Karpyuk, 91-94

... means to cook something slowly in liquid.

Food which is kept very cold is ...

This tea is very ... . You've put too much sugar in it!

People on a diet often try to eat ... food.

She doesn't like Mexican food because it is too ... .

We often buy ... food on Fridays- eigher Chinese or Indian.

Cabbage rolls stuffed with rice and vegetables, or possibly with spiced minced meat, and stewed slowly in the oven.

Soup based on beetroot with meat and other vegetables; served with sour cream. There are many regional varieties.

Pork fat — no description of Ukrainian cuisine would be complete without it. Ukrainians like their pigs to be fat for it. Spices are rubbed into the skin. It’s eaten in thin slices on black bread with garlic and salt. Especially delicious is the smoked version.

Ravioli-like pasta stuffed with potato, cabbage, mushrooms, meat or cheese, or with cherries as a sweet dish.

A domestic sausage, but it can’t be called saliami. The only way to sample true home-prepared sausage is by experiencing it for yourself with the sights and smells of the markets of Ukraine.

Pancakes made from grated potatos and fl our, fried and served with sour cream.