Noodles of the World (2)

In Vietnam long, flat rice noodles appear in beef soup. Thin, white rice noodles are rolled in spring rolls. In Singapore rice noodles are eaten with seafood or served in a peanut sauce. In India and Sri Lanka thin noodles are eaten with curry. Examples of tasty noodle dishes in other Southeast Asian countries are far too numerous to list.

Central Asia and the Middle East
In countries throughout Central Asia, including parts of Russia, people eat long noodles called lagman. Lagman can be eaten in a thick stew or in a sauce. In some places, each ingredient is served in a separate bowl. Elsewhere, everything comes already mixed together.

Central Asian countries also have other noodle dishes. For example, one Kazakh dish consists of large, square noodles topped with meat. People eat this dish with their hands, so its name means "five fingers." And in Kyrgyzstan people eat spicy rice noodles served cold.

Info Cloud
Okay, everyone, here’s a geography question. There are seven countries names that have s t a n as their suffix. How many can you name?

Well, there’s, Afghanistan and Pakistan, there in the news a lot, umm, I can only think of one, another one, Kazakhstan.

For more Steve, okay, here they are. Kurdistan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan and Uzbekistan. For the most of these names,the first part refers to a particular ethnic group. Well, the“stan” suffix means land of or place of. So Kazakhstan means land of the Kazakpeople.

Right, besides countries names, the stan suffix is used in the name of the regions all over central Asia.

For instance, within the borders of Russia, there’s a region call Tatarstan where the Tatarpeople live. In the middle of east, the region called Kurdistan which transcends of the borders of the five different countries is the place where the Kurdslive.

Now, you could say stan is the Persian version of the English word land which leads us to the next geography question. How many countries can you think of that have the word land as the suffix? There’re at least ten, that would you help get started with Switzerland.

Language Lab
seafood n.
fish and shellfish that live in the ocean and are used for food
- The island boats a splendid array of seafood.
- The seafood chowder is very fresh and delicious.
- The seafood restaurant serves top-notch lobster and crab.

numerous adj.
existing in large numbers
- Numerous fan letters poured in to support the band's reunion.
- Despite numerous attempts to quit, Frances still smokes.

stew n.
a dish of vegetables and usually meat cooked in hot liquid for a long time
- I miss Grandma's beef stew, especially in winter.
- This famous vegetable stew takes hours to make.
v.
- Stew the prunes for 40 minutes and then add sugar.

elsewhere adv.
in or to another place
- I have to buy this dress right now. You can't find it elsewhere.
- There are too many people here, so we'd better discuss this elsewhere.

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