Vocabulary

cloven hooves раздвоенные копыта

cud жвачка

disconcerting смущающее

evolve (v) эволюционировать

fare пища

gastric ulcers язва желудка

hindquarters задняя часть

lard свиное сало

skate скат ( рыба )

turbot палтус

1. What are Moslems forbidden to eat?

2. Why are they not allowed to eat these foods?

3. What are Hindus not allowed to eat?

4. What do you know about the significance of animal blood in Jewish

catering?

5. How about the combination of meat and milk in ‘kosher’ catering?

2. Exercise 2.1. Classify the following foodstuffs into the religions that forbid them:

Blood Bacon

Pork Veal

Beef Ham

Lard Shellfish

Milk and meat Animals’ Hindquarters

Products together

Exercise 2.2. Suggest suitable menus for a Moslem, a Hindu or a Jew having dinner in your restaurant.

Exercise 2.3. Here are three special diets for diabetics, people with stomach trouble and weight-watchers. Study them and answer the questions:

For Diabetics

Breakfast Orange juice

Wholemeal roll

Cheese

Hot chocolate ( unsweetened)

Morning snack Half an Orange

Lunch Grilled escalope of veal

Boiled potatoes

Boiled carrots

Green salad with lemon juice

Afternoon Cheese and biscuits

Snack

Dinner Vegetable soup

Evening snack Hot open sandwich with cheese and jam

Glass of milk or

hot chocolate (unsweetened)

For ulcer sufferers

Breakfast Hot cereals with milk

Boiled egg

Tea

Morning snack Milk or hot chocolate

lunch Grilled fish with creamed spinach

afternoon mashed potatoes

snack Ripe pear

Milk, cheese and biscuits

dinner Vegetable purée

Ham sandwiches

Tinned peaches

Evening snack Hot chocolate

Cottage cheese on toast

For slimmers

Buffet lunch Raw pickled rainbow trout or

Grilled herring

Roast Veal with herb sauce or

Sliced Turkey Ham or tongue

Boiled potatoes, baked onions

Mixed vegetables, soya beans in tomato sauce

A salad of tossed greens and vegetables

Cottage cheese with fruit

Fruit salad

1. What do you notice about the food suggested for diabetics?

2. What is special about the food suggested for ulcer suffers?

3. How is the menu for slimmers different from a normal menu?

Exercise 2.4. Practise the conversation between a waiter in a restaurant and a guest who needs a special diet.

Exercise 2.5. Plan alternative menus for people on a slimming diet and present them to the group.

Exercise 2.6. Read the newspaper article on a Mediterranean diet and discuss the questions:

1. According to the first part of the article, what is the effect of the Mediterranean diet?

2. What are three healthy parts of the diet mentioned in the second half of the article?

3. Do you follow the Mediterranean diet? Why/Why not?

Part 1.

Greek researchers have found that people who follow a Mediterranean diet and consume plenty of fruit, vegetables and olive oil, and low quantities of meat and dairy products will live to a healthy old age.

Ten years ago the researchers measured the food intake of 182 men and women aged over 70 in three Greek villages. This year they returned to look at the numbers who had died. They found that the villagers who ate a traditional diet had a 17 per cent reduction in the chance of death compared to those who did not.

The traditional Mediterranean diet consists of a high consumption of olive oil, beans, cereals, vegetables and fruits, a low consumption of alcohol.

Part 2.

Three studies published today show that wine is better than beer or spirits at protecting against heart disease, that olive oil can prevent bowel cancer and that garlic lowers cholesterol levels.

One study found that wine drinkers are less likely to die from heart disease and cancer than people who prefer spirits or beer. A long- term study into 24,000 Danes showed that even heavy drinkers are less at risk if wine is their preferred drink.

Another study weighed up the evidence for garlic and cholesterol. It found that garlic lowers levels of harmful cholesterol, but that the evidence may not be as clear-cut as some garlic-lovers claim.

The third study looked at food preferences and bowel cancer in 28 countries, including Britain, the United States, Brazil and China. More than three quarters of the difference in rates of bowel cancer was explained by just three dietary factors. Meat and fish increased the risk, but a diet high in olive oil reduced it.

bowel cancer - рак кишечника

cholesterol - холестерин

Exercise 2.7. Work in pairs. Develop healthy menus for the students of ENGECON and present them to your group.

Exercise 2.8. Study the information about British meals and main dishes. Answer the questions after it:

It is known that simplicity is the great strength of cooking in the British Isles. While cooks in other countries rely on garlic and spices to season their food, the British approach lets the ingredients speak for themselves.

Above all, those traditional pillars of English cuisine, breakfast and high tea, are unbeaten anywhere in the world.

The breakfast table is abundant. After a choice of cereals or fruit juices, there is a choice of fried eggs, ham and eggs, bacon and eggs, scrambled eggs with sausages and grilled tomatoes, fried kidneys or smoked fish as the famed kipper and the smoked haddock. In addition there is often porridge, oatmeal cooked in water and eaten with salt, sometimes covered with plenty of fresh cream, or stewed fruits, such as prunes, apricots or apples. Afterwards, you can have buttered toast with orange marmalade, jam or honey. To go with it all is the enormous pot of tea.

‘High tea’ as a British invention is fully felt in the countryside. The tea is served strong and drunk with milk and sugar. Piles of ham, cheese, cucumber, cold chicken and water-cress sandwiches accompany the meal.

On the teatable there may also be an assortment of pies, apple pie, gooseberry tart for example, and fruitcake, muffins, buns or scones with jam and cream.

The list of traditional main dishes is not very long. Both leg of lamb and cold mutton are among the usual meat courses, along with roast beef. Among the fish dishes, Dover sole has a fine reputation. And a very special treat is smoked Scottish salmon. One of the most popular dishes is called fish and chips. The fish is dipped first in flour, then in beaten egg, then breadcrumbs, and deep fried, it is served with chipped potatoes. The dish is often sprinkled with vinegar. Cod is the most common fish which is used for the dish.