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tortillas (thin flat Mexican bread made from corn or wheat flour). Asian kitchens often have
a 3… for meat and a special 4… … . Ukrainian kitchens have beautifully decorated wooden
cooking utensils such as 5… …, 6… and 7… … . Many kitchen around the world have a set
of 8…, a 9… and a 10… … .
15. Read the recipe.
Help Yourself to Ukrainian Borshch
Borshch has had a special and important place on the daily menu of the Ukrainian
people for many years. It is usually served as a first course for dinner. It tastes best when
served with pampushkas (small round buns) and garlic.
Ingredients:
2 litres water, 300 g beef; 300g shredded cabbage; 2 shredded carrots; 1 beetroot cut
into thin strips; 3-4 potatoes cut into thin strips; 1 chopped onion; ? cup beans; 1 stick of
celery (sliced); sunflower oil; 1 tablespoon tomato sauce; dill, parsley, salt, sugar, pepper (to
taste)
Steps
1. Put meat into a large saucepan. Add water and bring to the boil over a medium-high heat.
Turn heat to low. Simmer for about 40 minutes.
2. Add potato, cabbage and simmer for 10 more minutes.
3. Add pre-cooked beans.
4. Put onion, carrot, celery and beetroot into a frying pan. Add sunflower oil and brown for
5 minutes. Add tomato sauce. Stir the mix into the saucepan.
5. Add salt, sugar and pepper to taste. Serve the borshch hot and with sour cream. Sprinkle
it with dill and/or parsley, and don’t forget the pampushkas and garlic. Bon App?tit!
16. Writing. Write the recipe of a famous dish from your country for an international
students’ magazine. First write the list of ingredients, next write the steps that need to be
followed. End your recipe saying how many people the dish serves.
17. Can you guess what each sentence is about?
1. Oh, well done, please. I can’t eat it if it’s rare.
2. Would you like still or sparkling, sir?
3. There’s no white left I’m afraid, you’ll have to have brown.
4. Yes, they do either a continental or a full English.
5. Yes, there’s still some in the pot. Would you like milk or sugar?
18. Match the opposites, then name foods or drinks which can go with each.
e.g. sweet chocolate – bitter coffee – sour lemon
1) sweet; 2) tender; 3) fatty; 4) spicy; 5) sparkling.
a) tough; b) mild; c) bitter/sour; d) still; e) lean.
19. Read the dialogues aloud.
Ordering a Meal
– Is this table free, waiter?
– I’m sorry, these two tables have just been reserved by telephone but that one over there’s
free.
– What a pity! We wanted to be near the dance-floor. Still, it doesn’t matter, we’ll take it...
The menu, please.
– Here you are.
– Well, let’s see. What do you drink, darling?
– Oh, I don’t want much to eat, I’m not very hungry... I think I’ll take ox-tail soup and fried
plaice with chips.
– Hm, I’m rather hungry. I’ll start with some hors-d’oeuvre.
– And to follow?

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