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Vinegar

C. Do you agree that if the ingredients of the meal have the proper taste you don't need all that seasoning?

D. What nuts do you usually use in cooking?

  1. almond

  2. walnut

  3. groundnut (peanut)

  4. chestnut

  5. cardamom

  6. hazel nut

  7. nutmeg

  8. Sesame seeds

  9. pistachio

  10. acorn

  11. cedar nut

  12. pecan

E. Write the letter of the correct answer next to each brief definition.

  1. cinnamon; b) sage; c) horse-radish; d) allspice; e) parsley; f) dill; g) ginger; h) mustard; i) oregano; j) basil; k) fennel; l) nutmeg.

  1. ______ Spice named because it seems to combine the taste of several spices.

  2. ______ Herb from the mint family; leaves are used to flavor tomatoes and many Italian foods.

  3. ______ Yellowish-brown spice from the inner bark of the cassia tree; used in pastries.

  4. ______ Herb, whose seeds and leaves are used to flavour foods, particularly pickles.

  5. ______ Tall herb of parsley family, whose licorice flavoured seeds are used in seasoning.

  6. ______ Aromatic plant whose roots are crushed for spice; used in pastries and soda pop.

  7. ______ Plant of mustard family; pungent roots are so strong that they can make your eyes water.

  8. ______ Hot, sharp-tasting yelow spice made from ground seeds of this plant.

  9. ______ Hard seed grated and used as a spice.

  10. ______ Plant of mint family whose leaves are used as a spice, especially in pizza.

  11. ______ Herb whose leaves are eaten raw or used in soups and other dishes; a breath sweetener.

  12. ______ Aromatic leaves used in meats and stuffing.

Fats

Part 10

Which do you use in cooking / seasoning?

  1. vegetable oil

  2. butter

  3. margarine

  4. mayonnaise

  5. olive oil

  6. maize oil

  7. lard

8. ketchup

Dairy products

Part 11

A. Which of them do you prefer?

  1. milk

  2. kefir

  3. ryazhenka (fermented baked milk)

  4. yoghurt

  5. cheese

  6. cottage cheese (Am. curd)

  7. sour cream

  8. cream

  9. processed cheese

  10. condensed milk

  11. brynza

  12. koumiss

  13. fat / semi-skimmed / skimmed milk

B. Do you use them in cooking? When?

C. Write the following kinds of foods:

  1. B __ __ T __ __

  2. E __ __ S

3) C__ __ __ __ __ E

4) M __ __ K

  1. C __ __ __ M

Exercise 3

Complete the table by giving five more examples for each category:

Types of food

Fruit

oranges

Berries

blackberry

Vegetables

carrots

Legumes

beans

Cereals

oats

Dairy products

milk

Meat

beef

Poultry

chicken

Nuts

almond

Spices / herbs

rosemary

Fish

salmon

Shellfish

lobster

Pasta

noodles

Fats

olive oil

Exercise 4

Match the word with the definition.

a) pasta

1. domestic birds

b) cereal

2. sorts of substance, nutmeg, cinnamon, etc used to flavour food

c) spice

3. any kind of grain used for food

d) dairy products

4. paste prepared from flour, eggs and water mixed and dried

e) poultry

5. flesh of animals and birds hunted for food

f) game

6. piece of bread or biscuit baked hard and crisp

g) ham

7. salted herring, dried or smoked

h) kipper

8. upper part of a pig’s leg, salted and dried or smoked

i) rusk

9. a general term for anything that people eat

j) food

10. milk, cheese, cream etc