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3. Chicken soup, pork chop with potatoes and a salad is almost an icon of traditional Polish cuisine on Sunday. On weekdays, we usually eat our tomato and bean soup and borsch. Second dish typically contains dumplings, potato dishes, croquettes, etc..

4. O ften the products are cooked in water. However, even this method has its drawbacks - the precious vitamins and minerals contained in the products go into the water, which then poured strain vegetables and potatoes... The more we boil the vegetables, the greater is the amount of vitamins lost. For the majority of respondents (55%) the most important feature of the dishes is their taste. It is clear that we prefer the taste of fat.

5. Everyone think that Italy is famous of pizza and spaghetti. It is true that the pasta is very popular in Italy, but the same can be said of the rice that is grown in the north of the country. Soup are eaten here as well which composition varies from region to region, and season of the year. The second dish usually consists of meat, fish, or shellfish with vegetables. For dessert cheeses and fruits are commonly served, and after that Italians drink a cup of espresso.

6. Italian main meal is lunch. Between the hours of 1 PM and 4 PM in most offices, shops and schools people take a break, and some offices work only to 2 PM. After 1 PM Italians celebrate the main meal of the day. Even, if someone has only an hour of break from work, he certainly won’t spend it on anything else. Whether in the cafeteria, at home or in restaurants, people eat decent meal which consists of two dishes (the first is usually a soup, a pasta or a rice with additions, and the second dish- the meat or fish with vegetables) and dessert.

7. The famous English breakfast is now treated almost like a treat and eaten mostly on weekends in cafés and pubs. During the week, most Britons are happy with a bowl of cereal, a cup of tea with milk and often a cigarette. Despite this, we can not say that English breakfast is completely extinct. A typical English breakfast has it roots back to XIX century, when most Britons ate morning porridge, fish, bacon, eggs, toast with jam. This rich breakfast was typical for British people for nearly 100 years. It is said that every year Britons consume 450 000 tons of bacon, 5000 tons of sausage, and millions of eggs, which proves that the great English breakfast is still popular.

8. English desserts are not the original ones. Those are sweet muffins, carrot cakes, flapjack type bars (a mix of oatmeal with sugar syrup and additives such as almonds, chocolate, nuts, fruit flavors). Classic desserts are also apple pies, the crust dough with crumble, apples covered with cinnamon streusel and served with baked sweet pouring pudding - custard, biscuits with raisins. There are also cakes called shortbreads – typically, a round cake with sugar on the top. One of the more interesting desserts are puddings, or desserts which include bread in the receipe. The most famous is bread & butter, dipped in milk with eggs, baked with raisins. Pudding with wild fruits is also popular.

9. Mexican cuisine is becoming more popular due to the diversity and richness of food - and it is hardly surprising, since it is so varied, full of contrasts, a country with a fascinating past. One will not understand Mexican cuisine without knowledge of the Mexican restaurants geography, religion and history of this remarkable country.

10. Mexican cuisine is a combination of Old and New World. Ethnic and hence cultural diversities, resulted in a multiplicity of traditions. Toltecs, Mayans, Aztecs and other peoples inhabiting the territory of Mexico before the arrival of the Spaniards fed on corn, kalabasą (a type of zucchini), cocoa beans, bananas, sweet potatoes and chili. The meat came from wild and farmed turkeys and dogs, and freshwater and sea fish. They also drew inspiration from the insects and their eggs, reptiles and amphibians. With the arrival of the Spanish eating habits have changed due to adapting the imported seeds and plants (wheat and other cereals, sugar cane) and animal (sheep, goats, pigs, cows, chickens, ducks, pigeons). The Spaniards also introduced the traditional dishes and kitchen appliances made of metal.

11. In China, the customs of each village is different. In the old days in Beijing visitors were treated with pasta, which meant that they are asked to remain at home for the night. If guests have agreed to stay, then the host treated his visitors with dumplings. During the visit of the host’s friends and relatives special attention was put to the 8 types of Beijing cakes. In some villages in southern China after entering the house by guest host will first treat his guests with tea and biscuits or niangao (cakes made of rice flour) and then invites the guests to eat the official meal.

12. In Quanzhou, Fujian province, in southern China, guests are treated with fruits. The inhabitants of this village call these fruits Tiantian („tian” translates as sweet in Chinese). Among the fruits should be an orange (in Chinese „jie”), because the local dialect pronunciation of the word „jie” is similar to the pronunciation of the word happiness. Orange symbolizes the wish of happiness and sweet life to the guests – just as the taste of oranges is.