that this is pronounced as rasberry ok so its ras-berry that’s right

so the correct pronunciation is ras-berry it’s a fruit its red in colour it’s a

berry it’s a very nutritious and yummy and my favourite actually is raspberry ice-cream

ok.

Moving forward I have somebody which is actually from a "Bean" family that’s right cocoa

beans are famous but is it really cocoa? no ... you have to make sure that "A' is silent

and pronunciation is "coco" that’s right coco beans which is the mother and father

of chocolate my most favourite thing in the world so cocoa is also a drink so when you

grind these beans and actually make a hot beverage out of it it’s called a hot cup

of cocoa but always remember never call it cocoa because the pronunciation is coco and

the "a" is silent. Moving on we have somebody all the way from

Italy that’s right Italy is famous for this starter a started means something that serves

at the beginning of a meal it’s kind of small in size and it something that gets you

started with your meal it’s an appetizer almost and this is a dish which is made using

a bread and tomatoes sometimes cheese but definitely garlic and onions ok and this is

now one would call it " bruschetta " because of the "S" but the pronunciation here is completely

different this word or this dish is pronounced as “brus-ke-tta” so its brusketta not

bruschetta as one would say it its actually brusketta, so the next time you go to your

favourite Italian restaurant and you are ordering for this starter you should say " can I have

a portion of brusketta and I am sure that your pronunciation ion will get admired .

Moving on we have somebody that makes us cry a lot that if your chopping it on daily bases

now what are these really ? look at the "O" there onion if you chop them you know it makes

you cry or are they un-nions well I must tell you there is a letter although there is a

"O" in the spelling these are onions as in the pronunciations goes un-nion and these

are from the vegetable family the shallot family actually they are used to flavour all

kind of food all kind of cuisine absolutely yummy when they are cooked but when they are

raw they make you cry but don’t let the pronunciations make you cry its un-nion and

not o-nion always always remember that.

Moving on we have somebody from the cheese family now this is very cheesy cheese its

very difficult to pronounce look at the spelling ok its par which is par , me which is may

san-her is a little difficult to pronounce because in the pronunciation its said as zon

which is par-me-zon so the pronunciation happens to be par-me-zon and not parmesan as a lot

of people say it out because if you say as parmesan it kind of remind me of Japanese

gentleman and that definitely not the pronunciation the pronunciation is parmesan ok so if you

what some you know grated parmesan cheese on your pizza remember its par-me-zon the

sound with a "Z" and it’s not the sound with the "S" and in the spelling ok.

let’s see the let food name awee who doesn’t like a dish of this in wonderful melting cheesy

sauce again all the way from Italy we have a dish that’s used making different thing

you can make spaghetti you can use bucatini you can use red sauce you can use white sauce

you can use olive oil what am I talking about well I am talking about "Pasta" ok and not

pess -ta as lot of people say it out to be not pess-ta its pasta ok so pasta is made

using lots of vegetables sometime meat a lots of sauces and it’s a wonderful wholesome

awesome warm dish.

Moving on we have a super food in our list now why is this food called super food it’s

called a super food because it’s supposed to be extremely healthy extremely nutrition,

so if you are on a diet or if you are trying to eat healthy, eat clean a lot of people

eat this and it actually has its origins at middle eat ok so if you look at the spelling

on this food name its "Quinoa" ok and one would end up as pronouncing it as qi-noa thinking

"U" is silent qi-noa but actually it’s not pronounced like that its pronounced as

keen--wah so instead of saying quinoa its kee-noo-wah , quinoa is the correct pronunciation

and keen-wah is a fantastic dish again very healthy can be used to replace any grain such

as rice its eaten with vegetables and mostly is enjoyed in Greece and middle eastern countries

so that quinoa for you.

Moving on we have somebody all the way from Mexico don’t you just love spicy amazing

Mexican food well I honestly enjoy and cherish it and if you have eaten Mexican food you

must have definitely ordered yourself a portion of tortilla or is it not tortilla it’s definitely

not totilla because the "ll" here is absolutely silent ok and the pronunciation is tawh-tee-uh

and it’s not tor-cia its tawh-tee-uh so yes its tortilla which is made out of flour

can be very very amazing and healthy and delicious when stuffed with the right vegetables right

kind a meat ok so its tortilla with the "ll" being silent.

