BBC 6分钟英语 我们为什么喜欢饺子

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This is six minute English from BBC Learning English.

I'm Neil, and I'm Beth. In China, their crescent shaped and filled with pork and cabbage.

In Nepal, they're called momos and are fried with buffalo meat.

In Ireland,

they're soaked in guineas gravy. And Italians fill them with spinach and call them Yucky.

They can be steamed or fried, and I found all over the world.

I'm talking, of course, about dumplings.

Dumplings are a group of dishes where a filling is wrapped inside pieces of cooked dough.

They're basically dough envelopes with a filling inside.

Fillings can be anything for meat and fish to vegetables tofu or cheese.

And the dough is usually based on a starchy grain, like wheat, rice, corn or potato.

In fact, the English word dumpling comes from a 17th century adjective dump, meaning do like.

The really amazing thing about dumplings is that they're found all over the world.

Over the centuries, different countries and regions have experimented with flavors and fillings to create something unique.

Wherever in the world you are, there's probably a special kind of dumpling for you.

In this program, will be sampling a dumpling from the West African country of Ghana, and as usual, will be learning some useful new vocabulary as well.

Great. But 1st I have a question for you, beth.

Probably the most famous British dumplings Suet dumplings are cooked on top of a chicken or beef stew, that made from suet.

But what exactly is that? Is sue?

It a wheat b potato, or see animal fat?

Hmm, uh. I think so. It is made from animal facts.

Okay, beth, we'll find out if that's the correct answer later in the program.

The origins of dumplings are a mystery.

Historians think the dish is very old, but no one knows for sure when or where the 1st dumpling was cooked.

One theory puts the birthplace of the dumpling along the silk road, linking China with Central Asia and Turkey.

One way or another, the dumpling journeyed through the Middle East and across Africa to Ghana, where today it's a favorite way of adding carbohydrates to a dish, as well as soaking up sources and juices.

Kaffooi Ajdar is a businesswoman and fan of the Ghanaian dumpling called Kenki.

Here she introduces Kenki to Ruth Alexander, presenter of the BBC World Service program, the food chain.

I love kinky. If I had kinky this afternoon, you've had some this afternoon?

Yes. I love lay and it hits the spot absolutely.

And it's a gang where the gal where is one of the tribes in Ghana.

And kinke is the astable food, even though it's eaten across the whole country.

How is it then eaten? Now, we have to eat cane kill with what we call, she talk, chili sauce.

Okay, but we also have the black sauce.

Is that with shrimps, fish and all sort of proteins in it, and then, yummy, yummy.

You go at it, you dig in.

So is this really satisfying comfort food?

It is very satisfying. In fat.

Canke is loved by most people who do manual works because it feels that tommy, and it takes you almost a whole day before you feel hungering again.

Caferi says, eating canky really hits the spot.

If something hits the spot, it's exactly what you wanted and totally satisfied you.

Kinki dumplings are made from maize sourzo and eaten across Ghana.

For some tribes, kenke is their staple food, a basic and important type of food that is regularly eaten by a large portion of the population in Britain, e.g., bread and eggs are staple foods can He takes time to make The maize needs to be soaked in water for a week.

But when they're ready and served with a hot chili sauce, caffoori uses two phrases to show it's time to eat.

Yamyam is used to say that food tastes or smells very good, and dig in is another exclamation, meaning don't wait, start eating and eat as much as you like.

For Ghanaians, kenke is comfort food, something which is enjoyable to eat and makes you feel happier.

And what's more, it fills your tummy or stomach, whatever type you eat and wherever in the world you eat them, dumplings are a great way to spread a little love, including in Britain.

Ah, yes, it looks like we're back to my earlier question.

I asked you what the traditional British suet dumpling is made from.

Beth guessed it was animal fat, which was the correct answer.

Suet dumplings aren't the healthiest, but for some Brits, they're certainly comfort food,

food that makes you feel happier because it tastes good, or because it reminds you of home.

OK, let's recap the rest of the vocabulary we've learned in this program, starting with the idiom hits the spot, meaning that something is

satisfying and exactly what you wanted.

A staple food is a basic and important type of food that is regularly eaten by a large portion of the population.

The exclamation yum, yum is used to say that food tastes or smells delicious.

If you say dig in, you're inviting someone to start eating as much as they want.

And finally, tummy is an informal word for stomach.

Once again, our 6 min are up, but remember to join us again next time for more trending topics and useful vocabulary here at 6 min English.

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