Daily Life - Having Leftovers (C0338)

A: What’s for dinner?
B: Leftovers.
A: What? Leftovers of what and from when?
B: From last night! I took the left over turkey, mixed it with some diced peppers and onions, added a little bit of mayonnaise and made some sandwiches!
A: Isn’t that dangerous though? I mean bacteria and germs reproducing on food that was left out or reheated?
B: Well, I didn’t leave the turkey out at room temperature for more than a an hour and I refrigerated it soon after we finished eating. Also, when reheating, I put it inthe oven for fifteen minutes at one hundred degrees Celsius.
A: Well ok, I am just afraid of getting food poisoning.
B: Don’t worry about it! Making a new meal out of leftovers is almost an art! Not only do you save money, but you also get to be creative and have something different to eat!

Key Vocabulary

leftovers food remaining uneaten at the end of a meal
turkey a large American bird similar to the chicken
mix of different kinds combined
dice to cut into small cubes
bacteria small organisims
germ a microorganism
reheat to make hot or warm again
refrigerate to make or keep cold
food poisoning becoming sick because of bacteria in food

Supplementary Vocabulary

sanitary of or pertaining to health or the conditions affecting health
microwave to cook, defrost, or otherwise prepare in a microwave oven
soap a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes
contaminate to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad

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