Срсп 12-13 food and meals

Read and translate these recipes. Say what ingredients you would need for cooking the dishes.

Vegetable Soup

Peel and cut out into very small pieces three onions, three turnips, one carrot and four potatoes, put them into a pan with 100 g of butter, 150 g of ham and a bunch of parsley; pass them ten minutes over a sharp fire, then add a spoonful of flour, mix well; add 2 litres of broth and 0.5 litre of boiling milk; boil up, keeping it stirred; skim it; add a little salt and sugar and run it through a sieve into another pan; boil again and serve with fried bread in it.

Stewed Beef and Pork.

Put into a saucepan about 800 g of beef cut into 8 pieces; 200 g of pork cut into 2 pieces; six table spoonfuls of rice; 4 middlesized onions peeled and sliced; a table spoonful of sugar; a little pepper and salt; add 2 litres of water; simmer gently for three hours; remove the fat from top and serve.

Home Made Cake.

250 g of flour; 250 g of castor sugar; 250 g of seedless raisins; 50 g of chopped almonds; 50 g of preserved cherries; 170 g of butter; 4 eggs; pinch of soda. Sieve the flour, sugar and soda together into a basin, add the prepared fruit-chopped cherries and almond. Add eggs and butter. Mix it thoroughly. Place in a tin lined with greaseproof paper and brush with some melted butter. Bake in a slow oven for 2 hours. Leave for 5 minutes in a tin, then turn it out and cool.

Ex. 1. Give a word or phrase for the following definition.

1. Scrape into small pieces (cheese, carrots);

2. Cut or chop (meat etc.) into small pieces with revolving blades;

3. Take the skin off;

4. Bear or flop (eggs, cream);

5. Cook in water at 100 degree C;

6. Cook in boiling oil or fat;

7. Cook in a hot oven or over a hot fire;

8. Be cooked in water or juice slowly in closed dish.

Ex. 2. Give a detailed description of cooking your favorite dish, mixing and dressing a salad.

Ex. 3. Tell how: you mince meat; make scrambled eggs; lay the table for a party.

Ex. 4. Insert prepositions and adverbs where necessary. Retell the text.

English Tea.

It will probably surprise you to learn that when the mistress ... the house ... England offers ... her visitors a cup ... tea, she sometimes asks: “Russian or English tea?” ... “Russian tea ” the English mean tea ... a slice ... lemon ... it. “English tea” means very strong tea ... milk ... it. Tea -drinking is quite a tradition with the English. Tea is served ... almost every house ... ... the same time ... 5 o'clock ... the afternoon. ... the table the tea-cups and saucers with tea-spoons are laid. The milk-pot and the sugar-basin are also ... the table. There are small plates ... bread and butter or bread and jam, or biscuits. Tea is ready. The hostess pours the tea ... the cups.

Ex. 5. What do we say when:

1. You want to praise a dish?

2. You want some more of something offered at the table?

3. You want to propose somebody's health?

4. You want your guests to put some food on their plates?

5. You do not know what to order in a restaurant?

6. You are at the table and can not reach a salt-cellar?

7. Do not like the dish you are offered.

Ex. 6. Here are some common ideas about food. Do you agree or disagree with them? Think of situations where people use them.

1. Eating carrots is good for the eyes.

2. Fish is good for the brain.

3. Eating cheese at night makes you dream.

4. Garlic stops you getting colds.

5. Drinking coffee stops you sleeping.

6. Yoghurt make you healthy.

7. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

1. A hot milky drink helps you to go sleep.

2. A cup of tea revives you.

10.Guinness is good for you.

Ex. 7. Compose the dialogues.

1. You suggest to your wife going to a restaurant instead of cooking at home. She disagrees with you giving her reasons. (why not go? Such a saving of time; much more expensive; not as tasty as cooked at home).

2. You want to go on a diet or reduce your weight. Ask your doctor what particular dishes he recommends (what diet must I keep to; you must have vegetables, milk, boiled meat; to take in much liquid; to take in much bread, butter, salt).

3. Lunch at the canteen.

4. Dinner with your friends at home.

5. Setting the table for a party.

Ex. 8. Expand the situation introduced by the opening sentences.

1) - Are there any tables for nine, please.

- There are no big tables I am afraid.

- There are a few but there are too close to the hand.

2) Mary: - how about lunch, Mom?

Mother: - it is ready, you may set the table.

3) -I would like to sit at that table.

-I am afraid it is reserved. Here is a nice place at the window, is not it?

Ex. 9. Translate into English.

Таңғы ас.

-Таңғы ас дайын ба?

-Иә, шәйнек қайнап жатыр. Ас дайын. Таңғы асқа ерекше тағам бар.Да, чайник кипит. Пора завтракать. У нас будет что-то особенное на завтрак.

-Иә,иісі тамаша,бірақ әдеттегідей таңғы ас болатын сияқты: ет қосып қуырылған жұмыртқа және кептірілген нан.

-Жоқ, қымбаттым. Мен саған алма бәлішін пісірдім.

- Жүр, асқа отырайық.

-Сен не ішесің, шай ма, әлде кофе ме?

- Шай, бір шақпақ қантпен.

- Бәлішті жеп көрейік.

- Қандай тәтті. Сен бәлішті тамаша пісіресің.

- Рахмет, қымбаттым.Маған май әперіп жіберші.

- Дәмді таңғы ас үшін рахмет.

Екі ананың әңгімесі

- Менің баламның тәбеті нашар. Ол тамақ ішпейді. Мен уайымдап жүрмін.

- Ал менің баламның тәбеті өте жақсы. Бүгін ол екі жұмыртқа, бір тәрелке кеспе, алма жеді. Және қосымша тағам сұрады, мен бермеуге тырыстым.

-Неге, мен өзімнің баламның сондай тәбеті болғанын қалар едім.

- Мен олай ойламаймын, білесіз бе менің балам тез толып кетеді.

Ex. 10. Topics for oral discussion.

1. Describe your first visit to a restaurant.

2. Describe your week-day and week-end menu.

3. Tell about your family's favorite dishes.

4. Talk about dishes you usually cook for your birthday party.

5. What good do fruit and vegetables do us?

6. Tell about special features of Kazakh cuisine.

7. Give your friend a recipe of your favorite dish.

8. What do you know about traditional dishes of various countries.