Geography Task
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Today we are going to travel all around the world…
Our Geography focus today is:
To study food and its heritage in countries around the world
Do you love food?!
Isn’t it great we have SO much choice?!
Who can guess my favourite food… I think some of you know this answer already!
Click here to find out about different foods children eat around the world.
Task
Your task today is to find out about classic dishes that come from different countries. You may like to choose your own country that you or your family members are from and tell us more about the food dishes you eat. Alternatively, you can choose a completely different country! You might like to explore the world map and locate different countries before you start.
Example:
Country: Wales
Food Dish: Cawl
Description: Cawl is a traditional Welsh soup or broth. Most common recipes are with lamb or beef with leeks, potatoes, swedes and carrots. It is perfect for cold winter nights.
Other traditional food: Welsh cakes (I love these and make them regularly!), Bara Brith which is like a fruit cake and Welsh Rarebit which is melted Welsh cheese on toasted bread.
Now it is your turn. Set out your answers like mine, so we know which country you have chosen. Try to choose different dishes so we can find out about lots of new foods around the world!
Country : France ?? I wrote it in my homework book too!
Food Dish : Fresh peaches ?
Description :
These fresh peaches ? have been grown in the South of France ?? where I spend the summer. Some have a mixture of white, pink and others orange, yellow. They were gently picked from the trees, nicely ripe (peaches ?.) I like to eat lots and lots of peaches ? in the summer! ☀️ In the winter and spring I eat fresh peaches ? in juice instead which is good as the normal peaches ?!
This is really interesting Clemence, I enjoyed eating peaches when I went on holiday to the south of France!
Country: Portugal
Food Dish: Portuguese nata tart
Description:
Portuguese Egg Tarts (Pastéis de Nata) If you’ve ever been to Portugal, you know that one of the greatest pastries to binge-eat there is the Portuguese egg tart: its crisp, flaky crust holding a creamy custard center, blistered on top from the high heat of an oven.
Thanks Reuben, I love these egg tarts! They are delicious! Have you made them at home before?
Country: Japan
Dish: yakisoba ( fried noodles やきそば )
Description:
Yakisoba noodles is a traditional food in the summer. It’s easy to prepare and you can put any vegetables you want and any tipe of meat. Originally it’s made with shredded pork, cut cabbage, bean sprouts and you top it with Beni shouga a type of Japanese pickle. When I go to Japan in the summer I normally eat yakisoba on the beach, in my grandparents house and in a celebration called matsuri (まつり) when I’m watching fireworks. My mum cooks this dish mosty at lunch it’s delicious I love eating this dish so that’s why I chose this it.
These noodles sound delicious Chloe, that’s great that your mum cooks them, you get to eat them regularly then! 🙂
Country: Poland
Dish: Rosol
Description: Rosol is a traditional Polish meat broth. The most popular variety is a clear chicken soup. It is commonly served with fine noodles, often homemade. Rosol is nourishing and healthy, the perfect comfort food for winter time.
This sounds like a very warm and comforting dish Alex, I would definitely like to try in the winter time.
The national food for Greenland is a soup called “Suaasat” it is a mixture of seal, onion and bay leaf.*
A traditional food for Chad is ‘Dryed and salted fish’*
A much liked Israeli food called “lox” it is made out of ‘bagels, caper,cream cheese,onion,smoked samon,salmon,salt and dill.*
The ultimate Romanian dish is “Moldovan stew” it is a mixture of: mamaliga,traditional salty fermented cheese,fried eggs,fried pork,traditional sausages and pickles.*^
* These were random.
*^ Mummy told me to do it.
Thanks Julian, the Moldovan stew sounds tasty, I bet there are so many flavours! Have you tried it before?
Country: Ireland
Food dish : Irish stew
Description: Irish stew is cooked in one big pot, it can be made with mutton or beef and has onions, potatoes and carrots in it. To make the stew sauce nice and thick some people add pearl barley.
To add more flavour some people use thyme, parsley and bay leafs. This stew is very nice with bread and butter.
Other popular foods: Boiled bacon and cabbage is also a popular traditional dish in Ireland. My great aunt Kate always makes it for us when we go to Ireland but I don’t eat it. Other popular dishes are smoked salmon, oysters, black and white pudding and potatoes .
