2. Course is a dish served at a meal; a part of a meal served at one time.
е.g. Dinner may consist of two or more courses. What shall we take for our second course?
Soup was followed by a fish course.
3. To fry, to roast, to stew. To fry means "to cook (or be cooked) in boiling fat". We
usually fry fish, potatoes, eggs, bacon, pancakes, etc.
To roast means "to cook (or be cooked) in an oven or over an open fire." In this way we may
cook meat (veal, pork), fowl (chicken, turkey), etc.
To stew means "to cook by slow boiling in a closed pan with little water." In this way meat
may be cooked, also vegetables, fruit, etc.
4. Starter (pl -s) is a dish served before or at the beginning of a meal (it may be salad, fish,
olives, soup, fruit juice, etc.) Hors d'oeuvre (pl -s) is usually used on menucards.
5. Omelette is eggs beaten together with milk and fried or baked in a pan. The English for
яичница is "fried eggs". We eat fried eggs, soft-boiled eggs, hard-boiled eggs, scrambled eggs,
poached eggs, four-minute boiled eggs.
6. Porridge is a dish of oatmeal or other meal (buckwheat, semolina, millet, etc.) boiled in
some water. Milk and sugar or milk and salt are added to it.
7. Toast is sliced bread made brown and crisp on the outside by heating in a toaster. Toast is
placed on a toastrack.
8. Chips are fried pieces of potato, often eaten with fried fish.
9. Soft and strong drinks прохладительные и крепкие напитки.
Soft drinks are lemonade, fruit drinks, fruit juice, etc. Strong drinks are wine, liqueurs,
brandy, vodka, etc.
10. Jelly is usually made by boiling fruit (cranberries, strawberries, raspberries,
gooseberries, currants, apricots, etc.) and sugar. Something is added to make the mixture stiff.
11. Marmalade is a kind of jam made from orange or lemon cut up and boiled with sugar.
12. Pudding is a very popular English dish. It is a thick mixture of flour, suet, meat, fruit,
etc., cooked by boiling, steaming or baking. There are many kinds of pudding. Some of them are
quite substantial and serve as the main course of lunch or dinner. Others are rather like sweet cake
and eaten for dessert.
EXERCISES
I. Study Text A and a) spell and transcribe English equivalents of the following:
(первый) завтрак, каша, корнфлекс, бекон, тост, мармелад, сок, достаточный, пудинг,
компот; основательная (еда), ростбиф, омлет, сосиски, сухое печенье.
b) give the four forms of the following verbs:
eat, fry, roast, accompany, fill, bring.
c) explain the meaning of the following phrases:
a full meal, plain food, a sociable time, a housekeeping budget, to go under various names,