ENGLISCH REFERAT ALBANIAN CUISINE

Albanian Cuisine

• Hello, today I want to tell you something about the albanian cuisine. (I=ich im Englischen immer groß schreiben)
• Albania is a state in Southeast Europe on the Balkan Peninsula.
• It borders in the north on Montonegro and Kosovo, in the east on Macedonia and in the south on Greece. (Länder immer IT)
• The natural western border is formed by the coasts of the Adriatic and the Ionian Sea by which the country counts to the bordering states of the Mediterranean Sea. (Geografische Bezeichnungen immer groß schreiben)
• About 3.196 million people live in Albania. The Albanian cuisine is the national cuisine of the albanian people. (s. Punkt 4)
• n Albania the meals are only opened with the sentence ´per te mire´( that means enjoy your meal) and after finishing the meal you have to say ´zoti e shtofte´ (that means may god multiply it), while the others reply ´te befte mire´ (that means it shall be good for you ).
• The Albanian cuisine is often substantial with a lot of butter and oil. It is often deep-fried.
• They use a huge number of grains, such as wheat, barley and rye.
• But they use different vegetables, such as cucumber, paprika, spinach and cabbage, too.
• Potatoes, rice and beans are ingredients of many dishes. Besser: Additionally, meat is served, too.
• The mostly used meat is chicken. (meist verwendet ist hier adjektivisch, daher mostly)
• Other types of meat such as cattle, veal, goat and lamb play a big role in the daily Albanian diet, too.
• Depending on denomination (vielleicht besser: religious community) pork is also used.
• Almost every dish is eaten in addition with bread in Albania.
• Sheep´s cheese (ich würde das milk weglassen, denn woraus – außer Milch – soll der Käse denn hergestellt werden…) is also consumed regularly and because of its good taste is often passed as a side dish.
• Besides that the Albanian cuisine is a part of the Balkan cuisine, too and shows oriental influence on the sweet desserts.
• For example tollumba (fried dough pieces in syrup), Bakllava (a Mediterranean dessert made with Phyllo dough, nuts, butter, and sugar) or Trileqe (a cake made with three types of milk). (Beschreibung in Klammer ohne that’s)
• The national dishes are „Fli“ , „Pite“ , „Qebapa“ and „Pasul“.
• „Pasul“ is a stew with white beans. „Fli“ is a packed pasta with yoghurt filling. „Qebapa“ is cevapcici made with beef and lamb ground beef from the charocal grill. „Pite“ is a stuffed puff pastry.
• The individual thing on „Pite“ and „Fli“ is, that you have to eat them with your fingers instead of using any cutlery. Albanian people are also big fans of their „speca turrshi“, which are homemade pickled peppers.
• The special tea , called „Qaj“ is also popular in Albania. If you are in Albania, you will drink it every day after the breakfast and the dinner. The Albanian „Qaj“ is a black tea which is cooked with two special teapots. Also interesting are the little tea glasses with which the tea is served in Albania. Typical drinks for adults are ‘Raki rrushi’ (a grape schnapps ) , ‘Raki mani‘ (a mulberry brandy) and ‘Konjak skenderbeu’ (a traditonal Albanian brandy), because in Albania has been a rich wine-growing culture for centuries, but it is not well-known in foreign countries. Worth mentioning is the Albanian hospitality. So if you ever will visit an Albanian family, you can be sure that they will offer you over and over again a second serving.