Thanks for the information Holly! Irish stew sounds delicious especially with added parsley and bay leafs. That’s lovely your aunty makes it for you when you go and stay.
Blueberry dumlings recipe:
Blueberry dumplings is my favourite dish. My Grandmother makes the best dumplings and here is the recipe:
Blueberries for stuffing: Put some blueberries in a bowl. Then add sugar and some flour (it keeps the juice and the dumplings do not break while cooking), and mix them carefully. And there you have it: The blueberry stuffing
Dumplings: Get another bowl. Then add some flour, 1 egg, a little bit of salt and some water. Then mix the ingredients together.
After that, get the dough out of the bowl and cut the dough into circles. After that put some blueberry stuffing on the dough and then quickly with your fingers squeeze the dough together so none of the blueberry stuffing comes out. When the dumpling are ready, you need to boil them and to do that you will need: a pot with hot water in it and a spoon to take them out when they are cooked. When you finished boiling them you start eating them. Bon apetit.
Great Helena, did you make these for the international food evening? I think I remember trying something like this? 🙂
Country: Russia
Food: Napoleon cake
Description:
Napoleon Cake is a classic Russian cakes, made of very thin and flaky puff pastry cake layers and a smooth, rich and luscious pastry cream in between the layers.
Russian cake sounds lovely Angie, especially with the added cream 🙂
I am a quarter British, Italian, Canadian and South African and I like the food from all this countries.
Italy
Fritto Misto: this is squid, prawns and chips, dusted with flour and deep fried. I like to eat this with some lemon as well.
Other dishes: pasta, pizza, fish balls, cotoletta
Britain
Sunday roast: especially with Yorkshire puddings because my Grandpa is form Yorkshire!
Other dishes: fish and chips, sandwiches and apple crumble
South Africa:
Steak made on a braai (a South African barbecue), with chips.
Other dishes: biltong, tea and rusks for breakfast and chuckles (my favourite South African chocolates – just for a treat!)
Canada:
Pancakes with maple syrup.
Other dishes: blueberry muffins and hamburgers.
Writing this blog is making me hungry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow thanks Sebastian, so many different food dishes. My favourite is Italian food! You have made me so hungry too! 🙂
Country: Poland
Food dish: Barszcz
Description: Red hot soup with potatoes and eggs. Made from beetroot, olive, carrots and lots of different veggies.
People in Poland eat it during special Christmas Eve supper when the first star is on the sky.
This sounds interesting Malgosia, is the soup spicy?
Country: west Africa
Food dish:jollof rice and stew
Facts: Jollof rice is a one-pot dish wich is the popular well known dish in Africa.
Ingredients:rice,tomatoes ,tomato paste, onions & cooking oil.
The colour of the jollof rice looks red-orangey when it is cooked. The stew is fried up with onions,tomatoes,big sweet peppers and scotch bonet (hot pepers). The ingredients is fried in hot oil and added with chicken or beef.
This sounds delicious Gabriella! Have you tried it before? ?
Country: Italy
Food Dish: Spaghetti Bolognese
Description: Although not a typical Italian dish, it is my favorite. It is made up of minced meat, tomato sauce, garlic, onions and wine. I love it served with tagliatelle and Parmigiano.
Other traditional food: Pizza, ice cream, risotto, lasagne
Great Patrick, it’s a real classic dish, I like it too!
Country: Ireland
Food Dish: Boiled bacon and cabbage
Description: Boiled bacon and cabbage is traditionally eaten on the feast day of St. Patrick. It is delicious served with buttery mash potatoes ? and chef brown sauce.
This sounds tasty Ethan, have you tried it?
Miss Jones, from yesterday’s work I’m doing the same food today it was meant to be plantain
Plantains contain more starch and less sugar than dessert bananas, therefore they are usually cooked or otherwise processes before being eternal …
Original primary : Southeast Asia:
secondly: West Africa
plantains are believed to have originated in South Asia. Two groups of plantains are thought to have a common origin : the horn plantain and the french plantain. Both types group in India, Africa, Egypt and topical America
Thanks for sharing Graceanne! ?
Country: ??Poland ??
Dish: Tomato ? Soup ?
Description: Polish tomato-rice soup or zupa pomidorowa z ryżem is a thick, hearty affair with carrots, celery, and onions. It can be puréed and creamed, if desired, But I prefer it left chunky. It’s a meal in a bowl. Polish tomato-rice soup is more savory than the typical canned tomato soup, and less sweet and has no added sugar as we can find in many canned tomato soups.
