Chapter 3: Yuck or Yum?

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Chapter 3: Yuck or yum?

Listening practice

Goals of today

• You can understand short videos about strange foods from all around the world. (watching/listening)

Warmer

• This lesson is all about unusual dishes.
• Have you ever eaten anything weird?
• Have you ever eaten insects?
• Answer the questions on the next slide

Name the weird foods you have tried.
Have you ever eaten insects?

Watching

• You will watch 2 videos about weird and unusual dishes from around the world.
• Watch the videos and answer the questions. 

00:39

What do Tarantulas taste like?

01:01

What is the egg covered with?

1. sand and salt
2. sand, clay and sugar
3. ash and salt
4. clay, salt and ash

01:38

Is it healthy to eat Casu Marzu?

1. Yes
2. No

02:07

How long does it take to ferment the shark?

1. 2 weeks
2. 6-10 weeks
3. 6-12 weeks
4. several months

If you had to eat one of these dishes, which one would you eat?

Fried tarantula

Fermented egg

Casu Marzu (Italian cheese with larve)

Fermented shark

01:25

Why are the fish in the stargazy pie upright?

1. Because it is fun and looks delicious.
2. Because the oil can drip back down into the pie.
3. Because it is prettier.

02:24

Why is the name 'mince pie' confusing?

03:31

What is 'chips and gravy' called in Canada?

05:52

What are Scotch eggs?

06:59

Why didn't the Europeans use the spices that they stole/took from their colonies?

1. They thought that they were better than the people from the colonies, so they didn't want to use their spices.
2. Spices were expensive and only the rich could afford them.
3. They like their food to be bland.
4. They were never able to take their spices to Europe.

07:56

What is
Haggis made out of?

09:51

Which British dish(es) did you find the most unusual or weird?

Recap plurals

a few questions about the plurals (meervouden)

Plural of 'nanny'

1. nannys
2. nanny's
3. nannies
4. nanni's

Plural of 'bush'

1. bushs
2. bushes
3. bushies
4. bushis

Plural of 'agent'

1. agentes
2. agents
3. agencies
4. agens