Meals an d Meal Tim es

"Harrys mouth fell open. The dishes in front of him were now piled with food. He had never seen so many things he liked to eat on one table: roast beef, roast chicken, pork chops and lamb chops, Yorkshire pudding, peas, carrots, gravy, ketchup and, for some strange reason, mint humbugs." - Harry otter and the hilosophers !tone, ". #. $owling. 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. We h ave th ree m ain m eals a d ay :

Breakfast - between 7:00 and 9:00, Lunch - between 1 :00 and 1:!0 p.m. Dinner "sometimes called Supper# - $he main meal. %aten anytime between &:!0 and ':00 p.m. "%vening meal#

(n Sundays the main meal of the day is often eaten at midday instead of in the evening. $his meal usually is a )oast *inner consisting of a roast meat, +or,shire pudding and two or three ,inds of vegetables. BREAKFAST What is a ty ical En!lish "reakfast# -ost people around the world seem to thin, a typical %nglish brea,fast consists of eggs, bacon, sausages, fried bread, mushrooms and ba,ed beans all washed down with a cup of coffee. %ven though not many people will eat this for brea,fast today, it is always served in hotels and guest houses around .ritain. /owadays, however, a typical %nglish brea,fast is more li,ely to be a "$%l $f cereals, a slice $f t$ast, $ran!e &uice and a cu $f c$ffee. -any people, especially children, in %ngland will eat a bowl of cereal. $hey are made with different grains such as corn, wheat, oats etc. 0n the winter many people will eat 1porridge1 or boiled oats.

L ' () * What is a ty ical British lunch# -any children at school and adults at wor, will have a 2pac,ed lunch2. $his typically consists of a sandwich, a pac,et of crisps, a piece of fruit and a drin,. $he 2pac,ed lunch2 is ,ept in a plastic container. Sandwiches are also ,nown as a 2butty2 or 2sarnie2 in some parts of the 34. -y favourite sandwich is prawn and mayonnaise. 0 also love tuna and mayonnaise and ham and pic,le sandwiches. D +( ( ER $he evening meal is usually called 2tea2, 2dinner2 or 2supper2. What is a traditi$nal British Dinner# 5 typical .ritish meal for dinner is 1 meat and t%$ ve!,. 6e put hot brown gravy, "traditionally made from the 7uices of the roast meat, but more often today from a pac,et8# on the meat and usually the vegetables. (ne of the vegetables is almost always potatoes. What is a ty ical British Dinner like t$day# $he traditional meal is rarely eaten nowadays, apart from on Sundays. 5 recent survey found that most people in .ritain eat curry8 )ice or pasta dishes are now favoured as the 2.ritish *inner2. 9egetables grown in %ngland, li,e potatoes, carrots, peas, cabbages and onions, are still very popular. T h e S u nd ay R $as t D in n er Sunday lunch time is a typical time to eat the traditional Sunday )oast. $raditionally it consists of roast meat, "coo,ed in the oven for about two hours#, two different ,inds of vegetables and potatoes with a +or,shire pudding. $he most common 7oints are beef, lamb or por,: chic,en is also popular. .eef is eaten with hot white horseradish sauce, por, with sweet apple sauce and lamb with green mint sauce. ;ravy is poured over the meat.