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1B Reading British Food PDF
1B Reading British Food PDF
in Britain
People in the UK usually have breakfast,
lunch and dinner at home. All our meals are
less formal than years ago. Most families try
to have at least one meal a day together, but
today members of a busy family may all eat
atdifferent times. Snacking is very popular,
asis eating meals in front of the television.
The English national meals, fish and chips Roast meat (pork,
and roast dinners, are also the traditional beef, lamb) is usually
ones. The stereotype is fish and chips served with boiled or
A full English cooked breakfast is a hot dish of fried bacon, sausage,
served as a take-away meal wrapped in roast potatoes, peas, egg, tomatoes and sometimes mushrooms. It is usually served with
newspaper. However, wrapping food in Brussels sprouts, a cup of tea or coffee. However, today people prefer a light breakfast
newspaper is now banned under EU carrots, Yorkshire consisting of cereals or porridge and toasts and marmalade.
hygiene regulations. Fish and chips is pudding and, of course,
a balanced meal of carbohydrate (chips), gravy. Gravy is made by taking the fat and drinks, chips and turkey twizzlers was
protein (fish), and fats (in the batter around juices from the cooked roast meat and run by the celebrity chef Jamie Oliver
the fish and in vegetable oils). Sprinkled mixing them with flour and vegetable and has gone from a television programme
with lots of salt and vinegar, and red or stock and perhaps some gravy browning. to government policy.
brown sauce, it lacks dietary fibre and This is mixed together into a liquid, Obesity in children is, however,
some vitamins so it is not recommended brought slowly to the boil, seasoned increasing and the nation is in denial
that you eat it every day. and then poured over the meat. It is quite about the problem. Where else can you go
unlike any omka you will have tasted. and hear a very overweight person order
In England, roast beef is one of the meals Yorkshire puddings are also made with for themselves A TRIPLE burger, LARGE
traditionally served at Sunday dinner. flour and fat and are like hollow crispy fries, a DOUBLE chocolate ice cream
buns. and a diet coke?
Tikka masala is said to be the nations
most eaten meal today. Chicken tikka Read about various types of restaurants in the UK
masala, one of the most popular Indian and about Irish cooking at: www.bridge-online.cz
dishes in the world, is covered with a (section: pstup ci, nezveejnn lnky).
tomato gravy with cream or coconut cream
and various spices. Waiter, waiter,
Fast food burgers and sugary drinks are
Id like to pay
causing havoc with the health of young
On special occasions people may go
people. A recent campaign to improve out to dinner or supper to a restaurant
food in schools and ban the dreaded fizzy or a pub. Depending on the type of
restaurant, you can expect different
levels of service.
Restaurants curiosities Some smaller food outlets do not
allow payment by credit card. Always
Increasingly, restaurants in Britain check you have enough cash.
are non-smoking. From next summer, In expensive restaurants, there
all food outlets will be non-smoking, can be a service charge included
including pubs. in the bill. Tipping added to the
bill tends to be only in posher
Wine in restaurants is very expensive. restaurants, but a tip is expected
House wine is generally cheaper than whenever you are served at the table.
from a named bottle. Some restaurants Sometimes there will be a bowl for
are following the Australian style and any loose change next to the till.
say B.Y.O. (bring your own). This will go to the waiter or waitress.
Despite what you read in phrase
If you ask for water, it will be straight books, we hardly use the term waiter
from the tap unless you say mineral or waitress when we need something.
water. Tap water is safe to drink A hand gesture or catching their eye
everywhere in the UK and you should is sufficient. Shouting across the
not be charged for it. room Waiter! would make you look
like aright idiot.
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Glossary
bun [bVn] - bochnek, emle
from there - k tomu navc
battered - obalen v tstku
gravy browning - a liquid made of caramelised sugar foundation [faUn"deIS(@)n] - zklad
which cooks add to gravy to darken the colour and make to dip - namoit
it look more appetising
coconut cream - a creamy white liquid obtained from
compressing fresh coconut
Glossary
turkey twizzlers - cheap and mass produced frozen tortilla - round flat Mexican bread that comes in two
shaped spirals of poultry meat with added fat, skin, types, flour (made with white flour) and corn (made with
and chemical flavourings that were given to children as corn flour); tortillas are the foundation of almost every
a quick lunch usually with chips; they have become the Mexican dish
most hated example of bad school food and have been tortilla chips - tortillas that have been cut into triangles
removed from menus by the government
and deep fried; they are usually dipped in some kind
of salsa
British versus
American English salsa - a spicy Mexican sauce made from tomatoes,
chillies, onions and spices; it is on the table in every
take-away (BrE) - to-go (AmE) Mexican restaurant and is used to add extra spice to
bill (BrE) - check (AmE) Burrito, the name of a tasty Mexican meal, already prepared meals
literally means little donkey in Spanish.
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specialties
French Canadian Pea national coffee, doughnut, and
Soup is from Quebec.It is sandwich chain. I miss you,
basically a thick yellow pea Tim Hortons!
soup with bits of pork in it.
