Do you know the names of all these dishes?
From what countries are they from?
What are the most typical dishes from your country?
Do you know how to prepare them?
Choose a dish from your country and tell me how to prepare it.
Do you like trying new foods?
When you travel to another city-country, do you like to try the
traditional food?
What is the strangest thing you have eaten?
Would you eat snake, insects or dog, if they were traditional food of
the country that you are visiting
Of the dishes in the photo, have you tried them? How where they?
Would you like to try one? What one?
Tell me more typical dishes from other counties
What is the weirdest dish that you have heard of?
Do you prefer traditional cuisine or modern cuisine? Explain why
What influence has globalization had on traditional cuisine?
Cooking vocabulary
Peel = take off the skin
Chop = cut into small pieces
Drain = remove the water from something (for example, pasta)
Measure = get an exact quantity of something (for example, 200 mL of
water or 10 grams of butter)
Slice = cut into thin pieces
Mix = put two or more different things together
Stir = moving the food with a circular movement of the spoon
Fry= to cook in oil at a very hot temperature
Grill= to cook on top of a hot surface
Bake= to cook in the oven
Boil= to cook in hot water
Fish and Chips
This dish is a must try whilst you are in the
UK, no matter where you are, you’ll be able
to find a delicious plate of fish and chips.
However nowadays Indian food is more
popular than fish and chips. The main
ingredients are fish (normally cod or
haddock), a batter that is made of flour,
milk, water, salt and baking powder and
potatoes for the chips
You can eat them in the restaurant or have them to take away, wrapped in a
traditional newspaper..
Bangers and Mash
Also known as sausages and mash, this
traditional dish consists of sausages and
mashed potato, and is often accompanied
with peas and gravy. This dish can usually
be found on a menu in most pubs across
the country, or can be made very easily at
home. The sausages are normally beef,
pork or lamb.
Full English Breakfast
They say that breakfast is the most
important meal of the day, This
breakfast usually includes: bacon,
sausages, eggs, baked beans, toast,
mushrooms, tomatoes, fried bread and
black puddings. It has nearly 1000
calories to give you energy to start the
day. All washed down with a nice cup
of tea. Although it is mainly eaten by turists and by families for Sunday
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Sunday Roast
The Brits love their Sunday Roast
dinners. This dish is made up of: roasted
meat (beef, chicken, lamb or pork), roast
potato, Yorkshire pudding, stuffing,
vegetables (usually a selection of: roast
parsnips, Brussels sprouts, peas, carrots,
beans, broccoli and cauliflower, not
necessarily all) and gravy. Yorkshire
pudding is a common English side dish,
a baked pudding made from a batter of eggs, flour, and milk or water.
Gravy is a sauce often made from the juices of meats that run naturally
during cooking and often thickened with wheat flour or corn starch for
added texture
Toad in the Hole
This hearty dish is another easy recipe
you can make at home; it includes
sausages in Yorkshire pudding batter and
is often served with gravy and
vegetables. Yes, you’ve probably
guessed British people love Yorkshire
puddings, sausages and gravy. Although
the name isn't appetising, the dish sure
is!The origin of the name is unclear, but it may refer to the way toads wait
for their prey in their burrows, making their heads visible in the earth, just
like the sausages peep through the batter.
Shepherd’s Pie/Cottage Pie
These are two dishes are very
similar; the only difference is
the choice of meat used in the
dish; in shepherd’s pie you use
lamb whilst in cottage pie you
use beef. And to confuse you
even more, neither of these
dishes are pies in the usual
sense with pastry. Shepherd’s
pie and cottage pie consists of:
mince (lamb or beef), vegetables (such as; carrots, tomatoes, and onions),
and mashed potatoes which are put on top of the meaty filling with
cheddar cheese and grilled in the oven.
Steak and Kidney Pie
This much loved British pie is
definitely a dish you must try
whilst you are in the UK. The
ingredients include: beef, kidney,
fried onion and gravy all wrapped
up in pastry, so what’s not to
love. It is also a popular dish to
eat at home or in the local pub.
Did you know about these dishes before reading?
Have you tried any before?
What one would you like to try?
Do you know of any other British dishes?
Do you think that English cuisine is better or worse than your
countries cuisine? Why?
Explain to me in your own words how to prepare one of these dishes
Conversation: You have just came back from your holiday in England.
You are talking to your friend. Tell him about the food you have tried and
try to convince him to go with you next year to another country and to try
the food
