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Chestnuts

The sweet chestnut is a native of South Europe but is planted elsewhere extensively for both nuts and timber. The nuts can be used in soups, fritters, porridges, stuffings and stews, as well as being roasted or boiled whole. Available fresh (in autumn), dried, canned - whole or pureed, or ground into flour. Dried chestnuts need soaking for at least 1-2 hours and boiling for 45-60 minutes, fresh need boiling for 40 minutes before being peeled. Preserved in syrup they become the famous delicacy, Marron-glace. High in starch, but low in protein and fat, 100g chestnuts contain 36.6g carbohydrate, only 2g protein (the lowest of all nuts) and 2.7g fat.

Lesson 3

Read the words.

fibrous

matting

margarines

residue

hydrogenate

saturate

Master the words.

fibrous волокнистый, жилистый,

trunk ствол

saturated fat насыщенный жир

detergent очищающее, моющее средство

desiccated высушенный; сушёный

coir кокосовые волокна, хлопья

3. Read the words and put down their Russian equivalents:

the coconut palm ____________________________________

the leaves for thatch __________________________________

the fibrous husk ____________________________________

Unripe nuts ________________________________________

Add suffix –ness. Translate the words.

tight

weight

power

big

Read the text and define the meaning of new words. Translate the text.

Coconuts

The coconut palm is common in tropical regions all over the world. The nut is covered in a fibrous outer coating on the tree and all parts of the tree are useful, the trunks for timber, the leaves for thatch, the fibrous husk produces coir - the starting material for ropes and coconut matting - and the nuts are used for food. Unripe nuts contain coconut milk. The nutmeat can be eaten fresh or dried (desiccated or flaked coconut) and is also available in blocks of creamed coconut. Valuable oil is also extracted from the nut meat and used for cooking (although it is very high in saturated fat), margarines, soaps and detergents. 100g fresh coconut contains 3.2g protein and 36g fat, desiccated contains 5.6g protein and 62g fat.


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