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Eating Habits in Great Britain Brief Introduction to British food. When it comes to eating , the British people have very different habits according to the region in which they live. However, there are quite a few similarities that can be noticed : the British have five or six meals a day: breakfast, elevens, lunch, tea, dinner and later perhaps supper .Nevertheless, there is a lot of confusion about what these words mean and if you asked a British person what these words mean, most of them would give you a different answer according to what part of the country they are from. However, a brief description of each of them will be made in turn. Mealtimes Breakfast Breakfast is usually eaten in Britain between 7:00 and 9:00 and it is a meal of many courses and therefore bigger than in most other countries. However , today it is not as bigger as it used to be. The traditional British breakfast is called the 'Full English' and sometimes referred to as 'The Full English Fry-up” because most of the food is fried. Traditionally it consists of succulent sausages, stewed tomatoes, fried eggs, crisp bacon, tender mushrooms lightly fried in butter, baked beans in tomato sauce and even rich black puddings , made from dried pigs blood and fat . Usually the British breakfast ends with a cup of tea and a slice of toast, which is eaten with butter and marmalade In winter many people will eat "porridge" , a traditional British food, made of oatmeal. Nowadays, however, cereals, a slice of toast, orange juice and a cup of coffee have become much more popular for breakfast. ELEVENSES Elevenses refers to the time of day that it is taken, i.e around 11:00 AM. It is thus a morning snack and it typically consists of some cake or biscuits served with a cup of tea. LUNCH Usually during the week, lunch is not at all an important meal except for Sundays as the Brits usually eat 'packed lunches' . This usually consists of a sandwich, a packet of crisps, an apple and a drink and is usually eaten between 12:00 and 1:30 p.m. England's traditional take-away food is “Fish and chips” . Fish is typically deep fried in flour batter and chips (i.e. fried potatoes) are dressed in malt vinegar.

However, lunch is important on Sundays and it is the very heart of British food and cooking because this is the time when most of the meals which are considered typically British, like roast beef and Yorkshire pudding are eaten. The Yorkshire pudding is not usually eaten as a dessert as one may expect it but as part of the main course or as a starter. It is a sort of batter baked in the oven and made from flour, eggs and milk, and usually moistened with gravy. However, if there is still pudding left at the end of the meal , it will be served with jam or ice-cream as a dessert. A PLOUGHMAN'S LUNCH This is a very popular thing to eat if you go to eat in a "pub" at midday. It normally consists of a hunk of bread with a piece of cheese and a pickled onion. AFTERNOON TEA Traditionally, tea is served in a teapot with milk and sugar and is accompanied by one of the following: sandwiches ( usually consisting of thinly sliced cucumber, fish paste, ham, and even smoked salmon), freshly baked scones (with butter, clotted cream and jam )and assorted pastries HIGH TEA Very often the term "High Tea" is used to describe the meal mentioned above, although it refers to a different meal . It is served later (around six in the evening) and consists of a full dinner meal . Besides tea , the Brits also eat meats, fish,eggs, cheese, bread and butter, and cake . DINNER The evening meal is usually called 'dinner' or 'supper' and it is the next biggest meal after breakfast and Sunday lunch. Dinner has replaced the larger mid-day meal, traditionally popular before the industrial age and is eaten anytime between 6:30 and 8:00 p.m. The last meal of the day essentially consists of meat and two kinds of vegetables covered in gravy ( almost always potatoes ). At dinner , the Brits may also eat bangers and mash (i.e. mashed potatoes with sausages) , Haggis(normally sheep's intestine stuffed with meat and vegetables) and meat pies : Shepherds' Pie, made with minced lamb and vegetables topped with mashed potato; Cottage Pie, made with minced beef and vegetables topped with mashed potato; Pie and Mash topped with with parsley liquor ) Another typical food eaten at dinner is Bubble & Squeak,made from cold vegetables left from a previous meal, usually the Sunday lunch : potatoes, cabbage, carrots, peas, brussels sprouts, The cold vegetables are chopped and then fried in a pan together with

mashed potato therefore the name is a description of the action and sound made during the cooking process. Parkin is a British a spicey cake combining oatmeal and ginger that is traditionally eaten at dinner around Guy Fawkes Night The Britsh are also very fond of baked beans cooked in a tomato sauce that come in cans and are normally eaten on toast. Bread and Butter In Britain there are many different types of bread to choose from. However, the most popular type of bread in Britain is white bread. When the British eat bread they almost always cover it with butter or margarine, that is why you may see a plate of bread and butter on the table when you go to a restaurant .

12 th grade 1 hour British food brainstorming: students should write down different words they associate with British food- >Share words with the deskmate or classroom and talk about them. I would ask them if they have ever been to Britain -> what is their opinion about the British food ? Then I would ask them to say what’s in their opinion the most representative dish of Britain and I would ask them how many other types of British dishes they can think of. Then I would give a presentation on British Eating habits , I would ask them to read a text on this topic ( for example the one above ) and ask them to compare and say whether their previous ideas and expectations about the British food match my presentation ( if not, discuss the differences ) Then I would ask them which of the foods they think are the most strange and why and which of them they find the most appealing. Afterwards they should match the following words with the definitions below. Yorkshire pudding , batter, pickle, porridge, a ploughman's lunch a. Mixture of flour, eggs and milk used for cooking Yorkshire pudding. b. It may be eaten both as a starter and a dessert; usually eaten with roast beef. c. Small and spicy cucumbers d. a traditional British food, made of oatmeal. e. Usually eaten in a pub at midday Match the words from the two coloumns: a ploughman's

tea

bubble

English fry up

afternoon

squeak

the full

tea

high

lunch

Homework: Write an argumentative essay with the title “ British food : the best in the world? “