Ib. Roma tomatoes, peeled and seeded

Describing food

Ex.1 A. With one or two other students, write different foods in lists under the four

headings. You can write the same food in more than one list. Discuss the meaning of

the headings first.
Good food Disgusting food Dangerous food Irresistible food

B.Unfortunately, food is not always nice to eat! Here are some words to describe it.

Divide the words into three columns - one column for good qualities, one for bad

qualities and one for qualities that can be good or bad.

good bad good or bad

Delicious

Burnt

Cold

Greasy

Fresh

soft
tasty

Stale

sweet
tender

Overcooked

warm
tough

salty
undercooked

raw
hard
hot

Ex.2. To learn long lists of words, it is sometimes helpful to divide them up into groups. Try dividing these vegetable names into groups, in any way you like, e.g. 'vegetables which grow underground' (potatoes, carrots etc.).

aubergine

leek

cucumber

spinach

carrot

potato

cauliflower

celery
green/red

pepper

courgette

sweetcorn

lettuce

onion

rice

pea
cabbage

garlic

radish

bean

turnip

asparagus

beetroot

Ex.3. Use the taste and flavour words to describe the following.

1 Indian curry 5 a cup of tea with five spoonfuls of sugar

2 pizza 6 strong black coffee with no sugar

3 sea water 7 factory-made white bread

4 an unripe apple

Ex. 4. Sort these dishes out under the headings starters, main courses or desserts.

chicken

casserole

coffee

gateau

fresh fruit salad

Irish stew
pate and toast

prawn cocktail

rump steak
grilled trout

Ex. 5. What might you say to the person/people with you in a restaurant if...

1 your chips had too much oil/fat on them?

2 your dish had obviously been cooked too much/too long?

3 your piece of meat was absolutely perfectly cooked?

4 your dish seemed to have no flavour at all?

Ex. 6. A. How do you like the following foods prepared? What do you like to put on the foods from the list ?

a leg of chicken

eggs

potatoes

cheese

sausages
a fillet of cod

prawns

mushrooms

B. What type of potatoes do you like best:

Boiled in jackets

Fried

Chips

Crisps

Baked potato

Mashed potato

Ex. 7. A. What do we call the meat of these animals?

calf deer sheep (two names) pig (three names)

B. Which of these fruit grow in your country/region? Are there others not listed here?

peach plum grapefruit grape nectarine star-fruit blackcurrant
raspberry melon lime kiwi-fruit mango

C. Read the list of foodstuffs and the list of verbs. Note down what you can do to each of the foodstuffs by listing the appropriate verbs. Then take each verb and say which of
the foodstuffs it can be used with.

1 eggs

2 potatoes

3 meat

4 pastry or dough

5 fish

6 cream

7 vegetables

Roll

Scale

Whip

dice
scramble

Mince

Stew

beat
chip

Knead

Bone

stuff
crack

Blend

Steam

chop
carve

Grate

Peel

Mash

Ex. 8. A. In the list below cross out things an Englishman doesn't have for breakfast.

Pancakes, vegetable salad, beefsteak, porridge, plum pudding, toasts, prawn salad, cornflakes with milk, chicken, marmalade, baked potato, fried bacon, fried fish, eggs, garlic bread, pasta,- mushrooms, coffee, tea, lemon, cream, scrambled eggs, cheese, tomatoes, fried eggs, butter, fruits, salad, orange juice, ice-cream, nuts, honey, jellied fish, cold cereals, chops.

B. Enumerate all the meals an Englishman has.

Ex. 9. This time A wants to know about the dishes in the list below. A covers the information on the right. B answers using the information in the menu notes.

A

seafood chowder
beef stew
pizza

custard pie
cheesecake

Ex. 10. Do you often eat the following food in your country? If so, do you eat it in the same way?

Example: In Britain, we often eat 'fish' but not usually 'raw fish'.

raw fish fried rice
fried eggs grilled sausages
baked potatoes roast beef
raw spinach roast peppers
fried bread boiled eggs
grilled cheese baked bananas

Ex. 11. Choose a possible adjective to describe each of these foods.

lemon ........................................ ice cream ..................".................

chicken ......................................... ' fillet steak ........................................

honey ......................................... chillies .......................................

bacon ......................................... avocado ........................................

Ex. 12. A .Put each of the following verbs into its correct place in the sentences below.

chew lick polish off swallow digest gnaw consume peck at
(a) The children have no appetite. They just ____ their food. They hardly eat anything.

(b) My mother always used to say to me, 'Now make sure you ____ meat carefully before you ____ it.

(c) In Britain people ____ four million tons of potatoes every year.

(d) He has an enormous appetite. I've seen him _____ four hamburgers and a pile of chips at a sitting.

(e) The starving prisoners were so desperate they would ____ any
meat bones they could find.

(f) It's not good for your body to ____ your food so quickly. Eat slowly so that you can _____it properly.

(g) He was so hungry that when he'd finished his food, he began to ______ the plate!

B. Some meat is given a different name from the animal it comes from. What animals

do the following meats come from?

(a) pork

(b) beef

(c) bacon

(d) venison(

e) veal

(f) mutton

(g) ham

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

(a) to carve cheese .

