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Meals and Mealtimes in Britain
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Some people have their biggest meal in the middle of the day and some have it in the evening, but most people today have a small mid-day meal - usually sandwiches, and perhaps some crisps and some fruit.
People in England have three main meals a day:
Breakfast - between 7:00 and 9:00,
Lunch - between 12:00 and 1:30 p.m.
Dinner (sometimes called Supper) - The main meal. Eaten anytime between 6:30 and 8:00 p.m. (Evening meal)
Traditionally, and for some people still, the meals are called:
Breakfast - between 7:00 and 9:00,
Dinner (The main meal) - between 12:00 and 1:30 p.m.
Tea - anywhere from 5:30 at night to 6:30 p.m.
On Sundays the main meal of the day is often eaten at midday instead of in the evening. This meal usually is a Roast Dinner consisting of a roast meat, Yorkshire pudding and two kinds of vegetables.
BREAKFAST
What is a typical English Breakfast? Most people around the world seem to think a typical English breakfast consists of eggs, bacon, sausages, fried bread, mushrooms and baked beans all washed down with a cup of coffee. Nowadays, however, a typical English breakfastis more likely to be abowl of cereals, a slice of toast, orange juiceand a cup of coffee.
The traditional English breakfast consists of eggs, bacon, sausages, fried bread, baked beans and mushrooms. Even though not many people will eat this for breakfast today, it is always served in hotels and guest houses around Britain.
Many people, especially children, in England will eat a bowl of cereal. They are made with different grains such as corn, wheat, oats etc.
In winter many people will eat "porridge" or boiled oats.
LUNCH
What is a typical English lunch? Many children at school and adults at work will have a ‘packed lunch’. This typically consists of a sandwich, a packet of crisps,a piece of fruit and a drink. The ‘packed lunch’ is kept in a plastic container.
S andwichesare also known as a butty or sarnie in some parts of the UK.
DINNER
The evening meal is usually called 'tea', 'dinner' or 'supper'.
What is a traditional English Dinner? A typical British meal for dinner is meat and "two veg". They put hot brown gravy, traditionally made from the juices of the roast meat (but more often today from a packet!) on the meat and usually the vegetables. One of the vegetables is almost always potatoes.
This traditional meal is rarely eaten nowadays; a recent survey found that most people in Britain eat curry! Rice or pasta are now favoured as the ‘British Dinner’.
Vegetables grown in England, like potatoes, carrots, peas, cabbages and onions, are still very popular. They also buy vegetables from many countries all through the year.
The Sunday Roast Dinner
Sunday lunch time is a typical time to eat the traditional Sunday Roast. Traditionally it consists of roast meat, (cooked in the oven for about two hours), two different kinds of vegetables and potatoes with a Yorkshire pudding. The most common joints are beef, lamb or pork; chicken is also popular.
Beef is eaten with hot white horseradish sauce, pork with sweet apple sauce and lamb with green mint sauce. Gravy is poured over the meat.
AFTERNOON TEA (The traditional 4 o'clock tea) This is a small meal, not a drink. Traditionally it consists of tea (or coffee) served with either of the following:
1. Freshly baked scones served with cream and jam.
2. Afternoon tea sandwiches (often thinly sliced cucumber sandwiches with the crusts cut off).
3. Assorted pastries.
Today British families do not have time for afternoon tea at home, but in the past it was a tradition. It became popular about one hundred and fifty years ago, when rich ladies invited their friends to their houses for an afternoon cup of tea. They started offering their visitors sandwiches and cakes too. Soon everyone was enjoying Afternoon tea.
HIGH TEA (The traditional 6 o'clock tea) The British working population did not have Afternoon Tea. They had a meal about midday, and a meal after work, between five and seven o'clock. This meal was called ‘high tea’ or just ‘tea’.
(Today, most people refer to the evening meal as dinner or supper.)
Traditionally eaten early evening, High tea was a substantial meal that combined delicious sweet foods, such as scones, cakes, buns or tea breads, with tempting savouries, such as cheese on toast, toasted crumpets, cold meats and pickles or poached eggs on toast. This meal is now often replaced with a supper due to people eating their main meal in the evenings rather than at midday.
8.Answer the questions.
1.What meals do people in England have during the day?
2.What is a Roast Dinner?
3.What is a typical English breakfast nowadays?
4.What does a traditional English breakfast consist of?
5.What do they call a ‘packed lunch’?
6.What is a traditional English dinner?
7.When do they have the traditional Sunday roast?
8.What is Afternoon tea?
9.When did Afternoon tea become popular?
10.What did the British people call ‘high tea’?
9.Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word from the box.
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Most people eat three (1)..... a day – breakfast, (2)..... and dinner. Some eat a fourth meal, (3)..... late at night. (4)..... tradition provides an extra light meal served in the late (5)...... Its basic (6)..... usually includes tea and special tea cakes or cucumber sandwiches.
Meals vary in different countries. (7)..... in the US may include fruit or fruit (8)....., coffee, toast, and choice of cereal or (9)..... and eggs. Many people like pancakes with maple syrup for breakfast. (10)..... Europeans sometimes have an early breakfast of (11)..... and coffee or hot (12)....., and eat a (13)..... breakfast later on in the (14)......
10.a)Read the conversation between mother and her son.
| It's Friday afternoon and John's friend Mark is coming for tea tomorrow. | |
| Mrs S: | John, is Mark coming for tea tomorrow? |
| John: | Yes mum, I told you yesterday! |
| Mrs S: | Oh did you? Sorry, I must have forgotten. |
| John: | What are we having? |
| Mrs S: | I don't know yet, I was just writing out the shopping list. What sort of things does he like? |
| John: | Anything, just about. I know he hates pasta though. |
| Mrs S: | OK, what about pizza? |
| John: | Yeah, pizza would be great, not too much salad though please mum. |
| Mrs S: | How about a fruit salad for pudding instead? |
| John: | With ice cream? |
| Mrs S: | Yes, ok. |
| John: | Great, I can't wait! |
b)Work in groups. You’re going to have a party. Discuss the menu.
11.Read and translate the text.
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