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2. Put out all the cutlery - a fish-knife and a fork for the fish, a large
knife and a fork for the meat, and a fruit-knife for the dessert. Don't
forget to put a small knife for the butter, a pudding-spoon and a fork
for the sweet, and a soup-spoon for the soup.
Put the knives and the soup-spoon on the right-hand side and the
forks on the left, put the pudding-spoon and fork across the top.
3. Put a small plate for bread on the left and a wine-glass on the right of
each guest.
4. Put a jug of water with a few pieces of ice from the refrigerator in it
in the middle of the table.
5. Put out table-napkins for each guest.

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RECIPES

Each country of the world can boast of a great variety of reci-
pes. Each has so many unique food specialties that any listing would be
inadequate and incomplete. Although some regions may have their own
culinary peculiarities, there are always the most popular dishes,
colourful, wholesome and nourishing and a great delight to both the eyes
and the palate.

Traditional English Pudding

Pudding is a very popular dish. It is a thick mixture of flour,
suet, fruit, etc., cooked by boiling, steaming or baking. There are so
many kinds of pudding in England that the country could be called the
"Land of Puddings". Some of them are quite substantial and serve as the
main course of lunch or dinner. Others are rather like sweet cake and
eaten for dessert.
Yorkshire pudding is a traditional English batter pudding baked
with roasting meat. The batter is made from flour, eggs, spice and salt
cut into strips and put together with meat which is roasting. When it is
ready, it gets brown and crispy and has a pleasant taste.
The Christmas pudding is a special thing, and it has a place of
honour on the Christmas dinner table . Some English people could
dispense with turkey and goose, some could even dispense with
mincepies; but a Christmas dinner without the traditional Christmas

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