cuisine from different countries

CUISINE CUISINE

FROM DIFFERENT FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIESCOUNTRIES

We are going to do a tour of some countries of the

world to know its gastronomy and its popular

holidays.

NEW ZEALANDNew Zealand has a notable British

influence regarding its food.

New Zealand, a country composed of islands, offers a

wide range of fish and seafood, all of qreat

quality, which influences in a decisive way its culinary

tradition, this doesn't mean that there aren't plenty of meat

dishes, especially lamb or pork.

NATIONAL PRODUCTS:We can mention the kiwi,

lamb ...

CUSTOMS:The majority of new-zealanders eat their main meal in the

evening. The majority of families try to eat dinner

together several times a week.

TYPICAL FOOD:* Lamb is one of the most popular traditional dishes.

It is almost always cooked in the oven together

with potatoes and zapallo ( a type of pumpkin ). It is a

tradition to prepare it every Sunday.

* Fish and chips ( fish with potatoes fried ) is a typical

food of New Zealand that is served

wrapped in newspaper.

* Hangi Maorí, is a local dish of the

maorí culture, it consists of putting

meat or fish in the oven

accompanied by ( sweet potato ) in

baskets and cooking it underground.

* Fried whitebait is made with

scrambled eggs and small fish and tomatoes.

As a dessert we can choose:

* Pavlova, it's a type of meringue

covered with whipped cream with fruit

on top.

* Lamingtons, a type of spongy

cake covered in chocolate, raspberry

jam or desicated coconut.

* Anzac biscuits.

The most popular drink is beer,it is

served in glasses full up to the top and

without foam. It is also common to

find all tupes of fruit juice.

POPULAR HOLIDAYS:The Day of Waitangi stands out, it is the national day of

New Zealand and is celebrated

on February 6. This day is

celebrated with concers,

activities for children and

traditional markets.

On Boxing Day they eat the left overs from

Christmas ( Christmas pudding, stuffed or roast

turkey, roast ham, cranberry sauce, cherries,

strawberries etc ).

CHINAFood seems to be the core of all the

significantevents ( weddings,

births... )

Some of the original food products from China

are:

* Rice, (constitutes the prop of the

chinese diet ).

* Soy bean, ( constitutes an important part of the

Chinese diet. Both the milk and the sauce are extracted

to be used in seasoning. The soy bean

shoots are used to aceompany many

Chinese dishes ).

* Tea, ( has it´s roots in China. Te is

the national drink of China.

* Chinese ingredients:

The principal ingredients used in Chinese gastronomy

to season are garlic, ginger,

Chinese parsley or corriader

and green onions.

* Sauces and Chinese spices:

Soya sauce, oyster sauce, five spice

powder, rice vinegar...

* Chinese vegetables:

Bok choy, Chinese aubergines, Chinese cabbage,

Chinese broccoli, soy bean shoots, Chinese mushrooms,

bamboo shoots...

* Other basic ingredients:

Pastry for spring rolls, tofu or soya cheese, noodles,

rice noodles.

COOKING EQUIPMENT:* A wok is a practical utensil often used

for frying.

* Cleavers and cutting blocks or chopping tables are

excellent for cutting, mincing, crumbling, griding and

crushing any type of food. Sometimes,

knives have a hole in the front part.

* Spatulas are often used for cooking and mixing

ingredients, ladies for frying ( excellent to lift food out

of boiling oil ), long chopsticks for

cooking ( ideal to sauté, fry, beat

eggs, mix noodles and stir ingredients ).

* Bamboo or metal steamers ( to cook in steam ). The

favourite food for eteam cooking is fish, meat or

seafood. One of the most popular dishes

is skeamed fish with ginger, steamed

crab, and of course the famous dim sums.

Traditional steamers are made from

bamboo.

The main methods of cooking are frying, roasting, boiling

and stir frying, which involves stirring all the ingredients

together that have been cut into small pieces, over a very

high fire, using very little oil. Cooking

time is very short, five minutes.

