Тема: Изучение особенностей русской кухни.

1) Прочитайте и переведите письменно текст об особенностях русской кухни.

2) Выполните упражнение 2, заполните таблицу.

3) Домашнее задание: упражнение 3, переведите рецепт русского блюда на английский язык.

The national food of Russia

The usual meals in Russia are breakfast, dinner and supper. Russian people have their breakfast at 7 or 8 a. m., dinner at 1 or 2 p. m., and supper at 6 or 7 p. m.

It is difficult to describe the Russians breakfast, dinner and supper. It depends on people’s work, money and opportunities.

The typical Russian breakfast is substantial meal. It includes milk, tea, eggs, kasha and sandwiches.

A typical dinner of Russian people is comprised of three courses. The real first course is a good plate of soup. Among them are borsch (beetroot soup), shchi (cabbage soup) and solyanka (fish soup).

There are many appetizers: mushrooms, salted cucumbers and tomatoes, pickled herring, pickled cabbage.

For the second course there is meat or fish served with garnish.

The last course is usually very simple - just something to drink like tea, fruit drinks (compote, kissel, mors) or even kvas (made from cereals and stale bread), served alone or with some pastries and cakes.

The evening meal is much lighter, with a cup of black or green tea at the end.

The most popular dishes are pelmeni, vinaigrette, shchi, kasha, blini.

The most popular drinks in Russia are kvas, kissel, mors, milk, kompot, tea.

Pastry dishes play an important part in Russian cooking. When guests are expected, the hosts bake pies. Russian cuisine is varied and colourful.

Ex. 2. Complete the table.

The usual meal in Russia
Breakfast	Dinner	Supper	Drinks	Popular dishes

Ex. 3. Translate the recipe of a Russian dish from Russian into English.

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