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Food around the world

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1. What types of cuisine do you recognize?

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Activity 1. Food Vocabulary

You have 3 piles of paper notes with different words.1 pile is for nouns, 1 for verbs and 1 for adjectives/adverbs.Take turns in extracting one paper note from each of the piles.

Form sentences using the words on the paper notes you have extracted.

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2. Uncommon types of cuisine

A.African Context - people here:● take pleasure in eating and entertaining;● are famous for their generosity;● do not use ustensils of any kind - they eat with their hands.

They eat……

Bobotie Crocodile or chicken skewers

with cashew nut satay

Swahili chicken and papaya salad

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2. Uncommon types of cuisine

B.CaribbeanContext - people here:● have long business lunches;● have dinner as a social event, at a very late hour (10:00 or

11:00 p.m);● keep their hands above the table at all times when eating;● pass food and drinks with their right hand.

They eat…

Coconut water

Shark sandwiches

Potato pie (mashed potatoes and peas)

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2. Uncommon types of cuisine

C.NordicContext - people here:● see eating as a social activity;● do not begin eating until the host invites them; ● cross their knife and fork across the center of the plate when

they are finished.

Swedish meatballs

Gravadlax (raw salmon with salt and sour dill)

Cinnamon rolls

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3. Space Food

What is space food?Did you wonder what people in space could eat?

Let’s watch this video to find out:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZx0RIV0wss

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Activity 2: Match the word with its definition

Squeeze smth. out TubesDehydrated SandwichTortillaHeat treatedPackagedCrumbPeanut butterHoneyRunning water

1. to press something such as a liquid out of a container;

2. a sweet, sticky yellow or brown food made by bees;

3. a very small piece that falls off a dry food such as bread or cake;

4. a type of thin flat Mexican bread that is often rolled or folded and filled with cheese, beans or meat;

5. water that is supplied by pipes into a building;

6. a long narrow plastic or metal container with a lid at one end that you squeeze in order to push out the substance inside;

7. food that has been preserved by having all its water removed;

8. a soft food made by crushing peanuts that you usually spread on bread;

9. wrapped in something, sold in a packet;10.had its properties changed by being made hot

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Activity 3: Can you create a universal menu?

You have invited a few friends over for dinner tonight.While thinking about the best menu, you realise that this is a real challenge because they all have different nationalities, different eating habits and tastes.One is African, one Chinese and the other one is Nordic.What should be the best menu for dinner tonight?

Imagine you are in the following situation: