NATIONAL CUISINE of ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES
Traditional British cuisine includes fish and chips, roast beef, steak, mash, and, probably, famous British pudding. The usual meals in Great Britain are breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner. The English keep to their meal times strictly.
Breakfast time is between 7 and 9 a. m. Many people like to begin it with porridge. English people eat porridge with milk or cream and sugar. Then comes bacon and eggs, marmalade with toast and tea or coffee. For a change you can have a boiled egg, cold ham or perhaps fish.
Lunch is usually taken at one o’clock. Many people go to a cafe or a restaurant, but they never miss a meal. Lunch is a big meal — meat or fish, potatoes and salad, puddings or fruit are quite usual for it.
In the afternoon, about five o’clock, the English have a cup of tea and a cake, or a slice or two of bread and butter. Tea is very popular with the English; it may be called their national drink. They drink it with or without sugar, but almost always with milk.
Dinnertime is generally about half past seven or later. In some houses dinner is the biggest meal of the day. They begin with soup, followed by fish, roast chicken, potatoes and vegetables, fruit and coffee.
Some people criticize English food. They say it’s unimaginable, boring and tasteless. It is disappointing, but true, because English cooking is very simple and doesn’t need any special preparation.
Breakfast time is between 7 and 9 a. m. Many people like to begin it with porridge. English people eat porridge with milk or cream and sugar. Then comes bacon and eggs, marmalade with toast and tea or coffee. For a change you can have a boiled egg, cold ham or perhaps fish.
Lunch is usually taken at one o’clock. Many people go to a cafe or a restaurant, but they never miss a meal. Lunch is a big meal — meat or fish, potatoes and salad, puddings or fruit are quite usual for it.
In the afternoon, about five o’clock, the English have a cup of tea and a cake, or a slice or two of bread and butter. Tea is very popular with the English; it may be called their national drink. They drink it with or without sugar, but almost always with milk.
Dinnertime is generally about half past seven or later. In some houses dinner is the biggest meal of the day. They begin with soup, followed by fish, roast chicken, potatoes and vegetables, fruit and coffee.
Some people criticize English food. They say it’s unimaginable, boring and tasteless. It is disappointing, but true, because English cooking is very simple and doesn’t need any special preparation.
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