# Welsh food

# Celebrating with food

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## How do you celebrate with food?

Sometimes we use food to celebrate a special day, feast or event. People all over the world associate different food to these dates.

- Can you think of a food for a special day?

For example the symbol of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales, on 1st March, is the leek. But it is typical to eat other traditional welsh food that we are going to see later.

- Have you ever tried leeks? Do you like them?

Leeks and thyme. Thor. Flickr. CC BY

Now watch the video to know about 5 important celebrations from different cultures.

- Then, do the QUIZ below.

How different cultures celebrate with food. Kid Food Nation. (Accessed on 29/05/2018).

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- Do you usually celebrate with food in your family? What type of food?
- What food do you celebrate Christmas with?
- Are there feasts related to food in your town or area? What type of food? Do you know the origin?

Tell your partners and make a list of all the feasts you can think of. Then share your ideas with the other groups.

# Culture celebrations with food- video QUIZ

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Watch the video again if you need it and choose the correct answer.

# Question 1

Potlach has its origin in the Pacific Northwest.

True False

# Feedback

True

# Question 2

Potlach means to receive.

True False

# Feedback

False

It means to give.

# Question 3

Passover is a Jewish holiday.

True False

# Feedback

True

# Question 4

In Passover it is traditional to eat Dahi- Bhalie.

True False

# Feedback

False

It is traditional to eat matzo.

# Question 5

Samosas is a typical dish in Diwali feast.

True False

# Feedback

True

# Question 6

The most important element in the celebration of Chinese New Year is the meal with loved ones.

True False

# Feedback

True

# Traditional Welsh food

# Question

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You are going to discover six Welsh meals, but some of them can be confusing. Try to guess just reading their name and then you will see what they look like. Delicious!

Which of the following meals are made of bread?

# Answers

Option 1

Laverbread

Option 2

Bara brith

# Feedback

Bara Brith. Zingyyellow. Wikimedia. CC BY

Bara brith or "speckled bread" is bread flavoured with tea, dried fruits and mixed spices, and is served in slices and with butter at tea time.

Laver and toast. Diádoco. Wikimedia. CC0

Laverbread is a seaweed boiled for several hours, then minced or pureed. It is traditionally eaten fried with bacon and cockles as part of a Welsh breakfast.

# Solution

1. Incorrect
2. Correct

# Question

Which of the following meals contain meat?

# Answers

Option 1

Glamorgan saugages

Option 2

Cawl

# Feedback

Glamorgan sausage. Jill, jellidonut. Wikimedia. CC BY-SA

Glamorgan sausage is a vegetarian sausage and the main ingredients are cheese, leeks and breadcrumbs.

Cawl Cymreig. Josephinep. Wikimedia. CC0

Cawl is a Welsh soup with lamb or beef with leeks, potatoes, swedes, carrots and other vegetables.

# Solution

1. Incorrect
2. Correct

# Question

Which of the following meals is sweet?

# Answers

Option 1

Welsh cakes

Option 2

Rarebit

# Feedback

Closeup of Welsh cakes. Zingyyellow. Wikimedia. CC BY

Welsh cakes are made from flour, butter, currants, eggs, milk, and spices such as cinnamon and nutmeg. They are served hot or cold dusted with caster sugar.

Welsh rarebit with an egg. Worm that turned. Wikimedia. CC BY-SA

Welsh rarebit is a sauce of melted cheese and various other ingredients over slices toasted bread.

# Solution

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

# Making Welsh cakes

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WELSH DISHES

From the previous Welsh dishes:

- Which one do you like the most? Why?
- Which one do you like the least? Why?
- Have you ever tried Welsh food? Do you want to do it?

WELSH CAKES RECIPE

Now we are going to learn how to make Welsh cakes!!

Kathryn Gunter is the owner of The Market Bakery, in Abergavenny market. She is going to show us how she cooks this delicious meal. She is Welsh and she speaks with a different accent but she speaks slowly, so don't worry!

How to make Welsh cakes. Kathryn Gunter. (Accessed on 30/05/2018).

While you are listening complete the gaps in the recipe.

We are going to start by measuring the Cloze (1): JXUwMDNlJXUwMDBhJXUwMDAzJXUwMDFhJXUwMDA3 oat. Then I am going to Cloze (2): JXUwMDM5JXUwMDA1JXUwMDAw 2 oz of castor Cloze (3): JXUwMDJiJXUwMDA2JXUwMDEyJXUwMDA2JXUwMDEz . Then I am going to add a good Cloze (4): JXUwMDMwJXUwMDA5JXUwMDBmJXUwMDBhJXUwMDAyJXUwMDEzJXUwMDE5 of sultanas.

