№7. Традиційні українські страви. Страви інших країн світу. Топ 5 найдивніших страв світу

1. My Favourite Dish

1.1 Read and translate.

Today I want to tell you, How to make my favourite dish. You need two big potatoes, And you need a piece of fish.

You need some milk and butter, And you need a lot of cheese. You need some salt and pepper, And you need some nice fresh peas.

You cook the two potatoes, And you mash them in a pot. You cook the peas in water, And you make them nice and hot.

You cook the fish in milk now, And you put in a dish. You take the peas and butter, And you mix them with the fish.

You add the mashed potatoes, And you put the cheese on top. You cook it in the oven, When it’s brown on top, you stop!

1.2 Tick yes or no 1. You need two small potatoes. yes no 2. You need a piece of meat. yes no 3. You need some butter. yes no 4. You cook the peas in milk. yes no 5. You put the fish in a dish. yes no 6. You put the cheese on top. yes no 2. UKRAINIAN CUISINE Ukrainian cuisine is closely linked to the customs, culture, and way of life of the Ukrainian people. It is famous for its diversity and flavours. The most popular Ukrainian dish is borsch. This thick and delicious soup is prepared with a variety of ingredients including meat, mushrooms, beans, and even prunes. Mushroom soups, bean and pea soups, soups with dumplings and thick millet chowders are also popular. "Holubtsi", or stuffed cabbage, is another favourite dish, as are "varenyky" filled with potatoes, meat, cheese, sauerkraut or berries such as blue-berries or cherries. "Varenyky" are often mentioned in folk songs. Ukrainians like dairy products. Some samples: cheese pancakes and "riazhanka" (fermented baked milk). There are no holidays without pies, "pampushky" (type of fritters), "baba" (a tall cylindrical cake) and honey cakes. Ukrainian sausage is delicious. It is preserved in a special way — in porcelain vessels filled by melted fat. Of course, every region of Ukraine has its own recipes and traditions. 2.1 Answer the questions. 1. What is Ukrainian cuisine famous for? 2. What is the most popular Ukrainian dish? 3. What are the other popular Ukrainian dishes? 4. What products do Ukrainians like? 5. What is your favourite Ukrainian dish? 6. What Ukrainian dishes do you like to cook?

You know that Ukrainian cuisine is very varied and Ukrainians are famed for their hospitality. Ukraine like other countries has its own national cuisine.

2.2 Read and guess what a Ukrainian specialty each paragraph mentions about

A It is a brawn made from boiling pigs’ trotters1. The meat is picked off borshch the bone and the gravy sets around it into a jelly as it cools; served with horseradish or mustard.

B Pancakes, often made with soured milk for a lighter batter. Thinner pancakes are called nalysnyky, which varenyky are rolled and served with a stuffing, usually fruit or jam.

E Pork fat — no description of Ukrainian cuisine would be complete without it. Ukrainians like their pigs to holubtsi be fat for it. Spices are rubbed into the skin. It’s eaten in thin slices on black bread with garlic and salt. Especially delicious is the smoked version.

D Soup based on beetroot with meat and other vegetables; served with sour deruny cream. There are many regional varieties.

C Cabbage rolls stuffed with rice and vegetables, or possibly with spiced kholodets’ minced meat, and stewed slowly in the oven.

F Ravioli-like pasta stuffed with potato, cabbage, mushrooms, meat or cheese, or with cherries as a sweet salo dish.

G A domestic sausage, but it can’t be called saliami. The only way to sample true home-prepared sausage is mlyntsi by experiencing it for yourself with the sights and smells of the markets of Ukraine.

H Pancakes made from grated potato and flour and fried; served with sour cream. domashnia kovbasa

2.3 Read the recipe and put the steps below in the correct order. Borshch Put the chopped beetroot, carrots and green beans into a saucepan with about 2 litres of water and cook for a while. Then, add the rest of the vegetables, dill and salt and cook until vegetables are tender, adding more water if necessary. Fry the finely chopped onion in oil in a small frying pan and add flour. Stir until smooth. You use this to thicken the soup; add this to the borshch when the vegetables are cooked. Add some

cream and the freshly chopped garlic and cook for about 5 minutes more. Adjust seasoning if necessary. Serve

1 cup chopped fresh beetroot 1 cup chopped fresh carrots 3 cups green beans cut into small pieces 3 or 4 medium potatoes, cubed 1 kilo chopped or shredded cabbage 1/2 kilo fresh or canned tomatoes chopped 1/2 cup chopped onion 1/2 cup fresh dill, chopped salt to taste tablespoons finely Chopped onion tablespoons oil tablespoons flour cream minced garlic, to your taste

- Prepare thickener. - Taste, add salt. - Add the rest of the cabbage, potatoes, tomatoes, onion and dill and let them cook. - Serve. - Add thickener to borshch. - Add cream and garlic, and cook.

