One man’s meat is another man’s poison

1. Complete the chart with the words from the box

bread tangerine cheese cake pie beef egg-plant cherry sour cream pork beans salmon cauliflower poultry cabbage lobster ham bun liver radish crab pine-apple butter peach melon cream mutton yoghurt carrots cucumber garlic lettuce pancake onion noodle pepper turnip cranberry herring currant veal cod grapes pastry cheese tongue plum mulberry gooseberry chop water-melon ribs pear pumpkin

Bread and confectionary	Meat and Fish	Dairy Products	Vegetables	Fruits and Berries

2. Which do you think is the odd one out in the following sets of words?

Example: beef / carrot / lamb / turkey

Carrot is the odd one out because the others are all types of meat.

1. mango / rice / apple / banana

2. duck / lamb / raspberry / turkey

3. butter / cheese / spinach / cream

4. turkey / spinach / onion / potato

5. duck / turkey / lamb / chicken

6. pasta / sauce / pie / potato

7. rice / chocolate / syrup / ice cream

8. mango / banana / pineapple / raspberry

3. Complete the words that can be placed before the words below.

Example: _ _ ee_ salad/beans

The word is green.

1. wh_ _ e wine / bread

2. fr_sh meat / fish / vegetables / fruit / bread

3. r_ _st beef / lamb / turkey / chicken

4. b_ _e cheese / berry

5. bl_ _k coffee / chocolate

6. b_ _led meat / rice / vegetables

7. gr_ _led salmon / chicken / ham

8. sm_ _ed ribs / salmon

4. Complete the words that can be placed after the words below.

9. white / brown / stale / fresh b_e_d (bread)

10. beef / ham / cheese b_ _ g_r

11. boiled / fried / scrambled _ _ g

12. smoked / salt / jellied _ _sh

13. loose / skim / sour / fresh _i_ _

5. Read the text. Choose the correct answer (a-c) for each question

Everyone knows how important it is to think about what you eat. But food is a very interesting thing. Did you know that….?

The potato was originally from Peru and was brought to Europe by explorers. Potatoes are 99% fat free, contain 35% of an adult’s daily requirement of vitamin C and are 80% water! Amazingly Germans eat twice as many potatoes as Americans.

Water is essential for life and an average adult should drink around 2.5 liters of water a day. If you eat lots of fiber, things like bread or rice, you need to drink more water. This is because your body doesn’t digest fiber, so you need the extra water to push the fiber through your body. Around 70% of your body consists of water, so keep drinking.

In Morocco children are given hedgehog liver to eat. They think it helps you remember. In fact, fish is good for your brain as fish contain zinc and you don’t have enough zinc in your body, your memory deteriorates. In many countries fish are thought to bring luck. In Japan people eat red snapper on New Year’s Day because red is thought to be a lucky colour.

Eggs contain eight essential amino acids and are a great source of protein. However, you would need to eat more than eight eggs a day to get all the protein you need. Eggs also help you against blindness and heart disease. Many animals lay eggs and though chicken eggs are the most popular around the world, people will eat eggs from ostriches, crocodiles and fish – caviar of course.

For years people have used garlic as a charm against the evil eye – protecting people against vampires. In some countries people used to put garlic over their doors. Interestingly enough, garlic and onions kill flue and cold viruses. If you suffer from insomnia, then you should eat onions as they contain a mild natural sedative quercetin.

1. Americans eat _______number of potatoes than Germans.

a) the same b) half the c) twice the

2. Caviar is

a) fish eggs b) chicken eggs c) crocodile eggs

3. If you can’t sleep, you should eat _______

a) onions b) potatoes c) garlic

4. Over a third of an adult’s daily vitamin C requirement can be found in ___

a) eggs b) fish c) potatoes

5. If you eat lots of bread, you should _______

a) have lots of protein b) drink water c) sleep well

6. In winter you should try to eat more______

a) garlic b) fish c) eggs

7. Eating fish is likely to help your_____

a) eyes b) heart c) brain