Reading and writing 7th

Read the text and decide if the statesments are true or false.

Potatoes

Potatoes came to us from Central and Southern America. When Spaniards came to America they wondered that Indian tribes ate strange things like apples. Sailors brought them to Europe in the 16th century. Europeans tried to eat potatoes raw, they made salads of potato leaves, but nobody liked the dishes. And Europeans forgot potatoes.

Francis Drake, a well – known English sailor and traveller, brought potatoes to Europe again at the end of the 16th century. In many European countries people tried to use potatoes again. In France rich people liked white potato flowers, in Germany rich people liked the smell of potato flowers, in Poland people thought potatoes were herbs.

But poor people liked potatoes best of all. They called potatoes the second bread. In German town Offenburg there is a monument to Francis Drake with the following writing: “To Sir Francis Drake who spread potatoes in Europe. 1580.”

Some people in many countries like potatoes very much and cook many dishes of it. There are many sorts of potatoes in the world. In Ukraine we prefer pink potatoes, in German and Poland people prefer yellow potatoes, in England and the USA people like white potatoes.

People do not only eat potatoes. They can make many things of it.

1. Potatoes came to us from Eastern and Northern America.

Read the text and decide if the statesments are true or false.

2. . Spaniards wondered to know that Indian tribes ate strange things like apples. 

3. Potatoes were brought from Europe in the 15th century.

4. Francis Drake, a well – known sailor and traveller, brought potatoes to Europe at the beginning of the 16th century.

5. Poor people liked potatoes and called them " the second bread"

II. Fill in the gaps.

Borsch

Method of preparation

Boil the meat in 3 liters of water, add______ (1) and pepper. Beets, cabbage and onions cut into strips, potatoes - slices.

Beet fry in_____(2), add a tablespoon of______ (3%) (3), stew until tender in small amount of broth, add sugar (1 tablespoon), tomato paste (2 tablespoons). Strain the broth and continue_____(4). Meat cut into_____(5) and put in boiling broth, add potatoes, cabbage and cook for 15 minutes. Then add the beets, vegetables and sweet pepper cut in shreds, spices. Cook for another 15 minutes. Add chopped garlic, pounded with fat and bring to a boil. Then let______(6) another 20 minutes.

Borsch

Method of preparation

Boil the meat in 3 liters of water, add______ (1) and pepper. Beets, cabbage and onions cut into strips, potatoes - slices.

Beet fry in_____(2), add a tablespoon of______ (3%) (3), stew until tender in small amount of broth, add sugar (1 tablespoon), tomato paste (2 tablespoons). Strain the broth and continue_____(4). Meat cut into_____(5) and put in boiling broth, add potatoes, cabbage and cook for 15 minutes. Then add the beets, vegetables and sweet pepper cut in shreds, spices. Cook for another 15 minutes. Add chopped garlic, pounded with fat and bring to a boil. Then let______(6) another 20 minutes.

Borsch

Method of preparation

Boil the meat in 3 liters of water, add______ (1) and pepper. Beets, cabbage and onions cut into strips, potatoes - slices.

Beet fry in_____(2), add a tablespoon of______ (3%) (3), stew until tender in small amount of broth, add sugar (1 tablespoon), tomato paste (2 tablespoons). Strain the broth and continue_____(4). Meat cut into_____(5) and put in boiling broth, add potatoes, cabbage and cook for 15 minutes. Then add the beets, vegetables and sweet pepper cut in shreds, spices. Cook for another 15 minutes. Add chopped garlic, pounded with fat and bring to a boil. Then let______(6) another 20 minutes.

Borsch

Method of preparation

Boil the meat in 3 liters of water, add______ (1) and pepper. Beets, cabbage and onions cut into strips, potatoes - slices.

Beet fry in_____(2), add a tablespoon of______ (3%) (3), stew until tender in small amount of broth, add sugar (1 tablespoon), tomato paste (2 tablespoons). Strain the broth and continue_____(4). Meat cut into_____(5) and put in boiling broth, add potatoes, cabbage and cook for 15 minutes. Then add the beets, vegetables and sweet pepper cut in shreds, spices. Cook for another 15 minutes. Add chopped garlic, pounded with fat and bring to a boil. Then let______(6) another 20 minutes.

Borsch

Method of preparation

Boil the meat in 3 liters of water, add______ (1) and pepper. Beets, cabbage and onions cut into strips, potatoes - slices.

Beet fry in_____(2), add a tablespoon of______ (3%) (3), stew until tender in small amount of broth, add sugar (1 tablespoon), tomato paste (2 tablespoons). Strain the broth and continue_____(4). Meat cut into_____(5) and put in boiling broth, add potatoes, cabbage and cook for 15 minutes. Then add the beets, vegetables and sweet pepper cut in shreds, spices. Cook for another 15 minutes. Add chopped garlic, pounded with fat and bring to a boil. Then let______(6) another 20 minutes.

Borsch

Method of preparation

Boil the meat in 3 liters of water, add______ (1) and pepper. Beets, cabbage and onions cut into strips, potatoes - slices.

Beet fry in_____(2), add a tablespoon of______ (3%) (3), stew until tender in small amount of broth, add sugar (1 tablespoon), tomato paste (2 tablespoons). Strain the broth and continue_____(4). Meat cut into_____(5) and put in boiling broth, add potatoes, cabbage and cook for 15 minutes. Then add the beets, vegetables and sweet pepper cut in shreds, spices. Cook for another 15 minutes. Add chopped garlic, pounded with fat and bring to a boil. Then let______(6) another 20 minutes.