Traditional British Food

—British food is based on beef, lamb, pork, chicken and fish and generally served with potatoes

The most common and typical foods eaten in Britain include the sandwich, fish and chips, pies like the cornish pasty.

Some of the main dishes have strange names like Toad-in-the-Hole.

Toad-in-the-Hole

Meals

3 main meals a day:

1.Breakfast - between 7:00 & 9:00 am

2.Lunch - between 12:00 & 1:30 pm

3.Dinner (the main meal) between 6:30 & 8:00 pm

Tea- time - 4:00 pm

BREAKFAST

A traditional English breakfast

—Most people around the world think a typical English breakfast consists of eggs, bacon, sausages, fried bread, mushrooms and baked beans.

Now-a-days, however, a typical English breakfast is a bowl of cereals, a slice of toast, orange juice and a cup of coffee.

LUNCH

Many children at school and adults at work have a 'packed lunch'.

This typically consists of a sandwich, a packet of crisps, a piece of fruit and a drink. The 'packed lunch' is kept in a plastic container.

DINNER

—The evening meal is usually called 'tea', 'dinner' or 'supper'.

—A typical British meal for dinner is "meat and two veg".

British people put hot brown gravy on the meat and usually the vegetables. One of the vegetables is almost always potatoes.

— —A recent survey found that most people in Britain eat curry!

Rice or pasta dishes are now favoured as the 'British Dinner'.

—Vegetables grown in England, like potatoes, carrots, peas, cabbages and onions, are still very popular.

Activities:

1. Watch the video and complete the exercise 1

Exercise 1 - In group watch the video 1 (Typical English Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner) and complete the chart.