Real Easy English: Talking about spicy food
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Hello, I'm Neil.
And I'm Georgie. Welcome to Real Easy English.
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Hi Georgie, how are you?
I'm very well, thank you, Neil. Something that made me very happy yesterday was that my housemate made me a delicious meal. It was very spicy.
Well, we're talking about spicy food today.
Yes. Spicy food is food that makes your mouth hot and sometimes it can be painful. Uh Neil, I like spicy food. What about you?
Yeah, I really like spicy food. I think um well, it has a lot of flavor. Um and it can make you actually feel good when you eat spicy food. Um It can kind of lift your mood.
Yeah, I agree actually. Spicy food really makes you feel alive. Um the food that my housemate made for me yesterday was jerk chicken, which she put on the barbecue. and it really had a kick. So if something has a kick it means that it's a little bit spicy. Uh so we had some mayonnaise with it to kind of cool it down.
Yeah, good idea. Sometimes when you eat really spicy food or hot food, some we say hot food and it doesn't mean the temperature always. It means spicy. When you have spicy food or hot food, it can make it feel like your mouth is on fire.
Hmm, very true. Um, have you always liked spicy food or was it something you had to learn to love?
I think so. I think I've always liked spicy food. Um, have always eaten lots of Indian curries or Mexican food or Caribbean food like your jerk chicken.
Yeah. I remember going on holiday with my family in Spain and they have a dish there. um made of peppers and some of them are very mild, so they aren't very spicy. But some of them really have a kick and you don't know which one is going to be really spicy. So it was quite it was almost like a an exciting game. Um so I've always enjoyed spice.
Okay, so Georgie, you can eat spicier food now than when you were younger.
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Yes. Now Neil, what's the spiciest meal you've ever eaten?
Well, um I was travelling in Southeast Asia. and there was something on a menu in a restaurant or bar I was in, um, called the Spicy Sausage Salad. And they weren't lying. Um it was so spicy it felt almost like somebody had attacked my tongue. Oh no.
Was your mouth on fire?
My mouth my whole head was on fire. And it took a long time and lots of water before before I felt normal again.
Does water help?
I don't know. I I needed to try something.
I think sometimes milk can help. Um but I don't know if there are en if there's anything else that can help, but sometimes you really need something to cool down.
Yeah. How about you, Georgie? What's the hottest thing that you've ever eaten?
Um well it wasn't a meal, but I used to work in a restaurant and the sh there was a chef there who had three bottles of hot sauce with different levels of spice, and we were all trying it, everyone that worked there. And the spiciest one was so hot, it was so spicy, it my mouth was completely completely on fire. It was horrible. I actually didn't enjoy that. Everyone was sweating crying. Um, I don't think anyone enjoyed the experience.
Time now to recap the vocabulary we've heard in this episode, starting with spicy. If something is spicy, it makes your mouth feel hot, and that can be uncomfortable or even painful.
We can also describe food as hot.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:37
2
What is the main topic of this Real Easy English episode?
3:37–6:03
3
How do Georgie and Neil describe what spicy food feels like?
6:03–7:20
4
Why do they say spicy food can lift your mood and make you feel alive?
7:20–7:30
5
What personal food experiences do they share about jerk chicken and other dishes?
7:30–7:34