Вопрос № 223565 - Английский язык

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Chickens are on most tables today. Modern methods of rearing and refrigeration have made birds of uniform quality available everywhere and we eat them probably more than any other meal. Most people now buy frozen ones which are inexpensive and ready to cook. You can buy whole birds or chicken pieces. For a family a whole bird is a saving as it will provide more than one meal. Chicken pieces are good for a quick meal. The most economical joints are the drumsticks and thighs – there is a lot of meat on them.
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For many centuries the only method of 1_______ fruit eatable between one harvest and the next was drying. The fruit, whole or cut in 2_______ was dried on trays in the sun. Today this 3_______ is still used in regions with good climates. Other methods were invented as early as the 1st century A.D, when 4_______ were put in the oven to dry and now there are modern dries with hot air circulated by machinery.

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Corn or maize was domesticated and 1_______by the native people of the New World when Christopher Columbus first 2_______ its shores. The cultivation of corn was of primary 3_______ to the daily diet of the Indians, who used it in 4________ a sort of bread, the tortilla.

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1_______ are versatile, easy to use, easy to digest and most people like them. Store them in a cool 2_______, larder or refrigerator. Brown or white eggs? The answer is that it does not matter, the difference is only in the eye of the beholder. In America they 3_______ extra for pure white ones, 4_______ do the same for dark brown. Boil them, scramble them, fry them with bacon, make an omelet, make mayonnaise.

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Smetana (sour - cream) is also an almost universal flavouring sauce. Smetana is 1_______ from cream and contains 2,5 % of protein , 20 – 40 % of 2_______, lactic acid. 3_______ is a dietary beverage made from cow’s milk, yeast and lactic acid bacteria. Ryazhenka is a sour milk product made from baked 4_______.

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The cacao is a tropical 1_______ that originated in Central and South America. It 2______ to a height of 5 to 8 m. The fruits are pods that are oblong and oval in 3_______ and 15 to 20 cm long. The 4______ weigh 500 – 600 g. Each pod contains about 40 to 50 beans arranged in five rows.