Up next we have a nut that every ones favourite ok we make mocha out of it we make oil out

of it its used in beauty products, it’s great for the tummy and what is it exactly

it is “almond” that right the pronunciation is “a-mand” because the "L" here is silent

I am sure it’s getting very confusing for you with all the silent letters don’t you

worry at the end I am gonna make you say all of these words here with me one more time.

For now we need to move on to the fish family now all those people who enjoy their sea food

will have definitely eaten this fish and again over here "L" is silent which means the pronunciation

is sam-mn ok sam-mn . Salmon is a fish it’s a deliciously enjoyed by many and here the

pronunciation is sam-mn and not salmon as like a lot of people like end up saying it

that way but absolutely not correct.

Moving on ok now this ones really tricky ok I must tell you how this is made so chickpeas

which are really high in estragon really high in nutrition are actually ground soaked and

ground and you get this beautiful yummy paste which is enjoyed by people all over the world

and if you look at the spelling a lot of people end up calling it hu-muse or hum -muse but

I must tell you the pronunciation is a little tricky pay attention its hoo-mas ok it hoo

as in the "U" is pronounced as double "o" ok so hoo and mus and the " U" here is pronounces

as an "A" so it’s a portion of hoomas not hum-mus not humose ok, I think this one by

far the trickiest so far so next time you go to middle eastern place remember you are

ordering a portion of hoomas its sounds good actually doesn’t it ?

Moving on one for fantastic item from Italy now this is form of a rolled pasta ok and

its pronounced as "Gnocchi " so the "G" here is silent and there is an invisible "Y" here

which doesn’t appear in the spelling but definitely comes in the production its nyawk-kee

ok and nyawk-kee it is amazing when its stuffed with lots of cheese and Spinach and mushrooms

but remember its nyawk-kee and not no- key that’s definitely not ga-noky because that

will be a big blunder so that gnocchi for you.

And moving on what do we have here well we have something all the way from France something

that a great breakfast food very popular enjoyed with cheese butter chocolate mushrooms whatever

that you want to stuff it with and this is a bakery item and its pronounced as so one

would say it’s a croissant or a croi-sant but it’s actually a kaw-sant ok so the "R"

is silent there is an invisible "W" that appears in the pronunciation its kaw-sant, you might

find it weird to say it in the beginning but trust me once you get used to it the pronunciation

will become delicious the kaw-sant itself so it’s a French word a French word which

got adopted into English and its very very tricky to pronounce so kaw-sant it is not

croi-sant like you would say it but you have to pronounced entire spelling as you say it

And the last one on my item is a spice a very yummy spice can be used to make dessert and

savoury foods and it actually is in the shape of a star. Which is why it’s called a star

not a-niece se but star-ann-iss ok so star anise is pronounced in this way not in the

way one would stay star-a-niece or star-a-nice none of that is correct its actually star-ann-nis

it’s a spice and its really really amazing .

Well that was my list of food which we end up saying wrong almost all the time I think

this lesson has been quite a lesson for me as well so I am gonna make sure that I remember

these pronunciations and start using them from this moment on. Would you like to go

over the pronunciation one more time with me? I am sure you would so let’s do this

from the top ok. Its raspberry (ras-berry) and not rasp-berry,it’s

not cocoa (coca) its co-co,it’s not bruschetta (brus-she-ta) its brusketta ,a very delicate

pronunciation to brus-ketta ,it’s not oh-nions it’s un-nion(onions) for that matte,r it’s

not parmesan its parmezon with a z in the pronunciation, its not pesta its pasta ok,it’s

not qio-nua its keen-wah (quinoa) say it with me keen-wah sounds really nice right , and

there is no tortilla its doesn’t exist its tor-tia ok and there are no almonds its a-mands

similarly no salmon its sam-mn with the "L" being silent. now this one the trickiest one

ok I am gonna give you a prize if you get this one right it’s not hum mus it’s not

hou-muse its hoomas ok and then we have gnocchi when in the "G" is silent and there is an

invisible "y" in the pronunciation there is croissant ok not kraw-sant its kaw-sant and

of course the last one it’s not star a- niece its star ann-nis ok

I really hope that you have learned all the pronunciations keep practicing them keep perfecting

them because after all its food and one got to take food really seriously.

Well I really hope that you enjoyed todays lesson I am gonna be back with you with yet

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