Food for Thought

1. National Dishes and Table Manners Food for Thought

2. National Dishes and Table Manners Some things to think about… Food is often linked to a country’s identity. Why are countries linked to certain dishes? How we act whilst eating and drinking will be different from country to country. Why does this etiquette differ between countries? Food and our table manners show our ethnic and cultural diversity. Will these differences exist in the future? What might change them? Food for Thought

3. National Dishes? Put one to ten in the back of your book. Which country do you associate the following dishes with? Food for Thought

4. 1 Food for Thought Fish and chips

5. 2 Food for Thought Sushi

6. 3 Food for Thought Cuisses de grenouille

7. 4 Food for Thought Hamburger

8. 5 Food for Thought Curry

9. 6 Food for Thought Noodles

10. 7 Food for Thought Sauerkraut

11. 8 Food for Thought Pizza

12. 9 Food for Thought Donor Kebab

13. 10 Food for Thought Tapas

14. National Dishes? Food for Thought How did you do?

15. 1 Food for Thought But also a popular dish in New Zealand, Australia and Belgium. Fish and chips

16. 2 Food for Thought Sometimes mistaken to be just raw fish, but Sushi is vinegared rice with a variety of fillings and toppings. Sushi

17. 3 Food for Thought Not a common dish in France, favourite in some Chinese regions. Also an origin of the ethnic slur of ‘frogs’. Cuisses de grenouille

18. 4 Made popular throughout the world by McDonalds. The term originates from Hamburg in Germany, brought to the United States by German immigrants passing through the port city. Food for Thought Hamburger

19. 5 A general term used for a variety of spicy dishes from across Asia. The term koora was mistaken by British colonists, this means gravy or stew of a vegetable. Food for Thought Curry

20. 6 Food for Thought Made from rice and wheat they are popular across South East Asia. Arabs and Italians also claim to be the first to create the dish. Noodles

21. 7 Means sour cabbage but is also a national dish of the Czech Republic. It is also popular in other central and easternEuropean countries. Also the origin of the Englishethnic slur. Food for Thought Sauerkraut

22. 8 Food for Thought Though popular throughout the World, pizza originates from the 18th Century when it was popular for poor people to put tomato on their yeast based flat bread. Pizza

23. 9 Popular throughout Britain on a Friday and Saturday evening, the term means rotating meat. Kebab is a general term for a variety of dishes from Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Food for Thought Donor Kebab

24. 10 Food for Thought The name for a variety dishes. Legend say that tapas started when King Alfonso the Wise was recovering from illness by drinking wine and eating small dishes of food between meals. Tapas

25. Table Manners Food for Thought Teacher note: Click to view.

26. In 2005 Mr Cassidy travelled to Japan, the country had many different ways of doing things! Food for Thought One area of life that was different has table manners or etiquette.

27. How we are supposed to act during eating and drinking differs from country to country, it highlights our cultural and ethnic diversity. Food for Thought Can you match up the dominoes in the correct order?

28. Food for Thought Answers

29. Research task • Some of your favourite dishes are probably not British at all and have been influenced by other cultures. • Task • Think of your five favourite dishes. • Research their origins. • Produce an A4 poster including • A world map showing the country of origin of each dish. • An image of each dish. • A brief piece of text about how the dish developed or was brought to the U.K. . Food for Thought

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