Food texture · Food and eating
tender
easy to bite
Tender food is soft and easy to cut or chew.
This vs that
The lamb is tender.
The lamb is tough.
Hear it in real life
Was the beef any good?
Yes, it was really tender and full of flavour.
The lamb was so tender that I could cut it with a fork.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
Tender is the natural food word for meat that has become pleasantly soft.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The beef was very soft to cut.
Say: The beef was very tender.
Tender is the usual adjective for meat that is soft and easy to cut or chew.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
tender meat; tender enough to cut with a fork; cook until tender
Food texture words
Food and eating · Food texture: the words around “tender”.
Your turn: say it out loud
The meat was beautifully tender.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
tender
easy to bite
“The lamb was so tender that I could cut it with a fork.”
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