Pre-reading questions:
- Are pancakes popular in your country?
- When was the last time you tried something new for breakfast?
Vocabulary:
- fluffy /FLUHF-ee/
- tour /toor/
- flour /FLOU-er/
- savory /SEY-vuh-ree/
- fry /FRAHY/
[adjective] – soft and like wool or fur
This throw pillow is so fluffy!
[noun] – a visit to a place or area, especially one during which you look around the place or area and learn about it
My brother works as a museum tour guide.
[noun] – powder made from grain, especially wheat, used for making bread, cakes, pasta, pastry, etc.
She dropped by the store to buy some flour.
[adjective] – Savory food is salty or spicy and not sweet in taste
I had a savory meal of fried rice and egg rolls.
[verb] – to cook food in hot oil or fat
He fried the chicken in the air fryer.
Article reading:
1. Socca, France and Italy
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The French and Italians enjoy socca/farinata, a pancake made from chickpea flour, water, olive oil, and seasoning. Socca is traditionally cooked in large copper pans of oil placed in wood-fired ovens. In Nice France, it is sold in paper cones and dusted with black pepper.
2. Hemp protein pancakes, Switzerland
©Mark Stadler via CNN
Michelin-starred chef Sven Wassmer’s healthy pancakes deserve a place on your table. These gluten-free pancakes use hemp protein instead of flour with toppings including bananas, almonds, and maple syrup.
3. Pancakes with Peking duck, China
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If you want something savory, slow-cooked Peking duck wrapped in translucent flour pancakes might just be what you need.
4. Cachapas, Venezuela
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Cachapas are corn pancakes with cheese and butter. Fried until they’re golden and crispy, cachapas are popular at roadside stands in Venezuela.
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True or False:
- Socca is made from almond flour, water, olive oil, and seasoning.
- Socca is traditionally cooked in small copper pans.
- Chef Sven Wassmer’s pancakes are not gluten-free. /li>
- China’s pancakes have slow-cooked pecking duck.
- Cachapas have cheese and butter.
Fill in the blanks:
| fluffy | tour | flour | savory | fry |
- I ______ some eggs, sausages, potatoes in the large pan.
- This pancake is light and _______.
- Let’s grab something sweet after eating _______ food.
- My aunt used coconut ______ for the banana bread.
- We attended a ______ at the park last week.