Unusual Foods

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

In Today's lesson..

Theme strange food!

Warmer

• This lesson is all about unusual dishes.
• Do you know any weird foods that you eat? Name all the weird foods you have tried.
• Have you ever eaten insects?

Food for thought

• Should we all be eating insects?

• Extra: how to eat bugs?

WORDS TO	HELP
disgusting	walgelijk
nutritious	voedzaam
environmentally friendly	goed voor het milieu
abundant	overvloedig
edible	eetbaar
digestible	verteerbaar

Watching

• We 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

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?

which dish would you like to try? which one not? Discuss this with your classmate next to you.

I would like to try...

00:12

yes / no?

00:31

Get ready to take notes!

In a minute or so, answer the following question: 

"Which reasons are there to incorporate eating insects into your diet?"

01:29

Do you remember any of the three reasons for eating insects.
Write in Dutch.

01:40-01:46

02:28

Explain in your own words why people in the Western World don't eat bugs

02:42

Would YOU eat insects?
Yes / no --> why?