Wild Rice

Wild rice is not rice at all but an American grass used as an important food by the Indians and early settlers. Difficulty in harvesting makes it expensive, but the colour, a purplish black and its subtly nutty flavour make it a good base for a special dish and it can be economically mixed with other rices, but may need pre-cooking as it takes 45-50 minutes to cook in 1:3 parts of water.

4. Answer the following questions:

1. Quinoa is an ancient crop, isn’t it?

2. Why is wild rice expensive?

3. How long should wild rice be cooked?

4. Is whole or pot barley more nutritious?

5. What cereal is used mostly as animal feed?

6. What is a delicious alternative to rice? Why?

7. Do you confuse cornmeal with highly refined corn starch?

5. Which of the following words are nouns? verbs? adjectives? adverbs? Why?

Long, humid, differ, difficulty, crop, gluten, muesli, popcorn, make, found, short, milk, varies, true, cereal, member, relate, sorrels, docks, early, more, usually, shops, whole, always.

6. Make sentences of the following words.

1. Making, be, bread, quinoa, for, cannot, used.

2. For, oat, forty, cooking, groats, minutes, need, five.

3. Rice, a, is, carbohydrate, of, source, good.

4. Can, a, real, trying, boon, budget, to, diet, what, people, on, be, to, get, a, good, a, low?

5. Wild, not, all, rice, is, rice, at.

7. Pair work. Make a dialogue. Discuss crops from the text.

Lesson 7

1. Read the words:

Middle East

Eastern Europe

Southern Russia

South West Australia

2. Pronounce correctly:

[g] – languages, granary, gluten

[k] – cultivation, can, successful

[h] – high, whole

3. Master the active vocabulary:

at high altitudes — высоко

tolerant - приемлющий, терпимый, относящийся терпимо

dense - плотный; сжатый; густой, частый

chewy - требующий продолжительного жевания

spelt - пшеница спельта, полба настоящая

4. Put down the English for:

рожь _________________________________________

ячмень _________________­­____________________

пшеница _______________­______________________

зерно ________________________________________

хлеб _________________________________________

каша _________________________________________

5. Read the examples. Cover the left column and translate the examples back into English.

Flapjack а) блин, лепешка, оладья б) плоский или полукруглый яблочный пирог

couscous кускус ( африканское блюдо из крупы, баранины и овощей )

puff pastry изделия из слоёного теста

rye bread ржаной хлеб

fertility плодородие; изобилие

6. Put down the Russian for:

granary-type loaves

yeasted loaf

wheat and barley

soil fertility

grain allergies

wheat seem

7. Read the micro text and define the main idea of the text.

Rye is the least important cereal crop and is usually only grown where conditions are relatively unfavorable and other cereals don't do well. It probably originated in S W Asia, but the name occurs in Northern European languages, which suggest early cultivation in that area. It is very hardy and so grows in temperate and cool regions and at high altitudes, and is very tolerant of poor soil fertility. It is the only cereal apart from wheat and barley that has enough gluten to make a yeasted loaf, but it has less gluten than wheat, so rye bread is denser. It is more usual to mix rye flour with wheat flour. Rye grains should be cooked in 1:3 parts water for 45-60 minutes. Kibbled rye is often added to granary-type loaves. You can also add rye to stews and rye flakes are available, which can be used in muesli. 100g of rye gives 9.4g protein.