A balanced Chinese food consists of two elements:

- The fan element from starches and cereals ( rice,

noodles ).

- The tsai element that contains meat and vegetables.

TABLE UTENSILS:A typical table serving includes:

- A bowl of rice.

- Chopsticks.

- A porcelan spoon of soup.

- A plate to put under the bowl of rice used for bones

and discarded food.

- Small plate for sauces.

- Cup of tea.

HOW A CHINESE MEAL IS

SERVED:A typical Chinese meal normally consists of various

”strong plates”. Usually all the plates are brought to the

table at the same time and everybody helps themselves.

There are normally a couple of meat dishes, one

vegetable, fish or seafood dish and a soup.

Boiled rice is the central food and the

base for the individual chopsticks that are served.

Desserts are not common. They normally finish off

with fresh fruit. Fortune cookies are not from China,

they are an American invention.

Frozen drinks, sodas or juices are not served with

typical Chinese food. The Chinese enjoy a cup of tea or

soup with their food.

TYPICAL DISHES: Three delights fried rice. Pork in sweet and sour sauce. Won Ton. Foo Yung. Chinese mushrooms in vinegar. Spring rolls. Salad.

Prawns in ginger. Chop suey. Fried banana. Quince balls in sesame and coconut. Shark fin soup ( one of the most famous dishes of the

region ). Dim sum ( afternoon sandwiches that can be eaten

accompanied with green tea. They

can have various fillings: meat,

chicken, tofu, seaweed, vegetables...

TRADITIONAL HOLIDAYS:Chinese festivals are based on the lunar calendar. Of all

the traditional Chinese holidays, the most important and

awaited festival is the spring holiday, when the Chinese

New Year is celebrated.

Some other important celebrations are:

* Chinese New Year. This holiday takes a lot of

preparation. Here are some of the

traditional dishes served on New Year´s day

Meat balls for good luck. Mandarines for prosperity. Apples for peace. Sweet rice cake for increased wealth every year. Fish for abundance. Vegetables and noodles for a long life. Chicken for wealth. Mustard leaves for a good crop. Soup to make this year better than the

last.

Oranges for money and wealth. Camaron for abundance.

* Moon holiday or Mid Autumn Festival. This is the

night the moon is at it's brightest. Relatives and friends

meet to enjoy the moonlight and of course to eat moon

cakes.

* The Lantern Festival. Celebrated on the 15 th of the

first lunar month which coincides with the first full

moon of the year. A typical food for this day is sticky

rice balls stuffed with sweets or meat.

* Dragon Boat Festival. It's a day full of emotion with

the teams competing to cross the finishing line.

A tradition during this holiday is to eat Zongzi ( sticky

rice wrapped in bamboo or cane leaves ).

Apart from these tradictional Chinese holidays, many

local festivals are celebrated like the

festival of Bin Hills in Hong Kong

BRAZILThe gastronomy of Brazil has influences from

parts of Europe, Africa and indigenous people.

It is a rich and very varied diet, every region of

the country, has its own regional dish.

TYPICAL PRODUCTS:

Some typical products of Brazil are coffee, tobacco,

sugar cane, fruits, etc...

TYPICAL PLATES:

The national plate is the feijoada ( made from a based

of vegetables and pork ). It is served with boiled rice,

vegetables and pieces of orange.

The native cooking offers elaborate

fish dishes, exotic fruits such as

mango.

Some local dishes of this area are: the tacacá not tucupi

swimming crabs or crabs, duck not tucupi.

The food of the Bay, region of the north-east, is

influenced by African cooking, where there are dishes

garnished with fish and seafood, bananas, coconuts,

roast peppers and oils.

Some dishes are: the vatapá, the cururú, the mosqueca...

The food in the South, it is represented by meats such

as steak, grilled meat and barbequed, this food is

influenced by German and Italian cooking. Some

local dishes of this area are: barreado, steak etc.

The center- west region, the food of Matto Grosso, the

most traditional dishes are loin and ham of pork, rice

with sua, roupa velha, etc...

