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1 The usual meals in England are breakfast, lunch, tea, and dinner; or in simpler homes breakfast,dinner, tea, and
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The usual meals in England are breakfast, lunch, tea, and dinner; or in simpler homes breakfast,dinner, tea, and supper.
In many countries on the Continent breakfast is a snack rather than a meal but the traditional
English breakfast is a full meal. For breakfast some people have a plateful of corn-flakes with milk and sugar or a plateful of porridge to begin with, and if porridge is prepared in the proper Scottish manner, it is a tasty, economical and nourishing dish. English people eat porridge with milk or cream and sugar, but not a good Scotsman (and Scotland is the home of porridge) would ever put sugar on his porridge. Then comes at least one substantial course such as bacon and eggs, or sausages and bacon, or ham and eggs. For a change you may have a boiled egg or fried fish.
Afterwards comes toast with butter and marmalade³ made from oranges. The meal is “washed down” with tea or coffee. Many English people now take such a full breakfast only on Sunday morning; on week-days they prefer to have a "Continental" breakfast of rolls and butter and coffee.
Lunch, served between half past twelve and half past one, is based on plain, simply-cooked food.
Many employees and businessmen in London usually find it impossible to come home for lunch and so take it in a canteen, or a cafe, or a restaurant, but those who are at home generally have cold mutton (left over from yesterday's dinner), ham with boiled or fried potatoes, salad and pickles with some pudding or fruit to follow.
English mutton is a treat and it is prepared in such a way, that you wouldn't know it is mutton. Salad is different from ours. You only get the clean green leaves and the so called "salad-dressing", a mixture of oil, vinegar, salt, pepper and mayonnaise, that you may take according to your taste. For lunch you may also have a mutton chop or steak and chips followed by biscuits and cheese and a cup of coffee. Some people like to drink water and light beer with lunch.
Afternoon tea follows between four and five o'clock. You can hardly call it a meal. This is not generally a formal meal. Instead of sitting round the table you have tea brought to you and you balance a cup on your knee or in your hand as you take thin buttered bread, pastries, cake or biscuits. Tea is the favourite beverage in England. It is very strong and mostly drunk with milk or cream and sugar. There are no "coffee-houses" in England but tea-rooms and luncheon-rooms there are in abundance.
Dinner which is about at 7 o’clock in the evening is the biggest meal of the day. It begins with some soup /English soup has nothing in common with our beet and cabbage or cabbage soup/, then fish, roast chicken, potatoes and vegetables and dessert. You may have beefsteak accompanied by roast potatoes, and a second vegetable (probably cabbage and carrots). English lamb chops make a very tasty dish, particularly when eaten with fresh spring peas, new potatoes and mint sauce. Apple pie is a favourite sweet, and English puddings are an excellent ending to a meal.
2 Answer the following questions:
1 How many meals a day do English people have? What are they? The usual meals in England are breakfast, lunch, tea, and dinner; or in simpler homes breakfast, dinner, tea, and supper.
2 Why is the traditional English breakfast unlike the Continental breakfast? In many countries on the Continent breakfast is a snack rather than a meal but the traditional English breakfast is a full meal.
3 Why do you think some English people nowadays prefer to have a "Continental breakfast"? Some English people nowadays prefer to have a "Continental breakfast” because it is more healthy.
4 What do English people generally have for breakfast? For breakfast some people have a plateful of corn-flakes with milk and sugar or a plateful of porridge to begin with, and if porridge is prepared in the proper Scottish manner, it is a tasty, economical and nourishing dish.
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