Traditional Belarusian Cuisine
Dishes
LESSON 29
(4 hours)
LEVEL 1
Task 1. Learn the Focus Vocabulary on pages 206-207 (Fastovets). Make sure that you pronounce and spell all the words correctly.
LEVEL 2
Task 2.Revise some grammar material based on the usage of pronouns (see the presentation) and check yourself doing the excises.
Fill in the correct word (some, any, no).
- Are there выбрать some any no sweets in your bag? - - Yes, there are выбрать some any no .
- Here is some any food for the cat.
- I think you should put some any flowers on the table.
- I'm hungry - I'll have some any sandwiches.
- There aren't some any apples left.
6. Can I have sugar in my coffee, please?
- Would you like wine with your dinner?
8. Can you get me bread if you go to the shops?
9. There are a few eggs in the fridge but you will need to buy milk.
- Have we got any many coffee?
Task 3. Put one of the following prepositions in each space in the sentences below.
to at down of for out in up
- I asked ……… the menu.
- I like to eat ……… .
- He took ……… my order.
- I prefer a simple café ……… a big restaurant.
- I like to go ……… self-service places.
- Let’s invite the Smiths ……… dinner.
- I looked ……… the menu.
- I’m very fond ……… Chinese food.
- Could you help me set ……… the plates?
- Put the used cutlery ……… the sink.
- I’ll wash them ……… later.
Task 4.Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct place in the passage.
| vegetarian washing up crockery | starter side dish dessert | diet cutlery main course | entertaining napkin sink |
Maureen often gives dinner parties at home. She loves (a)………………… . She lays the table: puts the (b)………………… in the right places, sets out the plates and puts a clean white (c)………………… at each place. For the meal itself, she usually gives her guests some kind of (d)………………… first, for example soup or melon. Next comes the (e)………………… is usually meat (unless some of her guests are (f)………………… or if they’re on a special (g)………………… ) with a (h)…………………of salad. For (i)………………… it’s usually fruit or ice-cream, and then coffee. When everyone has gone home, she must think about doing the (j)………………… , as in the kitchen the (k)………………… is full of dirty (l)………………… .
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LEVEL 3
Task 5. Watch an episode from the film “OPPORTUNITIES IN BRITAIN” and do the following tasks.
Task 6. Read the text at page 207(Fastovets)and do all the tasks
Make sure that you understand the following words:
To be obliged, quantity, rapidly, inevitably, to suffer, nourishment, satisfactory, to be in a hurry, leisurely, hastily, adequate, similar, to spare, coarse oatmeal, unsurpassed, accompanied, disappointing.
Match the words with their synonyms:
rapidly analogous
accompanied superior
inevitably hastily
disappointing attended
leisurely unhurried; relaxed
similar unavoidably
unsurpassed depressing
Translate the sentences into Russian paying attention to the words in bold type.
1.She feels obliged to be nice to Jack because he's her boss.
2. She was adequate to the task.
3. I won't do that again in a hurry.
4. What a disappointing result!
5 We enjoyed a leisurely picnic lunch on the lawn.
Now read the text and do exercises 1,2 at page 208(Fastovets).Be ready to discuss the text.
Task 7.Read some more additional material about Belarusian meals.
Make a table “Comparison of British and Belarusian Meals” and fill it in with appropriate information.
| Common features | Differences | |
| Names of meals | ||
| Time of meals | ||
| Traditional dishes | ||
| Popular international food |
Traditional Belarusian Cuisine
In its development Belarusian cuisine has been influenced by the Russian, Lithuanian as well as Jewish, Tartars and some other traditions. We are not going to dedicate much time to history and will talk right away about the food.
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“Belarusian cuisine mostly comprises of meats, vegetables and breads. The staple food of Belarus includes pork, potatoes, cabbages and bread. The diet of a typical Belarusian includes a very light breakfast with two heavy meals and the dinner becomes the largest meal of the day. Both wheat and rye breads are consumed in Belarus society and culture. Drinks are also a very popular part of the culture and society of Belarus.”
Belarusians have preserved many traditional recipes.
General features:
Geographical location and weather conditions in Belarus resulted in a wide use of such products as forest mushrooms and berries, herbs, apples, pears, river fish and crab, milk products.
Belarusian cuisine is known for a big choice of potato dishes.
Various flour pancake dishes are popular in Belarusian cuisine.
Mushrooms are widely used in cooking but rarely as a separate dish and are mostly used to add taste to the main dish. Usually they are stewed or boiled.
Fish is also fried and baked, stewed or very often dried.
Belarusian cuisine is known for rich soups, often dressed with sour cream, as well as cold soups refreshing for the hot summer periods.
Marinated vegetables are widely used in Belarusian cuisine: marinated tomatoes, cucumbers, mushrooms etc. It is still 
traditional for Belarusian families to make marinated mushrooms and vegetables based on home recepies.
Meat: Belarusians eat lightly salted lard from pork to accompany boiled potatoes traditionally in winter. Pork is widely used in homemade sausages. Low fat pork and beef are mostly baked not fried. In traditional cuisine goose was widely used however nowadays it is mostly replaced by chicken.
Grated and pureed forms of products (meats, fish, potatoes, vegetables) are used in many dishes separately or in combination with each other. Forest berries, pears, apples are usually not mixed with each other: various jellies, kvass, purees, baked puddings are made from one type of berries or fruits but not a mix.
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Cooking methods characteristic for the old traditional Belarusian cuisine are stewing and boiling. In the old Belarusian cuisine ingredients were subjected to a long heat cooking and would become very soft and often shapeless. This softness can still be observed nowadays in traditional cooking.
Finally present day cooking in Belarus is characterized by great creativity of combining the old traditional dishes with features of other world cuisines and mixing varieties of ingredients for example in creative rich salads.
- A favourite drink is chai (black tea).
- One of the people's proverbs is:” There is no meat better than pork".
- The Belarusian diet consists mainly of meat and meat products. Salted pork fat is used slightly smoked and seasoned with onion and garlic. Dishes prepared with meat are usually served with potatoes or vegetables such as carrot, cabbage, black radish, peas etc. Many meat and vegetable dishes are prepared in special stoneware pots.
- The most popular meat product is the Belarusian sausage, mainly because of its Polish influence. The most famous meat dish is sausage made from raw pork.
- Most of the traditional and modern dishes use meat in abundance. The most popular meat in Belarus is pork. However beefsteak is also common. A traditional dish is kotleta po krestyansky which consists of pork cutlets in mushroom sauce. Freshwater fish such as perch and crayfish are plentiful.
- Cold appetizers are popular. Among hot appetizers you will find pan fried mushrooms, tripe and snails among other delicacies. From Western European influence different crackers and dips are becoming popular.
- There is a large variety of Belarusian soups. A few of them have become well-known and are served in many restaurants all over the world.
LEVEL 4
(choose one – any you like)
Task 6. Imagine as ifyou were to speak in front of a group of Belarusian tourists leaving for Britain. You are to tell them about British eating habits and compare them with our traditions in eating.
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Task 7. Make up a dialogue. Discuss with your group mate the films that you have just watched about British traditional food and meals. Say what new information you have found out, what surprised you most of all. Compare it with our national traditions in eating.
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