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Ask any Englishman what he is

having for his Christmas dinner and the

answer will be the same: roast turkey

and all the trimmings*. But, of course,

every country has its own traditional food

at Christmas...

A Buche de Noël : not a log* to go on

the fire, but a kind of cake made with

eggs, almonds and cream is popular in

France at Christmas. The cake is rolled

and covered in chocolate so it looks like

a log - but a very sweet one!

Halászlé is a spicy traditional

Christmas Eve dish* in Hungary. Fish

(usually carp), potatoes, onions, and

tomato, plus green peppers (it is

Hungary, after all) are the ingredients.The soup is often served with*

homemade noodles.

Risgrynspudding : A favourite

Swedish Christmas dessert is this filling

rice pudding, made with milk, rice,

cinnamon - and an almond*. By

tradition, whoever gets the almond will

get married in the next year.

Clear beetroot soup - Barszcz - is the

most traditional Christmas dish in

Poland. This tasty red soup is often

served with ‘ears’ - small ravioli stuffed*

with mushrooms or cabbage.

These very simple but delicious

Scottish biscuits are made from only

three ingredients*: flour, brown sugar

and butter. Easy to make and very tasty.

This is a very rich German Christmas

cake made with flour, sugar, butter, eggsand a lot of dried fruit, especially raisins*.

This is perhaps the most

well-known of all Christmas

foods. Most countries have

some kind of gingerbread.

As we say in Britain, Bon Appétit !

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Merry Christmas and aHappy New Year!

But what languages arethese wishes in?

Milad Majid!

Feliz Navidad!

Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah!

Melkin Yelidet Beaal!

Sretan Bozic!

Nollaig Shona Dhuit!

Sung Tan Chuk Ha!

Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan! Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva i s Novim Godom!

Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo!

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You’re going to read about Christmas food in different countries. Take a look at the examples below. Can you

guess which country they come from?

Christmas Logs

Fish Soup

Rice Pudding

Beetroot Soup

Shortbread Biscuits

Three Kings’ Cake

Read the text quickly and check your guesses.

Look at the sentences below. True or false?

1. Gingerbread is a German speciality.

2. Turkey is the traditional English Christmas supper.

3. Three Kings’ Cake is made with fresh fruit.

4. A Buche de Noël is a dark brown colour.

5. Anyone can make shortbread.

6. Risgrynspudding has only two ingredients.

Read the text again and check your answers. Careful - the questions are not in the same order as the information in the

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1. MEAT a. eggs, cheese, milk...

2. DIARY FOODS b. oregano, basil, paprika...

3. FRUIT c. beef, sausages, chicken...

4. VEGETABLES d. potatoes, carrots, cabbage...

5. SPICES e. apples, oranges, pears...

! #Work in teams of three or four. You have four minutes - add as many words as you can to each list.

! $There are some adjectives in the text used to describe the dishes (underlined). Match them to the definitions.

containing or having a taste like sugar containing a lot of butter, cream, or eggs, which make youfeel full very quickly

having a good taste not difficult or complicated to do or understand

known by a lot of people having a pleasantly strong taste, and gives you a pleasantburning feeling in your mouth

it makes your stomach feel full very pleasant to taste or smell

(all definitions from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English)

What are your favourite foods for each meal? Plan your perfect day’s menu:

“For breakfast I would like… For lunch… For dinner… For supper...



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food

drink

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places to go

decorations

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Think about the design of your poster before you create it. When it is finished, present the poster to the class.



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