1.2. Follow-up

Read the article again and make a timetable for the perfect fat-burning day. List the foods mentioned and the approximate times for eating, exercising etc.

2. Food

a. Read the list. Can you add to them? Which of these do you eat every day? Which is you favourite/least favourite?

Meat/Poultry

beef

veal

lamb

chicken

Fish

tuna

salmon

cod

trout

Seafood

oyster

mussels

shrimps

squid

octopus

Fruit

olives

pear

melon

grapes

pineapple

lemon

avocado

kiwi fruit

peach

Vegetables

cauliflower

aubergine

cabbage

beans

peas

mushroom

leek

onion

tomato

carrot

lentils

Dairy

milk

cheese

yogurt

eggs

butter

Other

bread

pasta

rice

salt

pepper

ketchup

mayonnaise

snails

b. What do you need to make

a chicken salad sandwich?

an omelette?

a fruit salad?

c. Which of the fruits and vegetables grow in your country? Are they the same in your language? Use the words in the list to say how you usually eat them.

raw

fried

roasted

boiled

grilled

pickled

steamed

baked

Olives grow in my country. I usually eat them pickled.

3. Kitchen Utensils & Recipes

a. Match the verbs to the nouns. Cart you think of any more foods to match each verb?

beat flour

peel cheese

stir pastry

sieve parsley

grate potatoes

roll eggs, cream

chop soup

Which kitchen utensils do we use to do each of the above? Choose from the pictures, then make up sentences, as in the example.

peeler

sieve

knife

whisk

wooden spoon

grater

rolling pin

We can beat eggs using a whisk.

b. Read the list of ingredients. What do ml, kg and g stand for? Which do we use to measure weight? Volume?

Seafood pie with leeks

Ingredients

1 kg potatoes

650 g cod

500 ml milk

500 g leeks

35 g butter

325 g large

prawns

salt and pepper

for the cheese sauce:

200 g cheddar cheese

75 g butter

80 ml single cream

75 g plain white flour

c. Read the recipe and fill in the appropriate verbs from part a. then, talk about it using first, next, then, after that.

First, you peel the potatoes.

METHOD

• Peel the potatoes and cut into slices. Cook for 5 minutes in salted boiling water. Drain thoroughly.

• Poach the fish in 75 ml of milk and then separate into flakes.

• Wash and 2) _______the leeks into small pieces and then fry in the butter.

• To make the cheese sauce: Melt the butter in a pan then 3) ________ the flour before adding it to the pan to make a smooth paste. Gradually pour in the rest of the milk, while constantly 4) ________ the mixture.

• 5) ________ the cheese and slowly add it to the pan and 6) _________ well. Add the cream and salt and salt and pepper.

• Mix the fish, prawns, and leeks in a pie dish and cover with half the sauce.

• Layer the potatoes on top and then pour on the remaining sauce.

• Bake at 190° C for about 45 minutes, until it is bubbling and golden.

Serves 4

4. Writing Project

4.1. Write the recipe of a famous dish from your country for an international students’ magazine. First write the list of ingredients, next write the steps that need to be followed. End your recipe saying how many people the dish serves.

milk cream

salt butter

strawberries and sugar

bread biscuits

cheese pepper

Do you take milk and sugar in your coffee?

4.2. Match the opposite, then name foods or drinks which can go with each.

sweet tough

tender mild

fatty bitter/sour

spicy still

sparkling lean

sweet chocolate – bitter coffee – sour lemon

4.3. a. Can you guess what each sentence is about?

1. Oh, well done, please, I can’t eat it if it’s rare.

2. Would you like still or sparkling, sir?

3. There’s no white left I’m afraid, you’ll have to have brown.

4. Yes, they do either a continental or a full English.

5. Yes, there’s still some in the pot. Would you like milk and sugar?

b. Listen and check if you were correct.

5. Ways of Cooking

How can each of these foods (potatoes, ham, fish, pepper, carrot, tomatoes, eggs, prawns) be prepared? In pairs, act out dialogues.

boiled

baked

roasted

poached

fried

stuffed

grilled

steamed

A: How can tomatoes be cooked?

B: They can be fried, stuffed or grilled.

6. Places to Eat

6.1. Write R (for restaurant), F (for fast food) or B (for both). Then make up sentences using these words.

1. tablecloth ______ ; 2. bill _____ ; 3. tip _______ ; 4. crystal glasses _______ ; 5. menu ______ ; 6. paper napkin _________ ; 7. counter _______ ; 8. plastic cup _________ ; 9. waiter _____ ; 10. till _______ ; 11. cutlery ________ ; 12. plastic chairs ________ ; 13.three-course meal _______ ; 14. tray _______ ; 15. self-service salad bar __________ .

The tables were laid with expensive, white linen tablecloths.