The southeast region, food of Mines geris, is known

for the cheese it uses ( the queijo of Mines).

As for dessert it is necessary to mentiun fruits such

as mango, bananas, guavas, cherimoyas, etc...

Rich ice creams.

Regarding desserts we have to mentiun brigadeiro, a

dessert with chocolate and vanilla. Ambrosia, a pudding

made with an egg base. There are other sweets like the

guava sweet, papaya sweet and fig sweet.

The national drink is caipirinha made with cachaca

( distilled unmatured brandy from sugar cane ), lime

juice, sugar and ice; beer ( golden and very good ); mate

( tasted like tea but it's aroma is similar to tobacco ) and

fruit shakes. We cannot forget the excellent Brazilian

coffee. The guarana ( made with fruits that are grown in

the amazons ). Cane broth ( juice of sugar cane ).

Coconut milkshake (coconut made from,

rum and sugar, all this is blenden in a

mixer ).

Coconut water ( coconut water not the milk, is very

good for hydrating ).

POPULAR HOLYDAYS:

Popular holidays in Brazil are the most expressive

and richest in the world. Amongst the large amount of

holidays they have we have to mention:

* January, 1st of January, New Year. National holiday.

It´s known world wide as a firework show that is

celebrated on the Copacabana Beach

( Rio de Janeiro ).

* In February, Carnival, though it is celebrated in all the

cities of Brazil, the most famous is that of Rio of

Janeiro.

* March/ April, Holy Week, is celebrated in the majority

of towns in Brazil. We have to mention the one that is

celebrated in Brejo's city of the

Mothe of God.

Easter Week ( the week after Holy Week), tradition

of the rabbit (that symbolizes fertility) and Easter eggs.

* In June, Folklork Festival of Bumba-Meu-Boi,

celebrated in Parintins's city ( the amazon) where varied

local dishes are eaten such as

cheese of coalho, roast maize,

canjica, brigadeiro, roast meat and everything

accompanied by a good caipirinha.

* October ( 5 to October 22 )- Oktoberfest in

Blumenau ( Holy Catarina ) German culture holiday

with music, dances and a food festival in where an

average of 500 thousand barrells

of beer are drunk.

CONDUCTS IN THE TABLE:

A special characteristic is that dishes are put on the

table at the same time, except the soup, which is served

before the food, and the dessert, which completes it.

MOROCCOMorrocan food is one of the richest and most diverse

foods in the world part of this is due to the different

cultures that live in Morroco.

It is usually homemade by women.

It's principal feature is the use of sweet and sour which

cames from the Orient.

Morrocan cooking is very famous,

Overall thanks to the use of natural products.

Morrocan cooking is usually simple and easy to cook,

its main ingredients are usually:

* Cuscous ( semolina )

* Vegetables ( some of the most popular are the

aubergine and garlic ).

Morrocan garlic is different to that from Europe

* Fruits ( the most important are citrus

fruits especially lemons . They also

use a lot of dried fruit, mainly dates and melons.

* Cereals ( is also a principal ingredient, mainly

used for bread, especially the famous pitta bread ).

* Meat ( the most common meat used is lamb or chicken)

* Fish and seafood ( usually cooked or fied ). To get good

fishdishes you should go to the coastal areas.

* Spices ( it is a fundamental food and used a lot in

morrocan cooking examples of some

spices are cinnamon, pepper, minta,

saffron, black pepper, and cummin.

Morrocans prefer to use aromatic plants and natural

herbs such as cilantro o parsley, basil, mint, onion or

garlic.

* Tea ( is one of the drinks consumed the most

in Morroco. They drink it up to six times a day.

- Morrocan desserts are well known.

The principals ingredients are dates

honey, almonds, walnuts, sesame....

CONDUCTS IN THE TABLE:

Morrocans tend to eat with three fingers of his right

hand. They eat with their hands. The food is taken in a

low table with people lying on the floor. Women often

eat separately and at different times of the men. This

well seen sipping tea or burp loudly

high after eating. Morrocans tend to

eat three meals.

