Ukrainian meals.Reading test 10th form

Ukrainian meals.

People in Ukraine like to eat good and tasty food cooked of fresh products. Fast food is not very popular in Ukraine as Ukrainian women prefer to cook at home. And many of them are real masters at cooking.

Since old time Ukrainian national cooking has been famous for great variety of tasty and healthy dishes. Ukrainian women always collected recipes of cooking different dishes. This tradition is kept nowadays as well.

The most popular dish in Ukraine which every Ukrainian lady can cook is borshch. It has up to 20 components. There is a proverb that says: “Each hostess has her borshch” as there is a lot of variants to cook it. Soups are very popular in Ukraine. And you can find a lot of them in Ukrainian cuisine. The most popular of them are yushka, sherba (fish soup), chicken broth, noodle soup, pea soup, mushroom soup and milk soup. All of them are very tasty.

Ukrainians cook meat in different ways. You will be able to try cutlets, boiled meat, meat dumplings, fried and roasted meat here. People usually have meat as the second course or as a main course. As a garnish or as a side dish they usually have fried, boiled or mashed potatoes, vegetables cooked in different ways or salads. There are a lot of dishes cooked from flour.  In Ukraine you can try varenyks, pancakes, halushkas and different kinds of pies.

Among traditional drinks you will find kvas, uzvar, stewed fruit, juice, sour milk. Sure, tea, coffee and cocoa are also very popular here nowadays.

Traditionally Ukrainian alcoholic drinks are not very strong. They are good wines, honey drinks and beer.  Stronger drinks, like horilka, traditionally had herbs and were used in small doses to warm the body but not to make the person drunk.

Ukrainian cuisine has variety of recepies. And it is worth trying!

          I.Choose false or true

1. People in Ukraine like to eat good and tasty food.
2. Fast food is very popular in Ukraine as Ukrainian women  don`t cook at home.
3. Ukrainian women never collected recipes of cooking different dishes.
4. The most popular dish in Ukraine which every Ukrainian lady can cook is borshch which has up to twenty  components
5. Soups are  not very popular in Ukraine so you can`t  find a lot of them in Ukrainian cuisine.
6. Ukrainians cook meat in many ways and you can try cutlets, boiled meat, meat dumplings, fried and roasted meat here.
7. As a garnish or as a side dish they usually have fried, boiled or mashed potatoes, vegetables cooked in different ways or salads.
8. There are not many  dishes cooked from flour.
9. Among traditional drinks you will find kvas, uzvar, juice, sour milk.
10. Sure, tea, coffee and cocoa are not  very popular here nowadays.
11. Traditionally Ukrainian alcoholic drinks are not very strong.
12. Ukrainian cuisine has variety of recepies.

II.Complete the sentences

***“Each hostess has her borshch”** famous for great variety of tasty and healthy dishes** sherba (fish soup), chicken broth, noodle soup, pea soup, mushroom soup and milk soup.*** traditionally had herbs and were used in small doses to warm the body**real masters at cooking*** pancakes, halushkas and different kinds of pies.

1.Many of the Ukrainian women  are********

2.Since old time Ukrainian national cooking has been ******

3.There is a proverb that says:

4.The most popular soups are yushka, ****

5.In Ukraine you can try varenyks, ****

6.Stronger drinks, like horilka, ****