Drinks You Can Eat
This is an alcohol-themed food stand offering appetizers that will probably make you thirsty. Note the name, Get Pickled, which means "to get drunk." The stand also happens to sell pickles with some of its dishes, such as tequila pickle poppers. Pickle poppers might be as fun to eat as they are to pronounce.
Page 5 Food Vocabulary:
- pickle
- tequila
- popper
- batter
- onion ring
Language Notes
Pickle: A pickle is a cucumber that has been "pickled," or put into a jar of vinegar or other liquids for a long time. That's kind of the way your brain feels if you've drunk a lot of wine.
Tequila: This is an alcoholic beverage from Mexico made from the blue agave plant.
Popper: This is an appetizer that often features cheese and spices that are breaded and deep-fried.
Batter: This is dough that is put on foods that are then baked or fried. It is also a verb, as we see it in the sign above ("beer-battered"). Onion rings are onion circles that are battered and deep-fried.
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