Question

culture and food
many cultural practices revolve around food - families and friends get together to share special times. some cultures have unique delicacies which, to many outside their culture, might not seem a delicacy. cultures express their uniqueness through food. we associate certain foods with certain countries.

activity 1: match the food with the country
in this activity, you will need to use the following key competencies:

• thinking critically and reflecting on what youve learned
• using language, symbols and texts to interpret information

1. have a look at the following dishes - which countries do we usually associate them with? use arrows or line to match up the dish and the flag. name the countries.

boerewors
pizza
matzah (or matzo) balls
pavlova
hamburger
sweet and sour

1. our australian neighbours

what dish is the kangaroo talking about?

Explanation:

Identify dishes, flags, and countries for Question 1

• Boerewors: Traditional South African sausage. Matches the South African flag (green, black, white, gold, red, blue). Country: South Africa.
• Pizza: Famous Italian dish. Matches the Italian flag (green, white, red vertical tricolor). Country: Italy.
• Matzah (or matzo) balls: Traditional Jewish soup dumpling. Matches the Israeli flag (blue Star of David between two horizontal blue stripes). Country: Israel.
• Pavlova: Meringue-based dessert popular in Australia and New Zealand. Matches the New Zealand flag (blue field with Union Jack and four red stars). Country: New Zealand.
• Hamburger: Popular American fast food. Matches the United States flag (stars and stripes). Country: United States of America (USA).
• Sweet and sour: Classic Chinese flavor profile/dish. Matches the Chinese flag (red field with five golden stars). Country: China.

Identify the dish referenced in Question 2

• The kangaroo says: "Oi mate! One of these is ours!"
• Pavlova is a famous sweet dessert with a long-standing friendly rivalry over its origin between Australia and New Zealand.
• Since New Zealand's flag is listed in Question 1, the dish shared with Australia ("our Australian neighbours") is Pavlova.

Answer:

Question 1

• Boerewors $

ightarrow$ South African Flag $
ightarrow$ South Africa

• Pizza $

ightarrow$ Italian Flag $
ightarrow$ Italy

• Matzah (or matzo) balls $

ightarrow$ Israeli Flag $
ightarrow$ Israel

• Pavlova $

ightarrow$ New Zealand Flag $
ightarrow$ New Zealand

• Hamburger $

ightarrow$ United States Flag $
ightarrow$ United States of America (USA)

• Sweet and sour $

ightarrow$ Chinese Flag $
ightarrow$ China

Question 2

Pavlova