https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/96303be2-9d2d-4ede-8eba-037201b67b0a Some dishes have the taste of our childhood. Cooking is not only about nutrition, but also about culture. But some traditional recipes are being lost. We talk about one woman’s quest to preserve the food culture of her native Ghana in west Africa, and teach you related vocabulary along the way. This week's question Bangers and mash is a classic British dish. It’s easy to understand why mashed potato is called ‘mash’ - but how did sausages come to be known as ‘bangers’? a) because ‘bang’ is an old-fashioned word for pork b) because sausage-making machines used to make a banging noise c) because sausages would explode in the frying pan, going ‘bang’ Listen to the programme to find out the answer. Vocabulary bangers and mash (informal) sausages (bangers) and mashed potato, a common British meal mortar and pestle cooking equipment made up of a bowl (the mortar), and a heavy stone (the pestle) which is used to grind and pound ingredients together pound crush into a paste or powder taken aback feel shocked and surprised know-how the practical skills and knowledge of how to do something document record information about something by writing about it or taking photos of it [Cover: Getty Images] You can download audio and text here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2022/ep-220707 More 6 Minute English episodes: People who can taste words https://youtu.be/cr2TXucwjVk Finding your way in space https://youtu.be/EBAc4PIQC2Y Britain's love affair with coffee https://youtu.be/fJoCs5Z_QvE Intimacy on screen https://youtu.be/4pDImFxHNuY Personalised diets https://youtu.be/dJZ9CSbGueU How green is nuclear energy? https://youtu.be/naB_3XYRtew Why we forget the things we learn https://youtu.be/1iHeeMlOsyc #learnenglish #Ghana #bbclearningenglish #food #cooking #recipe Thu, 09 Jul 2026 04:33:27 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.pavel-english.ru https://video.pavel-english.ru/client/assets/images/icons/icon-96x96.png https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/96303be2-9d2d-4ede-8eba-037201b67b0a All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.pavel-english.ru/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.