We can use these verbs to talk about about cooking. As they are all regular we can form their tenses using the rules we have learned.
bruich!
boil, cook!
goil!
boil!
measgaich!
mix!
deasaich!
prepare!
fuaraich!
cool!
teasaich!
heat!
fuin!
bake!
fraidhig!
fry!
rùisg!
peel!
The verb goil is typically used for boiling liquid, bruich is used for boiling food, potatoes for example.
a’ bruich
boiling, cooking
a’ goil
boiling
a’ measgachadh
mixing
a’ deasachadh
preparing
a’ fuarachadh
cooling
a’ teasachadh
heating
a’ fuineadh
baking
a’ fraidhigeadh
frying
a’ rùsgadh
peeling
Food and flavour
We also need some vocabulary for ingredients and flavours to talk about cooking. First, the ingredients:
flùr (m)
flour
sabhs (m)
sauce
geir (f)
fat
buidheagan (m)
yolk
rùsg (m)
peel
taois (f)
dough, paste
creamh (m)
garlic
gealagan (m)
egg white
And now the flavours:
abaich
ripe
milis
sweet
plèin
plain
blasta
tasty
amh
raw
saillte
salty
spìosrach
spicy
grod
rotten
loisgte
burnt
searbh
sour
geur
sharp