Teacher Joseph: Language Coach and Podcaster

Hi everyone and welcome again to another Teacher Joseph podcast.

Well, today I’m in the supermarket as you can probably hear from the background music.

I’m here because I want to buy some ingredients to make a delicious recipe for yoghurt chicken.

It’s a Lebanese recipe. I’m sure they call it something else, but basically it’s a chicken with yoghurt, cumin, herbs and spices and you leave the chicken in that mixture for a few hours or even a day before you cook it.

 So I’m here to get Greek yoghurt. If you’re very interested in that recipe I’m actually going to record it online and make a clip when I’m cooking it, so you’ll get to see it.

And right now I’m just heading for the….the area of the supermarket which sells the yoghurt.

Oh, delicious. What’s this? Oh yeah, I need some of that…. this is extra virgin olive oil. Yeah, that doesn’t go wrong. Especially not in Arab and Mediterranean recipes. Very nice, very nice. Delicious, absolutely delicious. And I think I have everything else I need.

So olive oil and the yoghurt are the 2 main things which I’m searching for today and I’m just on my…..

..oh, delicious. What’s this? Oh, yeah. I need some of this…. that’s…that’s a particular brand of coffee I like. Yeah. Maybe I’ll come back and get that because I don’t want to carry too much, you know, whenever I come to the supermarket, I’m…….

Oh lovely. What’s this? Oh this is the Mediterranean section. Oh a bit pricey. A little bit pricey, but still very nice. What’s this halloumi slices. Yeah. Yeah. Well. That’s cheaper than buying the actual Halloumi cheese, because the halloumi cheese here is very expensive.

What’s this? Oh, this is obviously Greek, but I don’t know what it is.(name). You see, the thing is, for a British person like me, who really knows nothing about food, I can’t even recognise these different kinds of things when I when I see them, you know? So I’m just trying to see what I want.

 But anyway, I’ve stumbled across the yoghurt section. There’s the Greek yoghurt. Delicious. So let me just take that. So… so far I have two things. I have the Greek yoghurt and I have the olive oil. And they’re …they’re selling tofu in here now. Oh, well, that’s nice. I always have to go to the Chinese supermarket for that. So it’s good to know that I can now get it here. Because I don’t have to walk all the way to the….

Oh!  breadsticks with sunflower seeds. Oh that sounds nice, doesn’t it? Again, I’m back in the foreign section. I shouldn’t really call it that, should I? It sounds a little bit colonial or nationalistic, but anyway, the food looks delicious. What’s this? They don’t have English names on these things. I’m sure this is sweet, isn’t it? (name). Yeah. I’ll need to Google that, but it looks delicious. I think it’s some kind of black sweets. Let me see if I can find on Google what that is.

Oh Oh  delicious puff pastry biscuits with cocoa glaze. Oh, I might come back for those. I’m tempted to buy a packet of biscuits when I’m here. You know I shouldn’t. Yeah, I shouldn’t eat the sweet things, but I always do.

What’s this? Greek extra virgin olive oil. Oh, well that’s really nice that it’s Greek, but does that change anything?  How much is it? It looks… it’s  in a can. It looks like a can for carrying oil for the car. It’s one of these, like… tall looking cans. It’s not a bottle or a jar. It says here Greek extra virgin olive oil, Kalamata PDO. 500 millilitres. £6.49 well, that’s £1.49 more than what I’m paying for the other oil, but I’m sure it really is good. But yeah, I mean £6  over £6  for a bottle of olive oil. Yeah.

Oh  Delicious. What’s this? Chewy twist? Delicious and long lasting. Oh, that looks nice, doesn’t it? It. It looks like meat of some kind. Oh, it’s for the dog. OK, well, I thought it was for humans. No, on the back, it has a big picture of a dog, but I wouldn’t have noticed that if I if I hadn’t looked closely.

Sushi mayonnaise. How would that be different from other mayonnaise, I wonder? Sushi mayonnaise. Water, sugar, soybean oil, vinegar. Thickeners, 1, 2, 3 ….. 3 E numbers, which means it’s probably very dangerous. E numbers are the additives, aren’t they? Well, lovely….

Oh delicious, raisin and nuts  milk chocolate. That that sounds lovely, doesn’t it? Oh, rum raisin and nuts. Oh, well, yeah. They love their alcohol here, don’t they?

