At the end of winter, at the beginning of spring, Maslenitsa is celebrated in Russia. We rarely discuss such holidays in English. In Russian I talk about history and traditions. But we also discuss one of the traditions in English. I think you can easily guess what kind of tradition this is: baking pancakes! I love preparing some simple dishes with the children - no matter how you look at it, there is a lot of benefit - communication, joint work, and you can repeat kitchen and food vocabulary, and most importantly - the result is very tasty and the memories from such activities are the most pleasant.
If you also want to try baking pancakes in English with your kids, here are some ideas:
Read a book
If you are not yet familiar with the book by the famous author Eric Carle “Pancakes, Pancakes!”, I highly recommend getting acquainted with it. It is not very simple, not for beginner level. The book contains detailed vocabulary on the topic of kitchen utensils, products and ready-made instructions on how to bake pancakes.
Pancakes, Pancakes by Eric Carle (click on the title to download the book in electronic format)
This is a fairy tale about how one morning a boy wakes up and asks his mother to bake him a pancake for breakfast. Mom replied that she was busy and would need help - first she needed flour, and for this she needed to collect the wheat, take it to the mill, where the wheat must first be threshed and then ground. Next, Jack gets an egg, milk, butter and jam. After all the ingredients are collected, they take out the necessary kitchen utensils and begin to prepare the dough, and then bake the pancake, throwing it in the air to turn it over.
I just love books like this where kids can see how much work it takes to get a pancake for breakfast.
Here is the same book being read by a native speaker, and besides, since a dad is reading it to his child, he also explains some concepts along the way:
If you like to read, check out the review article of 10 books on the subject of pancakes here
Pancake recipe in English with translation into Russian
Pancake translates as pancake or pancake. but Russian housewives somehow distinguish our pancakes from American pancakes. So here is a recipe called “Good Old Fashioned Pancakes.” taken directly from the American site.
pancake 'pænkeɪk – pan pæn – frying pan; cake keɪk – cupcake, cake, cake
“This is a great recipe that I found in my Grandma's recipe book. Judging from the weathered look of this recipe card, this was a family favorite."
“This is a great recipe that I found in my grandmother's cookbook. Judging by the worn appearance of this recipe card, this was a family favorite."
Ingredients (Original recipe makes 8 servings)
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon white sugar 1 1/4 cups milk 1 egg 3 tablespoons butter, melted
Ingredients (Original recipe for 8 servings)
1 1/2 cups cake flour (all purpose flour) 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder (baking powder, yeast replacement; baking soda) – you can use soda slaked with lemon juice. 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon white sugar
1 1/4 cups milk 1 egg 3 tablespoons melted butter
cup kʌp – cup – a measure of volume (used in many American culinary recipes, equal to 240 – 250 ml – written differently everywhere) teaspoon ‘tiːspuːn – teaspoon – 5 ml tablespoon ‘teɪblspuːn – tablespoon – 15 ml (Russian spoons are usually less) melt melt – melt, melt, dissolve
PREP – 5 mins COOK – 15 mins READY IN – 20 mins
Prep – 5 minutes Cook – 15 minutes Ready in – 20 minutes
prep prep – preparation
Directions
1. In a large bowl. sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Make a well in the center and pour in the milk, egg and melted butter; mix until smooth. 2. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. Brown on both sides and serve hot.
Instructions
1. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Make a “well” in the center and pour in milk, egg and melted butter; stir until smooth. 2. Heat a lightly oiled frying pan over medium heat (on top of the stove, not in the oven). Pour the batter into the pan, using about 1/4 cup for each pancake. Fry both sides and serve hot.
bowl bəul – bowl, bowl sift sɪft – to put flour, sugar etc through a sieve or similar container in order to remove large pieces (sift) well wel – a deep hole in the ground from which people take water (well) smooth smuːð – homogeneous smooth dough - dough without lumps griddle 'grɪdl – a round iron plate that is used for cooking flat cakes on top of a stove or over a fire (frying pan with a handle) pour pɔː – pour scoop skuːp – scoop batter – whipped batter brown braun – to heat food so that it turns brown, or to become brown by being heated
Please note: butter – butter oil – vegetable oil
Method of Preparation
- Break the eggs in a bowl.
