Do you know what English people eat?

Lets find?
They have t hree main meal s a day:
Breakfast - between :!! and ":!!#
Lun$h - between %&:!! and %:'! p#m#
Dinner- (sometimes $alled supper)* the main meal+ eaten anytime
between ,:'! and -:!! p#m# (the evening meal)#
Traditionally+ and for some people still+ the meals are $alled:
Breakfast - between :!! and ":!!+
Dinner (the main meal) - between %&:!! and %:'! p#m#
Tea - anywhere from .:'! at night to ,:'! p#m#
/n 0undays the main meal of the day is often eaten at midday instead of
in the evening# This meal usually is a 1oast Dinner $onsisting of a roast
meat+ 2orkshire pudding and two or three kinds of vegetables#
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6ost people around the world seem to think a typi$al English breakfast
$onsists of eggs+ ba$on+ sausages+ fried bread+ mushrooms and baked
beans all washed down with a $up of $offee# 7owadays+ however+ a typi$al
English breakfast is more likely to be a bowl of $ereals+ a sli$e of toast+
orange 8ui$e and a $up of $offee# 6any people+ espe$ially $hildren+ in
England will eat a bowl of $ereal# They are made with different grains
su$h as $orn+ wheat+ oats et$# 9n the winter many people will eat
:porridge: or boiled oats#
The traditional English breakfast $onsists of eggs+ ba$on+ 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# The traditional English breakfast is $alled the ;5ull
English; and sometimes referred to as ;The 5ull English 5ry-up;#
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6any $hildren at s$hool and adults at work will have a ;pa$ked lun$h;#
This typi$ally $onsists of a sandwi$h+ a pa$ket of $risps+ a pie$e of fruit
and a drink# The ;pa$ked lun$h; is kept in a plasti$ $ontainer#
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The evening meal is usually $alled ;tea;+ ;dinner; or ;supper;#
3 typi$al British meal for dinner is :meat and two veg:# ?e put hot brown
gravy+ (traditionally made from the 8ui$es of the roast meat+ but more often
today from a pa$ket@) on the meat and usually the vegetables# /ne of the
vegetables is almost always potatoes#
The traditional meal is rarely eaten nowadays+ apart from on 0undays# 3
re$ent survey found that most people in Britain eat $urry@ 1i$e or pasta
dishes are now favored as the ;British Dinner;# Aegetables grown in
England+ like potatoes+ $arrots+ peas+ $abbages and onions+ are still very
popular#
The 0unday 1oast Di nner
0unday lun$h time is a typi$al time to eat the traditional 0unday 1oast#
Traditionally it $onsists of roast meat+ ($ooked in the oven for about two
hours)+ two different kinds of vegetables and potatoes with a 2orkshire
pudding# The most $ommon 8oints are beef+ lamb or pork* $hi$ken is also
popular# Beef is eaten with hot white horseradish sau$e+ pork with sweet
apple sau$e and lamb with green mint sau$e# Bravy is poured over the
meat#
Lets find what $hildren eat in s$hoolsCC
9n British s$hools+ $hildren $an usually $hoose between a hot or $old
dinner provided by the s$hool or a pa$ked lun$h taken from home# 0ome
$hildren are entitled to a free s$hool dinner+ but most $hildren pay for
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theirs# Their lun$h break is from %&#%. noon to %#%. p#m# and $hildren
may have a s$hool meal or bring a pa$ked lun$h#
0$hool lun$hes are pri$ed at D%#,!#
>ere you have an eEample of a menu eaten by $hildren in their s$hools#
?eek %
6onday Tuesday ?ednesday Thursday 5riday
Lamb F
3pri$ot
=urry
=annelloni
with
0pina$h
topped with
Garmesan
=heese
5illed
Ha$ket
Gotato
Beef
Burger with
Gepper$orn
0au$e
=hi$kpea
and
7apolitano
F Basil
Genne
1oasted
=hi$ken
Legs
Ha$ket
Gotatoes
filled with
Lentils F
0avoury
Tomato
1i$e
0weet F
0our Gork
0neaky Gie
5illed
Ha$ket
Gotato
5ish
5ingers
Bro$$oli F
6a$aroni
with a
>erby =rust
Boiled 1i$e
Barden
Geas
=ream F
=hive
Gotatoes
Bro$$oli
1oast
Gotatoes
Braised 1ed
=abbage
Brown 1i$e
=arrots F
0wede
=hipped
Gotatoes
Baked
Beans
6iEed
0alad
6iEed
0alad
6iEed
0alad
6iEed
0alad
6iEed
0alad
>ot 3pple
Turnovers
F =ream
Gineapple
F 4iwi
0li$es
=ornflake
Tart
1aspberry
1i$e
Gudding
1hubarb
=run$h F
=aramel
=ustard
2oghurt
?arm Bake
well Tart
5resh 5ruit
0alad
Binger
0ponge
Gudding
=heese F
Bis$uits
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