Newfoundland Pea Soup YVocabulary
is very similar, but usually
includes more vegetables, are all common sight ["kQm@n]
- jsou bn k vidn
such as diced turnips and diet ["daI@t] - jdelnek
carrots, and is often topped square [skwE:] - podn
with small dumplings. In to skip [skIp] - vynechat
snack [sn&k] - nco malho
some variations, a little garlic, kzakousnut
leeks, other vegetables or smothered with ["smVD@d]
a ham bone are added for - zalit, ponoen do
flavour. Many Canadians to distinguish [dI"stINgwIS] - odliit
thick [Tik] - hust
like to treat themselves to pea soup [pi: su:p] - hrachov polvka
asmoked salmon steak, pork - vepov
fished from the coastal waters diced [daIst] - nakrjen na kostiky
turnip ["t@:nIp] - tun
of British Columbia. small dumpling ["dVmplIN] -
Maple syrup is also a truly knedlek
Canadian dietary tradition; it garlic ["gA:lIk] - esnek
is a sugary sauce made from leek [li:k] - prek
ham bone [h&m b@Un]
Maple syrup has a wide variety of uses: it can be eaten with pancakes the sap of maple trees, and - unka od kosti
or waffles, poured over ice-cream, used as an ingredient in baking, and usually eaten with flapjacks to treat oneself to (sth.) - dopt si
also added as a sweetener to tea or coffee. (pancakes) or ice cream. From (nco)
smoked salmon steak [sm@Ukt
Nanaimo, British Columbia, "s&m@n steIk] - fil zuzenho
Canada, unlike most nations, doesnt really we have one of the sweetest lososa
have a traditional cuisine. As a nation of mostly candies in existence.Nanaimo pancake ["p&nkeIk] - palainka
immigrants from all over the world, Canada has dual layer ["dju:@ "leI@] - dvojvrstv
Bar is a dual layer, almond ["A:m@nd] - mandle
adopted the cuisines of its immigrant population. chocolatebased candy with chain [tSeIn] - etzec (obchod)
Thai, Greek, Italian, French, Indian, and many coconut, almond and graham.
other ethnic restaurants are all common sights.
Even all of the smaller towns tend to have at least
one Chinese restaurant, and one English fish
andchips-style pub. Eating in Australia
As far as eating habits are
concerned, Canadians have
Despite all this, there are
definitely some aspects and New Zealand
adopted a very American-like of dining in Canada that Michael Gibbs (Australia)
diet. Breakfast, lunch, and are truly and uniquely
dinner are the three square Canadian. Poutine is a Like people everywhere, Australians and
meals a day that we live by. FrenchCanadian snack New Zealanders love food. We have the same
Dinner (usually a meat dish consisting of French fries eating habits; breakfast is normally cereal,
with vegetables and potatoes) smothered with cheese fruit or toast, lunch is something small such as
is the biggest and most and hot gravy. Apparently, asandwich, and tea or dinner is the biggest meal
important meal of the day, and Canadians are the only of the day. People still like to eat the traditional
it is not unusual for people to people who put gravy on meals such as roast beef or chocolate pudding,
skip either breakfast or lunch. their fries and in restaurants but now there are more choices.
Australia has a lot of cattle These days, many New
Poutine, the dish that originated in rural Qubec in Canada in the late
1950s, is now popular all over the country. There are many variations of and sheep, so beef and lamb Zealanders enjoy eating Pipis
poutine. A common variation, Italian poutine, is eaten with spaghetti sauce are very popular. A typical and Toheora - both New
instead of gravy while another popular variation includes sausage slices. meal that is served everywhere Zealand shellfish. In Australia
is a thick beef steak with green there is the yabby, a big crab
salad and chips. Seafood is that lives in rivers. Children go
also very popular, especially yabbying, which is fishing for
mussels and prawns. Some yabbies with a stick and piece
people go down to the coast of meat tied on astring.
and collect mussels from the In both countries, there is
rock pools in the sea. nothing better to eat on a cold
Flake, the flesh of small day than a hot meat pie with
shark, has a mild flavour and tomato sauce (not ketchup).
a clean white appearance. However, throughout the
Thanks to its low price it whole year people like to have
became the most common barbeques or barbies. There
type of fish to be served in are barbie sites everywhere by
Australian fish and chip shops. the beaches and in parks, and
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Czech cuisine Patrick Phillips (USA)
A steak is a slice of a larger piece of meat, usually beef that is grilled or People usually have zek with potatoes or potato salad but in some
fried. It depends on personal preference how much the meat is cooked: national cuisines it is served also with dumplings and cabbage.
rare the meat has been cooked for a short time and is mostly red;
medium the meat inside is pink, the outside is grey-brown; well done Though the Czech Republic pork or chicken schnitzel. If it
the meat is cooked thoroughly and sometimes the juiciness is reduced,
and the meat may seem dry. is known mainly for its is veal, then it is either simply
architecture and beer, it is schnitzel (orwiener schnitzel)
in the backyards of peoples also the home to some very or breaded veal cutlet.
