We get meet from cow, pig and sheep. From cow
we also get milk. From cow we get beef, from pig we get pork, bacon and ham, from sheep we get mutton. We get poultry and egg from hen and duck. We grow wheat, oats, maize and other cereals in the field. From them we make flour we bake bread, cakes and biscuits. We eat cereals, especially cornflakes for breakfast. We also eat various kinds of vegetables, fruits and berries: potatoes, cabbages, cauliflower, beetroot, carrots, onions, tomatoes, radishes and cucumbers. We eat apples, pears, apricots, peaches, grapes, bananas and orange. We grow strawberries, gooseberries, raspberries, black currants, red currants and white currants. We boil, fry and roast meat and fish. We usually boil vegetables. Englishmen like fried potatoes very much, they call them ‘chips’. In spring, summer and autumn, we eat fresh fruit raw; in winter we eat preserved fruit. We drink tea, coffee, cocoa, milk, wine and beer. I drink coffee with milk for my breakfast. There are four meals a day in an English home: breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner.Breakfast is the first meal of the day. It is at about 8 o’clock in the morning and consists of porridge with milk and salt or sugar, eggs boiled fried, bead and butter with marmalade or jam. Some people like to drink tea, but others prefer coffee. Instead of porridge they may have fruit, juice or they may prefer biscuits.
Lunch. The usual time for lunch is 1 o’clock. This meal starts with soup or fruit juice. Then follows some meat or poultry with potatoes boiled or fried, carrots and beans. Then a pudding comes. Instead of the pudding they may prefer cheese and biscuits. Last of all coffee- black or white. Englishmen often drink something at lunch. Water is usually on the table. Some prefer juice or lemonade.
Tea is the third meal of the day. It is between 4 or 5 o’clock, the so-called 5 o’clock tea. On the table there is tea, milk or cream, sugar, bread and butter, cakes and jam. Friends and visitors are often present at tea.
Dinner is the fourth meal of the day. The usual time is about 7 o’clock and all the members of the family sit down together.
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