- Add sugar and salt.
- Quench the soda with vinegar and add to the batter.
- Carefully whisk eggs with sugar using a beater or mixer. Then add the warm milk. Whisk the mixture.
- Sift the flour.
- Add the flour whisking all the time. Whisk well to avoid lumps.
- Then add the vegetable oil. Mix well.
- Preheat the pan until medium hot. Pour 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil for the first time and distribute it in a frying pan with a silicone brush.
- Pour the 2/3 ladles of dough, or less (it depends on the size of the pan). Cook pancakes on medium heat about 1-2 minutes.
- Then turn the pancake and cook for 30-40 seconds. Pancakes must be golden-brown. So cook all the pancakes.
- The pancakes are ready. Serve them warm with different fillings (honey, jam, sour cream, red caviar or others).
Pancakes with maple syrup are the most popular Canadian dish. Almost all Canadians traditionally eat it for breakfast. And we couldn’t ignore it either (translation of the recipe is presented below).
Pancakes with maple syrup are the most famous Canadian dish. It's traditionally eaten for breakfast by almost all people in Canada.
Before you start cooking
First, a little theory. Do you know how to say "cooking" in English? The most commonly used term to denote this concept at the everyday level is cooking. This word refers to the process of preparing food. After all, “cook” in English is cook.
There is another term for translating the Russian word “cooking” - this is cookery. In this version, it means a broader concept and is understood as the art and science of preparing dishes using special technologies. Another term is used with almost the same meaning - culinary (it also shows the art of presenting food in the form of certain dishes).
And one more subtlety. National cuisine (cooking) is called cuisine. This concept characterizes food typical of a certain area (for example, a country). So English cuisine (cooking) will be translated as English cuisine.
Some interesting facts about the dishes whose recipes are given here
Apple crumble - apple pie
History of Apple crumble
began not so long ago - during the Second World War, when there was not enough food, it was issued by ration cards. There weren’t enough ingredients for a classic apple pie, people came up with the idea of making crumbs instead of dough, it didn’t require a lot of ingredients, all that was needed was sugar, margarine, and a little flour.
Also since then Apple crumble
It is not limited to apples, they use peaches, raspberries, and rhubarb.
Americans also call it Apple Crisp
and
Apple Cobbler
. And although this apple dessert was made from a limited number of ingredients, it still remained very tasty, combining the sourness of a baked apple, the sweetness of sugar, and the spice of cinnamon and nutmeg. It's all topped off with a crunchy topping. Could there be anything better? Yes - there are also recipes in English with translation, look and read on!
Brownie Cakes
The original version of these magnificent cakes originated in Ireland. The malt from Guinness strong beer enhances the chocolate flavor. Texture, an interesting combination of fondant, mousse, sweets and traditional cakes. Although they are dark chocolate, they are surprisingly light because of the eggs. You won't taste the beer. Great for St. Patrick's Day or any day.
A PROPER CUP OF TEA (cuppa tea) - Proper English tea
Traditional English tea drinking is not such an ancient custom - it is attributed to Duchess Anne, who lived in the 18th and 19th centuries. At that time, only two meals were taken (breakfast and late dinner). Many could hardly bear hunger; there was still a light lunch, but it did not save them from hunger. Duchess Anna introduced the custom of the nobility to take tea with light snacks in the form of muffins and sandwiches.
At first, all this was brought to her boudoir, then she began to invite her friends there, and this began to become a pleasant tradition of spending time and conducting small talk. Then it became a widespread activity and custom. This tea was usually served around 4-5 pm, before the evening walk of the London nobility in Hyde Park. It was served on a low table, so it has another name: low-tea
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A little later, lower society joined this custom, but they drank tea on ordinary tables, so their tradition of tea drinking was called high-tea
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Unfortunately, this tradition is no longer a daily occurrence these days; Londoners now have this tea party from time to time, for example, in honor of a birthday or on holidays. However, they try to follow the rules of making “good” tea.