homes. On a hot summer YVocabulary tasty food. For Czechs it Probably the most
evening, people like to get is customary to eat a light significant difference between
cereal ["sI@rI@l] - obiloviny (kukuin
together with family and friends meal in the morning and Czechs and the rest of the
lupnky, ovesn vloky apod.)
and grill sausages, steak, roast beef [r@Ust bi:f] - rostbf, evening, and the biggest world is beer. The Czech
even octopus together with hovz peen meal at lunch. Atypical Republic is number one in
bread and salad, and talk. mussel ["mVs(@)l] - slvka (keble) breakfast consists of beer consumption, averaging
Sometimes Christmas dinner is prawn [prO:n] - garnt, kreveta yogurt, bread, and perhaps ahalf liter a day for every man,
rock pools - tky (na skalnatm
a BBQ on the beach. moskm pobe) some salami or cheese. woman and child. In Czech
Many Australians and New shellfish ["SElfIS] - mkk, kor Supper is often acold plate restaurants, the cheapest drink
Zealanders have asweet tied on a string [taId strIN] of ham, cheese and bread. on the menu is beer. This is
tooth - they like to eat -pivzanm na vlasci All nations have their pub unheard of in other countries,
meat pie [paI] - piroh s masem
desserts and cakes. There are food, and the Czechs are no and illegal in some (such as
sausage ["sQsIdZ] - prek, salm,
special Australian and N.Z. klobsa exception. Typical fare would Germany). For Czechs, beer is
recipes for desserts and cakes. octopus ["Qkt@p@s] - chobotnice be pickled sausage with liquid bread, and besides, it is
The Lamington, a square to have a sweet tooth [swi:t tu:T] - onions, and pickled cheese great with Czech cuisine!
cake covered in chocolate and potrpt si na sladk with peppers. For something
golden syrup ["g@Uld(@)n "sIr@p] -
coconut, or the Anzac Biscuit sirup, melasa more substantial, there are
made from golden syrup and many great choices. When
YVocabulary
oats [@Uts] - oves
oats are perfect with a cup of rich [rItS] - vydatn, hutn you are talking about svkov,
tea or coffee. delicious [dI"lIS@s]- vynikajc it becomes magic. This meal
customary ["kVst@m(@)ri] - obvykl
The Pavlova is a very rich is a combination of pieces of
dessert that Australia and New Glossary tenderloin covered in a sweet
cold plate - studen (obloen) tal
fare [fE:] - jdlo, pokrm
Zealand disagree on we both creamy sauce, and served pickled sausage ["pIk(@)ld "sQsIdZ]
claim to have made it first. BBQ an abbreviation for barbeque with sour cream on a slice of - naloen but (utopenec)
But at least we agree that it is lemon, cranberry sauce and pepper ["pEp@] - paprika
substantial [s@b"st&nS(@)l] - vydatn
delicious! dumplings. tenderloin ["tEnd@lOIn] - svkov
Goulash, the Czech version (maso)
Foodglossary of the Hungarian dish, features
equal portions of beef and
sour cream [saU@ kri:m] - zakysan
smetana
food - anything that people or animals eat dinner - a word used to mean the main slice [slaIs] - ez, krajek
onions cooked with spices and
that gives us energy or nutrients; it can meal of the day (we talk about dinner time cranberry sauce ["kr&nb(@)ri sO:s] -
include liquids such as milk. (e.g. There even at midday); dinner in the evening served with dumplings. brusinkov omka
was a lot of food and drink at the wedding often means a formal occasion, dinner Roasted pork is the dumpling ["dVmplIN] - knedlk
party. I bought some cat food in the shop.) party, etc. national dish. Pork, roasted features equal portions ["fi:tS@z
meal - various foods that have been supper - an alternative word for an eve- to perfection, is served with "i:kw(@)l "pO:S(@)nz] - obsahuje
prepared and put together according to a ning meal; usually smaller and less formal stejn mnostv
recipe and eaten at one time (e.g. I always tea - not just the drink tea; it is a very
sauerkraut and dumplings. sauerkraut ["saU@kraUt] - kysan zel
eat my main meal at noon. Well go to small meal of cake or biscuits eaten in the zek is a meal which is breaded and fried [brEdId] - obalen
have a meal in the new fancy restaurant afternoon with a cup of tea; it can also be difficult to translate but easy ve strouhance a osmaen
one day.) a large meal (lighter than dinner) that is to eat. Traditionally, zek veal [vi:l] - telec
dish - a particular item of prepared meal eaten early in the evening in some parts of significant [sIg"nIfIk(@)nt] - vrazn
(e.g. My mother prepared my favourite Britain and Australia is breaded and fried pork.
consumption [k@n"sVm(p)S(@)n] -
dish for dinner. The meal consisted of cuisine - a style of cooking, often chara- But the meat doesnt have konzumace
several dishes.) cteristic of a particular country or region to be pork. Chicken is quite averaging ["&v(@)rIdZIN] - kter je
side dish - a small amount of food, such (e.g. I love French cuisine.) common, and it can also be vprmru
as salad, that goes with the main course diner (AmE) - a small restaurant this is unheard of [Vn"h@:d]
veal. If the meat is pork or
of a meal - to je neslchan vc
chicken, then it is called either
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