(b) to crack an orange

(c) to grate a loaf

(d) to knead a nut

(e) to peel a rabbit

(f) to skin a joint of meat
(g) to slice dough
D. Instructions as above.

(a) to mince cream

(b) to shell meat

(c) to toss a hard-boiled egg

(d) to whip eggs

(e) to stuff a cake

(f) to mash a chicken

(g) to beat a pancake
(h) to ice potatoes

E. Explain the difference between the words or phrases in each of the following pairs.

(a) starving and parched

(b) a snack and a square meal

(c) stale and mouldy

(d) peckish and starving

(e) uneatable and inedible

(f) a beer-bottle and a bottle of beer
(g) a starter and a dessert

Ex. 12. Drinking

A.Make sentences by connecting each person on the left below with the correct phrase on the right

(a) A teetotaller serves people in a pub

(b) A secret drinker runs a pub

(c) A social drinker has a drink from time to time

(d) An occasional drinker only drinks with other people, e. g. at parties

(e) An alcoholic doesn’t want other people to know he drinks

(f) A drunkard drinks a lot

(g) A barmaid is often drunk
(h) A heavy drinker never drinks alcohol
(i) A publican is addicted to alcohol
B. Which drinks would be a good drink for

(a) a children s party

(b) an adults party

(c) a formal reception

(d) someone who s going to drive

(e) a last drink of the evening

(f) a hot day

(g) someone who is nervous before an important occasion
(h) someone who is trying to give up alcohol

C Put each of the following words into its correct place in the sentences below

sip

pub crawl

toast

breathalyzer
drop

stagger

booze

corkscrew
intoxicated

vineyard

cheers

hangover

(a) Let s open another bottle of wine Where’s the ___?

(b) We went on a _____ last night This morning I’ve got a terrible________

(c) Wine is made from grapes which are grown in a ___

(d) Here’s a ____ to John and Elizabeth.

(e) Don t drink it all at once. Just ___ it.

(f) When British people drink they often say, ___

(g) The police stopped the driver and gave him a ___ test.

(h) I don t want much please just a _______

(i) A slang word for alcoholic drink is ___

(j) A formal word for drunk is ___

(k) He couldn t walk properly He could only ___

D. Briefly describe as a warning of the possible dangers of alcohol, an evening in which some people start drinking and end up in a police cell Use at least six of the words at the top of the exercise above.

E. Explain the difference in each of the following pairs

(a) sober and drunk

(b) tipsy and drunk

(c) still orange and fizzy orange '

(d) draught beer and bottled beer

(e) a pub and an off licence

Ex. 13. Here are some dishes from different countries of the world. Can you match the countries with the names of the dishes?

Spain tacos
Mexico fondue
Italy curry

India roast beef and Yorkshire pudding
England paella
Switzerland spaghetti bolognese
Germany sausage and sauerkraut

Food Recipes

Ex. 14. Here are some recipes. With another student, try to guess what each recipe is for.

Ex. 15. Measure for measure

Here is a recipe for cucumbers filled with rice, but all the measures and the ingredients are mixed up. With another student, try to put the right measures with the right ingredients.

Ex. 16. Look carefully below at the different things that can be made in the kitchen.

Why it should be me that goes out to work: an extract from the diary of a frustrated and indecisive housewife or - husband.

Our first menu

Asparagus Soup - for starter

Dover Sole

Roast Chicken, potatoes, carrots, peas -main dish

Peach Flan - for dessert

Our first performance

Act One

scrub asparagus stems
strip away the base
cut out woody parts
scale the fish,bone andfilletit
cut off head and tail
peel andwash potatoes
top and tail carrots
shell peas
thaw frozen chicken
skin peaches andremove stones

Act Two

chop up asparagus orshred it
place fish ongreased foil
slice potatoes
dice carrots
crack two eggs for the tart
separate them

Act Three

scald marrow bones forbeef-tea
brown them in oven
put in large pan;add otheringredients
bring to boil andsimmer toextract juices
strain through sieve
brush fish withmelted butter
stuff the chicken
cover the breast with bacon rashers
season andrub with lemon juice
cook in middle ofpre-heated oven
sift flour and salt into bowl for pastry
cut up butter,rub into flour andmix

add water,sprinkling evenly over surface
beat egg-whites andfold them intomixture
knead gently, thenchill for 30 minutes

Act Four

pour over asparagus andboil
allow to bubble for an hour,stirring regularly
dress the fish
place in hot oven
steam vegetables
baste(зашить) the chicken
roll out pastry
bake in oven
whip orwhisk cream for topping

Act Five

warm the plates
skim the soup toremove fat, etc.
garnish the fish
coat withpre-prepared sauce (oh!)
drain vegetables
make gravy from stock
carve meat
grate nutmeg over flan
leave to cool

FinaleServe

Epiloguefreeze left-overs

The next day I read the plan of action ... and went out to find a job. Chicken Chow Mein is OK, even though it has this rather strangeafter-taste.

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Ib. Roma tomatoes, peeled and seeded

Date: 2016-04-22; view: 2966