UTENSILS AND CONTAINERS:- One of the most indispensable elements fo the

preparation of stews is Tajin.

- Other instrument widely used clay

is the Tangier in which products are cooked.

- The couscous is made in a cuscuseras.

Some of the common tools in traditional Moroccan

cuisine are the Ghorbal, the chtato, the

Magla ( sort of pan ), the Tanja ( pot )

TYPICAL DISHES:There are many types of soups such as Harira

served every day during the month of Ramadan.

There are very typical dishes like Bissara is a puree of

beans.

The moroccan dish par excellence is the tablet of

darling.( pastela )

The most famous dish is couscous.

Other typical dishes are: the kebabs, the baddaz, the

tanjya.

Among desserts are chebakia, bahlawa.

Concerning the drinks should be noted especially tea.

Juices abound in the country especially orange juice.

Also consumed almond milk.

FESTIVALS:* Feast of lamb. Lasts two days. The festival is a ritual

animal sacrifice, a lamb, so that later the meat can be

eaten. On this day we eat lamb.

* Ramadán. Holy month for muslims. The month of

fasting. Men and women should stop eating and

drinking ( fasting ), perfume, sex and smoking from

sunrise to sunset. Harira eats, dates, sweet,..

ENGLAND

INGREDIENTS OF ENGLISH

COOKING:The most common meat is beef and pork usually served

grilled and with varius sauces and toppings, as we

discussed before with vegetables.

Where fish is concerned, it is very

typical in coastal area.

Salmon is the most typical fish either salmon or salmon

trout.

TYPICAL DISHES FROM ENGLAND: One of the most typical dishes is fish and chips which

people eat in the streets. Another dish is from Cornwall, the

pasty. It is a meat pie with vegetables and potatoes.

Roast beef and hyorkshire pudding is considered a

national dish.We can

define English cuisine as

the quality of its roast served with

different, elaborate sauces.

Some examples of desserts are pancakes, fruit pies,

chocolate and cheese.

TRADICIONAL FESTIVALS:

* Mothering Sunday. This festival in the UK is the

equivalent of Mother´s Day in other countries. Mothering

Sunday is a time when children pay respect to their

Mothers. Children often give their Mothers a gift and a

card.

Simnel Cake:

* Pancake Day. Pancake Day ( also know as Shrove

Tuesday ) is the last day before the period which

Christians call Lent. It is traditional on this day to eat

pancakes.

A pancake is a thin, flat cake, made of batter and fried

in a pan.

* Good Friday. On this day, Christians remenber the

day when Jesus was crucified on a cross. It is a

traditional to eat warm ” hot cross buns ” on Good

Friday. Hot Cross Buns with their combination of spicy,

sweet and fruity flavours have long been an Easter

tradition.

The pastry cross on top of the buns

symbolises and reminds Christians

of the cross that Jesus was killed on.

CUSTOMS:Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It is

usually eaten twice a day.

Breakfast - is one of the most abundant of the world, it is

always served with a lot of ingredients: tomatoes,

sausages, embultidos, bacon, fried or scrambled eggs,

chips etc. All this along with coffee

or tea and orange juice.

Afternoon snack-- is at tea time ( the tea is served with

muffins or pastries cookies...)

Enghish used to eat the cutlery

( knife, fork, spoon ).

For tea ( cups, teapot )

SMILE ISLANDSMILE ISLAND

This island is located in the Pacific.

It is an exotic island.

Its inhabitants are very

hospitable with tourists.

The main ingredients the island are:

cuscous, pineapple, coconuts, tea,

turkey, rice, kiwi...

QUESTIONS1. What are the national products of New Zealand?

2. What are the typical dishes of Morocco?

a) Harira.

b) Cuscous.

c) Pavlova.

d) Roast beef.

3. Name two popular Chinese festivals

4. What is the most important meal of the day for the British?

5. What are the typical products of Brazil?

PERFORMED BY:Laura

Rafa

Alfonso

Jose Antonio

Leila