Traditional English fish and chips
Fish and chips is the national British dish and everyone loves it. It can be bought from one of thousands of specialty shops across the country, including the world famous Harry Ramsdens, or you can make it at home by following this simple recipe.
Find the freshest fish you can, frozen is fine too, but be sure to defrost it completely before cooking. Prepare the batter, but only dip the fish in it at the last moment before frying in oil. This way you will always have a slight crunch to the batter. Use floury potatoes for chips, the best varieties are King Edward, Maris Piper and Sante, well (most likely) we have others.
Fish and chips are not as unhealthy as many people think (but not for daily consumption). Compare with other foods: fish and chips contain: 9.42g fat per 100g - the average pizza contains 11g; Medium roast Big Mac - 12.1 g Fish and chips - 595 kcal in a medium portion, and a medium pizza - about 871 kcal. Choose vegetable oil for frying.
Pizza Margherita (pizza Margherita)
It is known that pizza is a very old food of many peoples of the world with some variations. But it owes its modern design and the name “pizza” to the Neapolitans (Italy). The first pizzeria opened in Naples, and the first pizza maker was Rafael Esposito.
It is said that Queen Margaret Teresa visited Naples. She had heard about pizza before, but had never tried it; moreover, pizza was considered the food of the poor, since vegetables, meat and fish products that had not been eaten the day before were usually added to it as a filling. It was difficult to preserve food without refrigerators in a warm climate, it was a pity to throw it away, so we found such a good solution as pizza.
Queen Margaret ordered Raphael to make some special pizza for herself. Raphael invented pizza, which he later named after the queen. He used three ingredients as a filling: white mozzarella cheese, red tomatoes and bright green basil leaves. Thus, the top of the pizza resembled the Italian flag. The Queen was delighted! Since then, this recipe has been popular all over the world.
Pizza with mushrooms (simple recipe with audio)
How to make American Pancakes
1. Prepare ingredients for pancakes. I use 200 ml glasses.
2. Take a deep, convenient container for mixing products with a mixer. Pour milk into it, add vegetable oil, a pinch of salt, sugar and egg. Using a mixer at maximum speed, beat the mixture until foam forms, 5-7 minutes.
3. Add sifted flour and baking powder. Using a mixer, mix all ingredients until smooth, there should be no lumps.
4. The dough is ready; the consistency should not be as thick as for regular pancakes. Let's move on to frying.
5. Take a non-stick frying pan, heat it well and reduce the heat to low. Using a tablespoon, place the dough into a dry frying pan, forming circles. If you are confident in your frying pan, then grease it with a cotton swab dipped in oil or a piece of lard. This procedure needs to be done only before the first batch. As soon as large bubbles form on the surface, turn over and finish cooking on the other side. Pancakes are ready! Have fun!
ENGLISH PANCAKES
Hello, dear readers!
Today I will continue to talk about delicious and nutritious breakfasts for the whole family. I suggest you turn to the English breakfast. Of course, when you mention the English breakfast, the phrase “Oatmeal, sir!” immediately comes to mind, and this porridge is indeed very healthy, but somehow it’s not very suitable for a weekend breakfast. When the whole family is waiting for something tasty and new. It just so happens in my family that my dear husband always cooks breakfast on weekends, and I must say, he does an excellent job with it. And when I still lived with my parents, my dad also always spoiled us with excellent breakfasts - toast, eggs fried in a bread crust, pancakes... Well, I’ll have to “pay off my debts”, and I’ll prepare 7 more breakfasts for my family Today, recipe no. 3 English pancakes! Pancakes - a cake in a frying pan or pancakes sprinkled with syrup - are the most common dish among the British. True, the classic recipe does not contain baking powder, but I decided to add it to make the pancakes fluffy.
Ingredients:
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Ingredients listed for 13 pancakes.
