Fruit and Berries

Which of these fruit and berries grow in your country/region? Are there others not listed here?

peach plum grapefruit grape nectarine star-fruit blackcurrant raspberry melon lime kiwi-fruit mango orange strawberry apple plum pear gooseberry tangerine lemon

Meats

1. Which of these meats are your favourites? Which wouldn’t you eat for a million dollars?

a joint of beef

beefsteak

stewing beef/steak

oxtail

ox tongue

a fillet of beef

veal cutlets

veal escalopes

a shoulder of veal

lamb chops

a shoulder of mutton

a leg of pork

pork sausages

calf’s liver

calf’s heart

calf’s foot

lamb’s brains

sheep’s head

pig’s kidney

pig’s blood

2. What do we call the peat of these animals?

calf deer sheep (2 names) pig (3 names)

Poultry

These are birds which can be eaten but are not hunted with a shotgun. Read the questions and select or write the appropriate answer for each of them.

1. Which of these five birds is white in the northern hemisphere but can be black in Australia?

a) chicken b) turkey c) swan d) goose e) duck

2. What is eaten with each of the above types of poultry in your country?

Game

Game is the group name for the wild animals and birds which are hunted and then eaten (rabbits, hares etc). Select or write an answer for each question.

1. One of these meats is not from a bird. Which is it?

a) pheasant b) venison c) partridge d) pigeon e) grouse

2. How popular is this type of food in your country?

3. Should shooting game as sport be encouraged or discouraged?

Fish

Read the questions and select the appropriate answer(s) for each of them.

1. Which of these would you describe as white fish and which is oily?

a) sole b) cod c) plaice d) trout e) haddock f) salmon g) eel h) mackerel i) herring

2. Some of the above fish are freshwater fish, that is to say they spend all or most of their life in a river. Some are sea fish. Underline the freshwater fish.

3. Which of the following are fish and which are usually called seafood?

a) prawns b) sardines c) squid d) oyster e) mackerel f) mussels g) hake e) crab f) plaice g) lobster

h) trout i) cod j) sole k) whiting

4. Ring your favourites in the list of fish in question 1. Then select how you like each of them cooked.

a) grilled b) fried c) baked d) smoked e) in a sauce f) in a soup g) in a stew

5. One of these is not an example of shellfish (seafood). Which one?

a) crab b) lobster c) shrimp d) prawn e) oyster f) cockle g) mussel h) kipper

Cereals and grasses

Match the list of cereals 1-6 with statements a-f.

1. Wheat 2. Maize 3. Rye 4. Barley 5. Oats 6. Rice

1. Most porridge is made of it. It is also used to feed horses.

2. It is the staple diet in the East.

3. It provides corn on the cob, a lot of corn-flour, and American whisky.

4. It is used to make black bread, cattle feed and some kinds of American whisky.

5. It is used a lot in brewing and soups and malt is made from it.

6. It is used to make white bread and most pasta.

Pasta

Talking of pasta, below are a few of the approximately thirty types that are most commonly eaten. Ring those that you like most.