Russian cuisine

Russian cuisine.

People in Russia usually have three meals a day. They are breakfast, dinner and supper. Usually people do not eat much for breakfast. A usual breakfast includes sandwiches, omelet or corn flakes. But you will be able to try some traditional Russian dishes for breakfast. Syrniks are very popular for breakfast. They are served (подаются) with sour cream and honey.

Dinner is more substantial (сытный) meal than breakfast. And usually it  consists of three courses. First course is a soup or shchi. Schi is a traditional Russian dish and it is a soup made of cabbage, carrot, tomatoes, meat and onion. Some sour-cream is usually added to shchi.

Second course is meat or fish with some garnish. The third course is tea, coffee, juice.

People in Russia usually have supper in the evening when they come back from the work. So it starts at about 7 p.m. Families usually get together and share the latest news and enjoy the meal and the company. Dishes for supper vary greatly depending on the budget and preferences of the families.

Pelmeni and golubtsy are very popular Russian dishes.

One of the most important roles in Russian meal plays bread. Russian people have bread almost with all the dishes. You can find light and dark bread in Russia. The color of it depends on the kind of the flour used for its cooking.

Russian people like to eat healthy fresh made food. The quality of the food is on the first place for them. So their food is not only tasty but also healthy.

Exercise 1.Answer the questions True(T)/ False (F):

1. People in Russia usually have four meals a day.
2. Usually people eat much for breakfast.
3. Syrniks are served with tomato sauce.
4. The  dinner consists of 2 courses.
5. People in Russia usually have supper in the morning.
6. Russian people do not like bread.
7. You  can find dark and light bread in Russia.