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    1. The document discusses some of the world's weirdest foods, including brain sandwiches in the USA, duck egg with embryo inside in Japan, and smoked sheep's head in Scotland. 2. It then provides a matching exercise to connect unusual foods with their countries of origin, such as horse milk beer in Mongolia and tuna eyeball in the Philippines. 3. Finally, it discusses the preparation of some foods, like mixing organs into haggis and serving live baby octopus that continues to wriggle on the plate in Korea. It warns to fully chew the octopus to avoid choking.

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    1. The document discusses some of the world's weirdest foods, including brain sandwiches in the USA, duck egg with embryo inside in Japan, and smoked sheep's head in Scotland. 2. It then provides a matching exercise to connect unusual foods with their countries of origin, such as horse milk beer in Mongolia and tuna eyeball in the Philippines. 3. Finally, it discusses the preparation of some foods, like mixing organs into haggis and serving live baby octopus that continues to wriggle on the plate in Korea. It warns to fully chew the octopus to avoid choking.

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    The World's Weirdest Food

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    Agoston Carmen
    1. The document discusses some of the world's weirdest foods, including brain sandwiches in the USA, duck egg with embryo inside in Japan, and smoked sheep's head in Scotland. 2. It then provides a matching exercise to connect unusual foods with their countries of origin, such as horse milk beer in Mongolia and tuna eyeball in the Philippines. 3. Finally, it discusses the preparation of some foods, like mixing organs into haggis and serving live baby octopus that continues to wriggle on the plate in Korea. It warns to fully chew the octopus to avoid choking.

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    Reading skills practice: The worlds weirdest food exercises

    How hungry would you have to be to eat a brain sandwich? What about some fried spider? Read this to
    find out about the worlds weirdest food.

    Preparation
    Match the unusual food with the country, and write af next to the numbers 16. If you dont know, have a
    guess!
    1.. USA

    a.

    Horse milk beer

    2.. Japan

    b.

    Brain sandwiches

    3.. The Philippines

    c.

    Jellied moose nose

    4.. Norway

    d.

    Duck egg (with embryo inside)

    5.. Mongolia

    e.

    Smoked sheeps head

    6.. Canada

    f.

    Tuna eyeball

    Reading skills practice: The worlds weirdest food exercises


    1. Check your understanding: matching
    Read the questions and write the correct part of the world.
    Scotland

    USA

    Iceland (x2)

    Korea

    Japan

    Italy

    Asia, Africa and South America

    Which part of the world


    1.

    has a dish which is not that tasty, but offers the diner a thrill of danger? _____________

    2.

    eats an animal which is cut up into pieces while still alive? _____________

    3.

    gets valuable nutrition from eating small creatures? _____________

    4.

    offers a dish that probably needs lots of ketchup? _____________

    5.

    eats a fish that has undergone a period of chemical change? _____________

    6.

    likes a dairy product that houses some baby insects? _____________

    7.

    doesn't waste much of the animal when they produce a well-known local dish? _____________

    8.

    eats chunks of food on small wooden sticks? _____________

    2. Check your vocabulary: gap fill


    Complete the gaps with a verb from the box.
    jump

    mix

    slice

    chew

    wriggle

    disturb

    choke

    boil

    1.

    To make haggis, you ______________ the heart, lungs and liver with the other ingredients, put it
    inside a sheeps stomach and ______________ it for three hours.

    2.

    In Korea, they ______________ up the baby octopus and serve the tentacles as they continue to
    ______________ around.

    3.

    You have to be careful to ______________ the tentacles fully, to make sure they dont stick in your
    throat and ______________ you.

    4.

    The tiny worms in Casu Marzu cheese can ______________ 15 cm if you ______________ them.

    Discussion
    Which of the foods mentioned would you be willing to try?
    Whats the weirdest food youve ever eaten?

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