Preparation:
| It is very important that all ingredients are at room temperature. But if you don’t have time to wait, then you can melt a piece of butter in a water bath, or you can heat the milk and melt the butter in it. Which is what I did. | |
| Beat the eggs with a mixer or just a whisk with two types of sugar and salt. | |
| Add lukewarm milk with melted butter, baking powder and gradually stir in flour. | |
| The dough will be thick, as it should be. Let the dough rest for 30 minutes. | |
| Heat a Teflon-coated pancake pan well. There is no need to lubricate anything. | |
| And now the baking of pancakes begins, here you will have to stand at the stove without stopping, as they bake very quickly! | |
| Place a small portion of dough onto the frying pan. I used a regular ladle. | |
| Once the entire surface of the pancake is covered with bubbles, | |
| it must be turned over and continued to fry over low heat for no more than 1 minute. | |
This is the stack of pancakes I got! It is better to serve them with syrup or jam. We ate it with peach jam.
Bon appetit!
While waiting while the dough was proofing, Maksim invited me to play and showed me how he could fit into a toy basket. The whole family laughed!
Then I was baking pancakes and I had to fight to drive everyone away from the plate so that the photo would turn out to be a whole stack of pancakes.
The next weekend breakfast recipe will be no less tasty and unusual. I have already figured out what it will be and will cook it this weekend so I can tell you about it next week.
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Have a nice day everyone and see you soon!
Herring under a fur coat - Russian recipes in English
We have known this wonderful salad since childhood. Many people love it very much and may want to share the recipe with their English friends.
“Herring under a fur coat” is a traditional layered salad made from finely chopped pickled herring, eggs, beets, carrots, potatoes and some kind of dressing: mayonnaise or sour cream. There are different recipe options. This salad gets its name from the layer of beets that completely covers the salad. It is important to prepare the salad at least 6 hours before serving so that it is properly cooled before it can be sliced into layers. This wonderful salad can be a vegetarian dish, a side dish, and can also be served at a buffet along with other salads.
Shuba - Russian recipe in English with translation
Classic Siberian dumplings
Click on the picture to open the recipe in pdf format.
source: www.bbc.co.uk Read British recipes in English, there are a lot of tasty and healthy dishes there.
Send your recipes, as well as suggestions for posting recipes for other traditional Russian dishes.
What sweets are eaten in America and England
Americans love pies: apple pie, cherry pie, carrot pie and so on. There are recipes for so-called ice cream pie, where in addition to the main ingredients (for example, apples), ice cream is added.
At Christmas in the USA it is customary to buy candy canes (red and white candy canes). They are hung near the fireplace as a treat for Santa.
In America they also love maple syrup . Especially in Canada. It’s not for nothing that they have a maple leaf on their flag. Canadians often add this syrup to their pancakes .
Among the exotic recipes, one can highlight Baked Alaska . The ice cream cake is topped with brown bizet, poured over with whiskey and set on fire. Perfect for a wedding or corporate event.
As for the British, they also have their favorite desserts. Popular ones include pineapple upside down cake , toffee pudding , rice pudding and roly-poly .
And since we started this topic, let’s take a look at Irish cuisine. Among the Irish desserts one can highlight chocolate pots (pots with melted chocolate and whipped cream on top), Irish shortbread (Irish cornmeal cookies), whiskey souffle pie (pie with oranges and whiskey) and, of course, Irish pancakes with lemon.
Idioms about sweets in English
We wanted to read about desserts in English, but it turned out that we learned other topics as well. The words from today's selection can have more than just a direct meaning.
For example, honey can be a term of endearment for a loved one, such as beloved or darling. Almost the same thing means sweety (my sweet, sweetie). But sugar daddy already has a completely different meaning: daddy, daddy (a wealthy man who supports his girlfriend).
The phrase something is like taking candy from a baby (how to take candy from a child) means something extremely simple that can be easily dealt with. And the expression to have a finger in a pie means participation in something. Yes, here the meaning was not so obvious.