We can use chicken stock, but it can be made with vegetable stock to make this a truly vegetarian offering. Traditional route is when we first make stock.
Nutritional Guidelines (per serving)
Calories 290g
Fat 9g
Carbs 46g
Protein 9g
Sounds delicious Chloe. Thanks for including nutritional guidelines!
People often assume that the banana fruit grows on trees, however, the banana is a high herb which can grow up to 15 metres. There are over 1000 different varieties of bananas growing around the world. Some are sweet, like the Cavendish variety, which is the most common and most widely exported.
Banana plants thrive in tropical regions where the average temperature is 80° F (27° C). Most bananas exported are grown within 30 degrees either side of the equator. The plants need rich, dark and fertile soils. Bananas take between six and twelve days to get to the UK. In order to increase shelf life, they are transported at a temperature of 13.3°C, and require careful handling in order to prevent damage. Bananas are grown in the tropical regions of Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Pacific. Most tropical fruit available in British supermarkets is exported from Latin America, the Caribbean and West Africa.
Interesting facts Ethan! That’s interesting they are transported at a certain temperature to prevent damage.
Country: Poland
Food: Potato pancakes / Placki ziemniaczane
It is a thin pancake made with a combination of potatoes and onion, which is then fried to perfection. It tastes amazing a small serving of sugar and sour cream. Believe me it is delicious!
Other traditional food is Bigos/ stew, Pierogi/dumplings, Rosôł/chicken soup and Polish doughnuts.
Potato pancakes sound tasty Emi! Do you make them at home?
I have sent you a picture of my Geography work
Country : France
Food dish : Croissant
Description : Croissants are classic French pastries rolled and shaped into a crescent. They are light and airy and so buttery, with a hint of sweetness and a little bit of yeasty stretchy texture.
They are good for your breakfast and even for your lunch with ham and cheese.
Other traditional food : apple tart
Description : The French apple part consists of a thin layer of cinnamon scented apples, atop a buttery flaky crust .
Other traditional dish : Macarons
Description : French macarons are thin, flavourful meringue cookies that are sandwiched togetherwith some kind of filling . They are made with egg whites and ground nuts
Country: International, Mauritian
Dish: for Mauritius dholl puri.
Description: Dhull puri is a pancake made from ground yellow split peas seasoned with cumin and turmeric, griddled on a flat pan and wrapped around with butter bean curry, with spicy creole tomato sauce, pickled vegetables , coriander chutney and chilly.
Thanks Matthias, the dholl puri pancake definitely sounds tasty, especially with the coriander, chutney and chilli flavours.
What fantastic recipes! Reading your blog before my dinner last night made me so hungry… a virtual International Evening!
Thanks Penelope. I do love crossaints, they are perfect for breakfast with butter and jam! ?
Louis, your French dish ‘Daube’ sounds tasty. I bet there are so many flavours in the stew.
Country: Poland??
Description: ?ŻUREK is a soup that my mum prepares and we eat every Easter, the soup has eggs ?, carrots, parsley, maet strock, white sausage, sourdough sour soup, marjoram, garlic.
This sounds like a tasty soup Karolina!
Country: India
Dish : biryani.
Description: it is a mixed rice dish which include any kind of meat, eggs or vegetables. This dish is especially popular through out the Indian subcontinent
Other traditional dishes: Aloo Gobi, samosa, chana Dal,chapati
Sounds delicious Jiana!
It’s a little bit spicy only on chismas eve.
Wow Year 3 I have just been reading all your comments and now I am absolutely drooling!
It definitely does make you hungry Miss C! 🙂
Country: France (South of France)
Food Dish: Fresh purple blue berries
Description: These blue berries have been growing in south of France in the shinning sun ? where I go on holiday.
Did you know ?
One large handful (1/2 a cup) of juicy blue berries contains just 44 calories but has two grams of dietary fibre and 10% of your daily recommended vitamin C content.
The blueberries sound delicious Eugenia, and very healthy!
Excellent work Penelope – you have presented each food so well, thanks for sharing your picture.
Great dishes Celestine. Do you have pancakes when you stay in France? ??
Yes I have tried it in eaten it every week