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Holubtsi (Cabbage Rolls)

a) ...... cabbage. Place a large cabbage head in deep pot of (b) ...... water. Let stand until leaves are (c) ..... soft. (d) ....... from water, (e) ...... leaves from the head. Return head to boiling water if inside leaves require softening. Pare down hard centre rib on each leaf.

(f) ...... salt and rice to the boiling water. Let stand until rice (g) ..... all water.

In a large (h) ... ...., saute one medium onion in bacon drippings until tender. (i) ....... this with rice (1 cup) and 250 g of (j) ....... meat, and (k) ....... one egg, garlic, salt and pepper.

Place a heaping tablespoon of the meat mixture onto a cabbage (l) ..... . Arrange rolls in layers in a (m) ...... . (n) ....... each layer with salt and pepper. (o) ..... tomato juice over rolls. Cover with two or three large cabbage leaves.

Cover tightly. Bake (p) ... 180o C for 1,5 hour. Serve (q) ...... with (r) ...... , or tomato (s) ..... .

Reading and Writing

Read the article about yoghurt. In what ways do you think yoghurt is an amazing food?

If there is such a thing as a wonder food, yoghurt would surely earn that name. Associated everywhere with long life, yoghurt is nutritionally superior to ordinary milk in many ways. In fact, in many parts of the world, this is the only form in which milk is consumed.

The benefits of yoghurt are almost limitless. If one to three cups of yoghurt are eaten daily, some kinds of infection clear up quickly. Yoghurt also aids the digestion of iron. Have you ever tried yoghurt as a face mask? Its astringent qualities are a help to oily skin.

Yoghurt is easy to make at home. Here’s a simple way to make it, if you don’t have a yoghurt maker. Heat fresh milk to “hand hot”, about 90 to 100 (Fahrenheit). To this very warm milk, add about three tablespoons of yoghurt (for one quart of milk). Stir it into the milk and pour it all at once into a wide-mouthed thermos jar. Cover it tightly and let it stand overnight. Next morning, the yoghurt is thick and creamy; uncap it and refrigerate it right away.

What are the benefits of yoghurt? Write 5 sentences with if.