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  8.  What is the classic take-away food in the north of England?

  9.  What is a cuppa?

 10.  What is haggis and where will you usually find it?

 11.  What is laver bread made of, and where will you usually find it?

 12.   What is the best known Irish dish, and what is it made of?

Suggestions for further study and investigation

  1.  Today, we often hear of the dangers of the present fast food culture. Try to define  
 

  what fast food is. Do you eat fast food? If so, what sort?

  2.  Obesity is becoming more and more serious in the Western World. Find out what  
 

  obesity is, and why it has become such a problem.

  3.  In Britain there are nearly four million vegetarians. Why do you think people  
 

  become vegetarians? Are you a vegetarian? If so why?

  4.  What is your opinion about the sort of food people eat in Britain? How does this  
 

  compare to traditional food in your country?

  5.  Have you travelled abroad and eaten the local food there? Try to define and    
 

  compare the food customs in that country compared to where you live.

  6.  What is your favourite dish? Write down the recipe for this favourite dish and then  
 

  explain to others how you make it. 

  7.  Using the space below, try to define what is particularly characteristic of food in  
 

  these countries:

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Country Special food characteristicsFrance