- Cook the beetroot, carrots and green beans in 2 I of water.

3. FOODS ARROUND THE WORLD 3.1 Read the text and try to understand what nationality these dishes are from? - Some people say that the food of this nationality is tasteless. For breakfast most people have cereal or toast and tea or coffee. For lunch they have a sandwich or fruit. Supper must be light. Main courses in a restaurant give a choice of roast beef, fish pie served with new potatoes and fresh vegetables. - They eat a lot and they love junk food. Their diet is not healthy; they fry a lot and eat fat, sweet food. They say they live on hamburgers, hot-dogs, chips and coca-colas. - They enjoy a variety of traditional cookery, as well as favourite imported dishes. The most popular traditional food is borsch, holubtsi, varenyky and other tasty dishes. They prefer home-made food. - What country are these dishes from?

3.2 Read the following clues and write what food/ dish is describing Borsch

- - A)-a Japanese dish consisting of small balls or rolls of vinegar-flavored cold cooked rice served with a garnish of raw fish, vegetables, or egg.

Hamburger

- - B) A dish of Italian origin consisting of a flat, round base of dough baked with a topping of tomato sauce and cheese, typically with added meat or vegetables.

Curry

- - C) A soup made with beets and usually served with sour cream, associated with the cuisine of eastern and central Europe, especially Russia, Poland, and Ukraine.

Sushi

- - - - D) -A dish of meat, vegetables, etc., cooked in an Indian-style sauce of strong spices and turmeric and typically served with rice. Feijoada

- - - - - E) is a bun with a chopped fried cutlet and different raw or fried vegetables inside. It belongs to fast food.

Varenyky

- - F) Considered Greece’s signature dish, this casserole is made of lamb, eggplant, tomatoes, and spices.

Pizza

- - G)This is one of the most popular dishes in Brazil. It’s a stew of black beans, pork, and spices. Pigs’ feet and ears are sometimes included in the mix.

Moussaka

- - H) Ravioli like pasta stuffed with potato, cabbage, mushrooms, meat or cheese or with cherries as a sweet dish.

4. Top Five Strangest Foods From Around the World

1. What’s the strangest food you have eaten in your life? 2. What strange food do you know? 1. Fried - brain sandwiches Long before the era of Mad-Cow Disease, a sandwich made from fried calves' brain, thinly sliced on white bread was a common item on the menus in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. The sandwich is still available in the Ohio River Valley, where the brains are now heavily battered and served on hamburger buns.

2. Haggis A traditional Scottish dish, haggis is made with the minced heart, liver and lung of a sheep mixed with onion, spices, oatmeal, salt and stock, and boiled in the sheep's stomach for a few hours. Larousse Gastronomique, a popular encyclopedia of gastronomic delights, claims that haggis has "an excellent nutty texture and delicious savory flavor."

3. Bugs The practice of eating insects for food is called entomophily and is fairly common in many parts of the world, with the exceptions of Europe and North America. It is not uncommon to find vendors selling fried grasshoppers, crickets, scorpions, spiders and worms on the streets of Bangkok, Thailand. Insects are high in protein and apparently consist of important fatty acids and vitamins.

4. Sannakji The Korean delicacy sannakji, is something quite different, as the seafood isn't quite dead. Live baby octopus are sliced up and seasoned with sesame oil. The tentacles are still squirming when this dish is served and, if not chewed carefully, the tiny suction cups can stick to the mouth and throat. This is not a dish for the fainthearted. 5.Balut It is a fertilized duck or chicken egg with a nearly-developed embryo that is boiled and eaten in the shell. It is easily one of the strangest foods in the world. Balut is very common in the Philippines, Cambodia and Vietnam and usually sold by street vendors. It is said balut tastes like egg and duck (or chicken), which is essentially what it is.

4.1 Answer TRUE of FALSE according to the text. 1. Fried brains caused the mad cow disease. 2. The brains are still eaten in USA 3. Haggis is made of heart, lung and liver. 4. Haggis has a nutritional value. 5. Entomophagy refers to eating snakes and worms. 6. Sannakji is made of living animals. 7. Balut is eaten in Europe.

4.2 Answer the following questions. 1. Which of the dishes would you like to try? Why? 2. What’s the reading mainly about? a. How strange food is prepared b. Places with exotic food c. Strange food around the world

4.3 Create an exotic recipe; write the ingredients, the way to prepare it and how it is served. (Be creative!)