Food and Drink

Breakfast

The most popular food is breakfast cereal.– many kinds are available in shops– eaten from a bowl, with milk added

Lunch

Hot lunches can be bought from dining halls, “lunch bars”, etc.

Sandwiches are also very popular.– especially at home– cheap, easy, and fa

st– a typical sandwich:

2 slices of bread + butter + cold meat + fresh vegetables

Lunch

Some people take a packed lunch– especially primary and middle school st

udents

Example:– 1 or 2 sandwiches– fruit– a drink (eg. juice)– a snack (biscuits, nuts, etc)

Dinner

“Meat and two veg”– a simple, traditional meal– meat (grilled, stewed, roasted, etc) + tw

o kinds of boiled vegetables

Dinner

Other traditional foods:– stew– pie– “a roast” (roasted meat + roasted vegeta

bles)

But today, people cook dishes from many other countries– Italy, India, France, China, Japan, etc

Fast food

Hotdog

Fried or barbecued chicken

Pizza

Hamburger

Fish and chips

Sweet foods

People often eat dessert after dinner– fruit pies, icecream, pudding, etc

Biscuits are a popular snack

Cakes are considered even nicer, but are eaten less often– chocolate cake, sponge cake, fruit cake,

lemon cake, banana cake, ...

Drinks

Both (black) tea and coffee are drunk– but tea is more popular in Britain– and coffee is more popular in America– many American families have an electric

machine for making coffee Americans often drink coffee with thei

r dinner Milkshake: milk + icrecream + flavour

– beaten until light and frothy