British meals

British meals.
The usual meals in most British household are breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner, or breakfast, dinner, tea and supper.
The traditional English cooked breakfast consisting:
porridge, cornflakes with milk and sugar, fried bacon and eggs, buttered toast and marmalade /jam made from citrus fruits/. Today less than 20% of the population eat a cooked breakfast. More usual is a cup of tea or coffee and a roll. There are special
Tea breaks: in factories and other work places.

The morning tea or coffee break is at about 11 o’clock. Lunch is a light meal or snack taken around moon. It often consists of a meat or fish dish with vegetables. Recently the British people have become aware of a balanced diet to cut down on sugar and fats. It is not uncommon at midday to eat simply a yogurt or mixed salad or tomatoes, carrot and green peppers.

Afternoon tea is a special English custom, but many people have stopped having tea in the afternoons. It is very dominion to eat with tea sandwiches, spread with meat of fish paste or filled with slice cucumber or tomatoes, and cakes and biscuits.

Dinner: the meal varies, but usually consist of a hot three-course meal: starter, meat or fish and vegetables and sweet. /fresh fruit salad, puddings boiled or baked, baked apples/. Cheese and biscuits maybe served followed by coffee or tea. Some people take wine this meal.

High Tea: is the main early evening meal of many working families. Often a cooked meal is served /beans on toast, fish and chips, Chinese take-away, spaghetti, or other types of pasta/ Some families prefer cold meat and a salad or tinned fish or sausages, with good strong tea plenty of bread and butter, to be followed by stewed fruit, or a tin of fruit with cream and perhaps a cake.