What else am I looking at? Ohh, that’s the alcohol section. Oh, that’s completely empty, of course, because in this part of the UK you can’t buy alcohol before. I think it’s 11 AM here. It is either 10 or 11? I’m not sure.. and oh the frozen section. Oh well, we all love the frozen section…. Apples strudel… delicious and strawberry gateau.

 Oh, that’s lovely, isn’t it? I love the strawberry gateau, but you know, that gateau is the Spanish word for cat. So whenever I see the French word, gateau for cake. I always have a little moment of yeeuuuwwwww.

Lemon meringue pie. I don’t know if if I want that….

Oh delicious wild pink salmon fillet. That’s where they should be right next to the cheesecake, *sarcastic comment – of course they should not be there) and that doesn’t make sense, does it? Yeah. You know, we really don’t care much about food.

What’s this. Two Scottish salmon fillets, or someone put that in the wrong place. I think…. fFsh fingers. Or they look quite cheap? I could be tempted by them. I think just deep fried artificial fish. I think 2 salmon en coute(?). I don’t know what that is, but it looks delicious,

Right… What else do we have here?

Uh. Yeah, lots of things that I probably need but don’t need, you know, this supermarket puts everything all together. Neck support pillow. No, thank you. Highball whiskey glasses. Yeah, well, maybe for people who like whiskey they would buy something like that. Salt and Pepper mill set. Oh, yeah, that’s those large containers. You know that you twist the top and the salt comes from the bottom.

Multifunctional oil spray or that looks just like that Greek olive oil I saw a minute ago. Oh yeah, these are things that I probably wouldn’t….. I probably wouldn’t get…. You know, I’m not very handy with DIY. Speaking of DIY Do-it-Yourself, you know, the the kind of repairs around the house, that’s what we call it… DIY. I need to just work in the garden. I need to lay down some bark or chips to cover an area which has weeds, but I’m not quite sure how to do that yet. But….  before the summer disappears. I’m probably going to eBay and buy something because I’m not sure……

Delicious. What’s this? Oh, lovely. I’m back at the coffee. And it says here Americano instant roast and ground coffee, it’s a shiny tin, which always attracts me, but I’m not sure about the price of this stuff ….it looks a little bit pricey, doesn’t it? Barista instant coffee, it says. What’s this Americano Intense. Oh, intense. Sounds like I should be having a good time intense instant roast and ground coffee. Barista premium. I don’t know if that’s really what I want or not… I’ll have a little look. That one’s double the size. Oh, it’s got the name Nescafe. So it’s more expensive. I think this one is probably fine.

Right. So I’ll take a bit of that. Oh my goodness me. There was one there very large lady there taking everything off all of the shelves. She’s just like, pulling everything in, as I always say, it’s like watching Godzilla attacking the village. Honestly, she’s huge. Well, just keep out different way I think.

Ohh here’s stuff for the. Kids. Peppa Pig, Portable mini cooler. Inflatable fruits. Why would you want an inflatable watermelon?

Do you know I heard something the other day, Speaking of melons. I was talking to a student on Italki and we were talking about fruit and veg and she said that when she goes to the supermarket, she knows if the melons are fresh by sniffing them. Apparently this is a Sicilian way of knowing. If your melons are OK, you can sniff them to see if they’re usable and I thought, oh, that doesn’t sound very British, and apparently in Sicily they all do this. This is the older person’s way of…..

Oh What’s this? Oh, delicious. Iberico chorizo. No, wait. Spanish Iberian pork. Ohh, no, not delicious. Well, it would be for the family. They love that, but not for me. Catalan dried sausage. Why would that be covered in flour, I wonder? I don’t know. Well, I have what I want here. I have my Greek yoghurt, my olive oil and also my American coffee. So. I think that probably….

Tuna oh delicious….

You see, this is the thing when you go shopping, you end up buying all the stuff that you don’t want.

Carrot and coriander soup, but yeah, but I could make that you know, the same with bread. I mean, what’s the point of buying it when you can make it but making it takes time? I think that’s the …that’s the thing, and if I buy the biscuits, I’ll. eat them so it’s better not to take them home. Otherwise, in the evening time I’ll go searching for them. That’s that’s how it is, you know.

But anyway, OK, that’s it for me. So I hope you’ve enjoyed this. And remember to look out for the video clip which has the Arab chicken preparation.

See you. Bye.