The next stage then, we are going to Cloze (5): JXUwMDM1JXUwMDA0JXUwMDEx this up together. We will then add one Cloze (6): JXUwMDNkJXUwMDAyJXUwMDAw and see what the consistency is like, probably might need a Cloze (7): JXUwMDJiJXUwMDE2JXUwMDA2JXUwMDBjJXUwMDAxJXUwMDBh egg.

Then get it into a nice round Cloze (8): JXUwMDNhJXUwMDAzJXUwMDBkJXUwMDAw and we start rolling. We are ready now to Cloze (9): JXUwMDNiJXUwMDE2JXUwMDAx them out.

The Cloze (10): JXUwMDJiJXUwMDE2JXUwMDA2JXUwMDExJXUwMDE3JXUwMDEx to really good Welsh cake making is to give them a lot of Cloze (11): JXUwMDM0JXUwMDAzJXUwMDE5JXUwMDEz and a lot of attention.

Cook for a few minutes on one Cloze (12): JXUwMDJiJXUwMDFhJXUwMDBkJXUwMDAx and then turn them over and Cloze (13): JXUwMDNiJXUwMDBjJXUwMDAwJXUwMDA0 them on the other side.

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- What do you think of her accent?
- Is is more difficult to understand than the English accent?
- Have you ever listened to it before?

# Analysing a recipe

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What parts in a recipe can you distinguish?

There are three important aspects you have to consider before you start cooking:

1. Ingredients and measures: handful, spoonful, teaspoonful, oz (ounce), gr (grams), cup...

Ingredients Sugar. OpenClipart-Vectors. Pixabay. CC0

2. Utensils.

Grilling tools. Clker-Free-Vector-Images. Pixabay. CC0

3. Steps (actions you need to do).

Baking cookies. Skitterphoto. Pixabay. CC0

Working in a recipe

Read Kathryn's recipe carefully.

## WELSH CAKES ## Ingredients: 8 oz self raising flour 2oz castor sugar 4oz margarine or butter 1 or 2 handfuls of sultanas 1 or 2 eggs depending on mixture ## Method: (makes around 10-12) - Sieve flour into bowl, then add margarine or butter, rub in finely together. - Add sugar and sultanas and mix. - Add 1 egg and mix. The consistency needs to be bound together, so if too dry add another egg. - Roll out on a floured board, to about a quarter inch thick. - Cut using a 2 inch (approx) cutter, then cook on a greased pan, or bake stone, on a medium heat for about 4 to 5 minutes each side. - The exact cooking length will depend on what you are cooking your Welsh cakes on, but keep a close eye - too short a period and they won’t be cooked in middle, and cooked for too long and they will be dry. When touched during cooking they should feel springy, but not wet to the touch (no mixture should come out of the middle). - Once cooked dust with castor sugar and enjoy.

Then, in your notebook, make a list of the ingredients, cooking utensils and verbs (actions) that you find in the recipe. You can draw a chart like this.

RECIPE:
Ingredients | Cooking utensils | Verbs

If you have problems with the vocabulary, you can look it up in the Cambridge dictionary.

Compare it with your group and add the missing words to your list.

Looking for a recipe

Now that you know the parts of a recipe, it's time to work on your own.

1. Choose a recipe you like from these simple KIDS RECIPES (KidFoodNation; accessed on 30/05/2018).
2. Write down a list of the ingredients, utensils and verbs in your notebook (you can use the chart above).
3. When you are ready, tell your group about your recipe and listen to your partners.

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# Feedback

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- Which of the recipes in your group do you like the most? Why?
- Tell your partner to repeat it and write it in your notebook.
- When you get home you can COOK it! Enjoy your meal! And don't forget to take a picture and bring it to show the class! With them we are going to make a poster!

## If you have time...

And you want to have fun, you can practise following the cooking steps playing one of SARA'S COOKING CLASS GAMES. (accessed on 30/05/2018)

Choose the recipe you prefer and before starting have a look at the instructions and the ingredients to check you understand the vocabulary. ENJOY!

# What are we learning?

Record with your group in OBS STUDIO the new words or ideas of this lesson, you can give examples or show pictures.

Do you need help? Have a look at the video with the instructions on Tastes of the world page.

Save your recording in your group folder with the name: Progress 4.

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