Cooking and Recipes

Section 1. Warming-up

1.1Are you good at cooking? What dishes can you cook? Do you like experimenting in the kitchen? Where do you find recipies for new dishes?

To read English recipies you’ll need some specials words and expressions. To learm them work with the words below.

Match each verb on the left with the food item on the right it is most often associated with.

1.3 Match the parts from column A with suitable parts form column B. Translate the expressions you’ve got.

1.4 Now read the instructions telling you how to cook Full English Breakfast. Translate it into Russian. Can you suppose how much time and money it will take to cook it?

Full English Breakfast

Ingredients

• 2 rashers of English bacon
• 2 English sausages, if you can find them
• 1 tomato
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup baked beans
• 1 slice bread, to toast
• Salt and pepper
• Olive oil
• Brown sauce, as desired

Directions

1. Sausages take the longest (about 12-15 minutes), so get them going first. Fry in a pan with some preheated oil, turning regularly.

2. After about 4-5 minutes add bacon to the same pan that the sausages have been cooking in and fry, until your preferred crispiness is reached. The cooked bacon can be kept hot on a plate in the oven.

3. Place your baked beans in a small sauce pan and heat over medium-low until hot and little bubbles are starting to appear (don’t boil them), about 7 minutes.

4. Cut the tomato in half, season with salt and pepper, and drizzle with a little olive oil. Place cut-side down in the frying pan and cook in the bacon/sausage fat without moving for 2 minutes. Gently turn over and season again. Cook for a further 2-3 minutes until tender but still holding its shape.

5. For ‘proper’ fried bread it’s best to cook it in a separate pan. Ideally, use white sandwich bread that is a couple of days old. Heat a frying pan to a medium heat and cover the base with oil. Add the bread and cook for 2-3 minutes each side until crispy and golden. For a richer flavour, add a knob of butter after you turn the slice.

6. Gently crack an egg into a lightly greased pan and cook until white has set but yolk still wobbles, season, and gently remove.

7. Serve everything on a warm plate and enjoy straight away with a good squeeze of brown sauce. Don’t forget your cup of tea!

1.5 Now put the lines in the text in the correct order and you’ll learn how to make a good cup of tea.

(1) some of the water into a teapot to heat it

(2) and one for the pot. Take the teapot to

(3) put the lid on the teapot and let it brew

(4) Fill a kettle full of cold water. Let the

(5) the kettle and pour the water on to the

(6) a perfect cup of tea.

(7) go on boiling for very long. Pour

(8) put in the tea, one teaspoon per person

(9) tea while it is still boiling. Stir briskly,

(10) thoroughly. Pour the water away and

(11) water come to the boil, but do not let it

(12) for several minutes. You will now have

Section 2 Reading

2.1 Not so long ago the two features of life in England gave visitors their worst impressions: the English weather and English cooking. English food has often been described as plain and tasteless. But now the situation is changing…

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