Foods that go crunch

6 Minute English

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Do you like the crunch of biting into a fresh apple? What about the crunch of biting into a roasted insect? Georgie and Beth discuss this and teach you some new vocabulary.

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0:00.0	6 Minute English from BBC LearningEnglish.com.
0:07.4	Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Georgie. And I'm Beth. Georgie,
0:14.4	what do apples, carrots and celery have in common with insects like beetles, crickets and grasshoppers.
0:21.2	That's a tough one, Beth.
0:22.6	I'm going to say I can fit them all in my backpack.
0:26.5	Okay.
0:27.5	Well, the answer is actually they're all examples of foods that crunch.
0:32.6	There's something very satisfying about the crunch when you bite into a fresh apple,
0:37.3	a stick of celery, or even
0:38.7	a roasted beetle. Yes, that's right. In some parts of the world, edible insects are crunched
0:45.8	too. Scientist Danielle Reid has been exploring our love of crunchy food for BBC World Service
0:52.1	program, the food chain. A crunch of a fresh apple is nothing better in the world, honestly, to me.
0:59.1	I grew up as a small child in an apple orchard, and so we could pick them fresh off the tree.
1:05.2	And so I have a very nuanced understanding of the different crunches of apples
1:09.5	and the different types of apples. And so,
1:12.2	yes, I really find that to be one of life's real true pleasures. Danielle says there's nothing
1:17.9	better in the world than the crunch of a fresh apple. She uses the phrase, nothing better in the
1:23.6	world to emphasize how much she loves it. Danielle thinks eating crunchy apples is one of
1:29.1	life's true pleasures, an experience she finds enjoyable. But why are we so attracted to crunchy
1:35.2	food? That's what we'll be investigating in this programme, along with some useful new vocabulary,
1:41.0	all of which you can find on our website, BBClearningenglish.com.
1:45.0	But first, I have a question for you, Georgie. Like Danielle, many British people enjoy the
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