Special Family Food

Write down a special dish or meal that you enjoy with your family. Explain why you have chosen this dish and how the dish can be prepared. The following plan will be helpful.

1. Name of special family food.

2. List the ingredients and the amount of each ingredient in your special family food.

3. Is this food served on special occasions or throughout the year?

4. Why is this food special to your family?

5. Are there any customs or traditions related to this food?

• OUT-OF-CLASS LISTENING

How do you make…?

1. Before you hear the recording, look at the ingredients and instructions below. The instructions are in the wrong order. Can you decide what the correct order should be? There’s one extra instruction which shouldn’t be there – find it and cross it out!

Potatoes with Sesame Seeds

1 kilo potatoes, 6 tablespoons vegetable oil, tablespoons sesame seeds, about ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper or chili powder, 1 teaspoon salt, juice of half a lemon

A Serve with any meat dish, or on their own.

B Continue frying the potatoes till they are crisp and brown.

C Cut the potatoes into 2 cm cubes and allow them to cool.

D Drain the potatoes.

E Fry the potatoes for five minutes, stirring all the time.

F Heat the oil in a frying pan.

G Peel the potatoes.

H Boil or steam the potatoes in their skins for about ten minutes.

I Then add the cayenne pepper, salt and lemon juice.

J Add the onions and fry them for a few minutes.

K When the oil is hot, throw in the sesame seeds.

L When the seeds start to pop, add the potatoes.

2. Listen to the recording. Rearrange the instructions in the correct order. Remember that there is one extra instruction which is not given.

3. Compare your answer with a partner and, if necessary, listen again to settle any disagreements.

• SPEAKING

1. May be you have your favourite recipes that you’d like to share? Give a few recipes for soup, a meat / fish course and dessert.

2. You are good at cooking and your friend who is going to have a housewarming party soon is not that good at it. Give her / him some instructions on making different salads / meat or fish dishes / desserts / cocktails.

3. An irritable husband is sitting at dinner criticizing his wife’s cooking. He is trying to teach her the way this or that dish should be cooked though he knows very little about it. The wife is doing her best to defend herself.

4. You are going to have your birthday party. You expect guests to come. Some of them are vegetarians. Talk to your mother and discuss the menu.

5. You are hosting a cookery show. Make your favourite dishes demonstrating various ways of cooking.

Self check

Exercise 1. Supply the best words in Parts A and B.

Part A

Tomatoes are very nicely____.	Weight it on the kitchen_____.
a) filled b) stuffed	a) scales b) balance

3) Boil the milk in this small____.	12) The toast has been _____.
a) saucepan b) casserole	a) scalded b) burnt
4) _____ a little butter in a pan.	13) _____ two egg whites until they’re stiff.
a) Dissolve b) Melt	a) Hit b) Beat
5) The salad has been dressed ____ oil.	14) _____ some butter on your toast while it’s hot.
a) in b) with	a) Spread b) Streach
6) Vegetables should be stored in a ____ place.	15) These apples have ______.
a) fresh b) cool	a) gone bad b) decayed
7) I love _____ salmon.	16) Get some _____ steak from the butcher’s.
a) smoked b) fumed	a) lean b) meagre
8) I have a very good ____for onion soup.	17) This milk has ______.
a) receipt b) recipe	a) gone sour b) soured
9) Please ____ a couple of lemons for me.	18) An excellent meal! My compliments to the _____.
a) squeeze b) press	a) chief b) chef
10) I must consult the ____ for the good mixer.	19) I prefer _____ grilled fish without sauce.
a) directions b) instructions	a) plain b) simple
11) Do you want your food ____?	20) These peaches are the finest. They are ______.
a) with sauce b) saucy	a) extra b) best quality

Part B

1. jam / sweets / marmalade

1. Put some ______ on that bread.

2. What sort of _____ is that? – Oh, the usual. Seville oranges.

3. ____ ruin children’s teeth.

2. sauce / gravy / juice / dressing

1. My mother used to make a rich ______ to serve with roast beef.

2. The cauliflower was served with a nice white ______

3. Would you like any of the _______ with your salad?

4. Would you like some of the ______ on your salad?

3. lard / bacon / pork / ham.

1. Muslims don’t eat ______.

2. It’s fairly unusual these days to have ______ and eggs for breakfast.

3. Most people cook with vegetable oil these days rather than butter and _______.

4. I’m not hungry. I’ll drink a cup of tea with ______ sandwich.

4. cream / custard / mousse

1. My mother always made ______ from egg yolks, milk and a little sugar.

2. The courses dragged by; at last there was a chocolate _____, to be followed by an ice.

3. There’s nothing to beat the taste of strawberries with _______.

5. raisins / sultanas-grapes / grapefruit

1. When I was a student, I worked picking _______ in the south of France.

2. He sectioned the ______ and ate two sections at a time.

3. A Christmas cake is full of nuts, ______ , and currants.

6. shell / skin / rind

1. It’s not very funny to slip on a banana _______.

2. My hands are black because I’ve been _______ fresh walnuts.

3. The ______ of Parmesan cheese is like rock.

7. mutton / lamb / sheep

1. There was a flock of ______ grazing on the hillside.

2. We were having roast ______ for Sunday lunch.

3. After removing bones from ______ breast, lay it out flat, place stuffing evenly on front half.

8. pastry / pasta / paste

1. Macaroni, spaghetti and ravioli are all types of _______.

2. She mixed the flour and water to a _______.

3. You’ll get fat if you eat so many ______.

9. cookie / sponge-cake / pie

1. Mother has made a ______ for tea.

2. I always like a _____ with my morning coffee.

3. She had another helping of steak and kidney ______.

10)crisps / chips / French fries

1. A lot of people seem to live mainly on burgers and _____.

2. A beer and a packet of ______ , please.

3. Fish and _____ is very expensive these days.

Exercise 2. Explain the difference between:

1. to barbecue and to grill

2. to mince and to grate

3. to shred and to dice

4. a roasting pan and a grill pan

5. a spit, a grill and a skewer

6. a casserole, a saucepan and a pressure cooker

7. a wedge of fruit and a chunk of fruit

8. a jar and a jug

9. to dust and to season

10. to mash and to squeeze

Exercise 3. Complete the colloquial similies below with the correct items from the following list.

mustard cucumber hot cakes jelly

beetroot toast chalk and cheese

sardines pancake water

1. He never panics in a difficult situation. He stays as cool as a __________.

2. She was very embarrassed. She went as red as a ___________.

3. No, we aren’t cold. Your flat’s very warm. We’re as warm as a ________.

4. There are no hills or slopes for miles around. It’s as flat as a __________.

5. Some students are not very interested in the subject. Others are as keen as ____.

6. John and his brother are as different as __________.

7. That singer’s new record is in great demand. It’s selling like _________.

8. In the rush-hour buses, people are packed like ___________.

9. I was terrified. I was shaking like a ________.

10. She’s very extravagant. She spends money like ___________.