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
fast
– a typical sandwich:
2 slices of bread +
butter + cold meat +
fresh vegetables
Lunch

 Some people take a packed lunch

– especially primary and middle school
students

 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) +
two kinds of boiled vegetables
Dinner

 Other traditional foods:

– stew
– pie
– “a roast” (roasted meat + roasted
vegetables)

 But today, people cook dishes from

many other countries
– Italy, India, France, China, Japan, etc
Fast food

Fried or barbecued chicken

Hotdog
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
their dinner
 Milkshake: milk + icrecream + flavour
– beaten until light and frothy