Meal times in the uk топик. Топик «British cuisine. British meal

Mimmi Hilton (Part 1)

This three-month-old restaurant has attracted attention because it is a restored, one hundred fifty-year-old mill. The decor is charming and warm in an Early American, country style. Although the tables and chairs are modern reproductions, there are enough authentic antique pieces at the entrance and on the walls to avoid the fake Disneyland look of some restorations.

The menu is also very American, though it is a bit too traditional for my taste. The menu also is very extensive, which always worries me because a large menu often means a large freezer. Although my dinner companions and I chose some things from the regular menu, we usually chose one of the day’s specials.

The most delicious main course we tried was the country stew which consisted of potatoes, carrots, peas, mushrooms, very tender beef, and – surprise! – some smoked pork sausage. Because top quality beef was used, it was unusually good. Among other well-prepared main courses was the fried chicken because it wasn’t cooked before and then re-heated. It was fresh and crisp.
The vegetables that came with the main courses were fresh but overcooked. The only exception was the string beans which were green and crisp (a mistake?).

Because the main courses are so large, there is really no need for an appetizer or soup. But for big eaters I can recommend the mixed salad. The clam chowder was tasty because it was home-made but it had no special distinction. The oysters on the half-shell were nicely served on a bed of ice, although I would prefer to have a better sauce for them.

If you can still eat dessert after all this plus rather good home-made bread and creamery butter, try the apple pie. The apples were juicy and firm and the pastry was light.

It’s hard to judge the service at this friendly restaurant. Because it was so crowded when I went, usually at 8 o’clock service was slow. The Reservation system doesn’t always work. On one occasion, someone took our reservation for dinner but didn’t have it when we arrived. This kind of thing can damage a restaurant’s reputation, although its food may be good.

New Fast Food Chain Arrives (Part 2)

The Nashville Super burger chain which started in the Tennessee city six years ago opened its first store here last weekend on Commerce Street between Grand and Taylor Streets. I was interested to see the connection between Nashville, the capital of country music and hamburgers. Would the burgers be Southern fried? Would they be served on biscuits or with grits? Would they be shaped like guitars? Well, I’ve been there twice and didn’t find any real difference between Nashville Super burgers and McDonald’s, Burger King or Wendy’s.

The place was so brightly lit that I wished I had brought my sun-glasses. Once I got used to the light I liked the green and orange decor, usually found in health food places. Because those colors mean yogurt and alfalfa sprouts, I felt good and almost healthy about having fast food. Also the place was spotlessly clean – almost antiseptic.

Although there were long lines, service was incredibly fast. The menu is limited to a variety of hamburgers, and prices are reasonable. I had the “Super-Duper-Burger” which was served with lettuce and tomato. Although the meat itself was rather gray and tasteless, the “secret relish” made it passable. The French fries were the best I’ve ever eaten at a fast food restaurant.

Nashville Super burger is a sure bet when you’re downtown and in a hurry. I was in and out in ten minutes. It reminded me of a high-way filling station.
(from “American Streamline”)

Список слов к топику Eating out .

to attract attention – привлекать внимание
mill – мельница
charming – очаровательный
specials – фирменное блюдо
crisp – хрустящий
to judge – судить
occasion – случай, оказия
to damage – повредить, навредить
drop – капля

British meal - Британская еда

The usual meals in Great Britain are break¬fast, lunch and supper. Breakfast is generally a bigger meal than you have on the Continent, though some English people like a "continental" breakfast of rolls and butter and coffee. But the usual English breakfast is porridge or "Corn Flakes" with milk or cream and sugar, bacon and eggs; marmalade (made from oranges) with buttered toast, and tea or coffee. For a change (1) you can have a boiled egg, cold ham, or perhaps fish.
All Englishmen generally have lunch about one o"clock. The businessman in London usually finds it impossible to come home for lunch; but if the Englishman is making lunch at home he has cold meat (left over probably from yesterday"s dinner), potatoes, salad and pickles (2) , with a pudding or fruit to follow. Sometimes he has a mutton chop, or steak and chips, followed by biscuits and cheese, and some people like a glass of light beer with lunch.
Afternoon tea you can hardly call a meal, but it is a sociable sort of thing, as friends often come in then for a chat (3) while they have their cup of tea, cake or biscuit.
In some houses dinner is the biggest meal of the day. They begin with soup, followed by fish, roast chicken, potatoes and vegetables, a sweet, fruit and nuts. Then they go into the sitting-room for coffee and the cigarettes. In a great many English homes, they make the mid¬day meal the chief (4) one of the day, and in the evening they have the much simpler supper - an omelettes, or sausages, sometimes bacon and eggs and sometimes just bread and cheese, a cup of coffee or cocoa and fruit.
Tea making in England is an art. The hostess first of all rinses the teapot with boiling water (this is called "warming the pot") before adding four or five teaspoonfuls of tea. The amount of tea varies, of course, according to the number of people present. The pot is then filled with boiling water and covered by a tea-cosy (5) to allow the tea to infuse (6) for five minutes. English people seldom put lemon juice or rum (7) in their tea, usually they have it with milk.
The English have a special taste for fish and chips. Everybody seems to have fish and chips at home at least once a week and every English town has in its side streets the shop. The pieces of fish are dipped in batter (8) and then dropped into deep boiling oil for a few minutes. They come out crisp (9) and hot and are then wrapped in grease-proof paper (10) and handed to the customer to take away. Attached to some shops is a small cafe where you can eat your fish and chips without taking them home.

Привычными в Великобритании есть завтрак, ленч и ужин. Завтрак в целом больше по объему, чем в континентальной Европе, хотя некоторые англичане любят собственно европейский завтрак - кофе и булку с маслом. Традиционный английский завтрак - это овсянка или кукурузные хлопья с молоком или сливками и сахаром, бекон и яйца, хлеб с маслом, помазан апельсиновым мармеладом, чай или кофе. Для разнообразия едят вареные яйца, ветчину, рыбу.
Все англичане обычно полдничают около тринадцати. Для лондонских бизнесменов обычно нереально приходить домой на ленч, и когда все же полдничают дома, то есть холодное мясо (что, например, осталось после вчерашнего обеда), картофель, салат и маринованные огурцы. После этого - пудинг или фрукты. Иногда потребляют отбивную из баранины или бифштекс, после чего - бисквитное печенье и сыр. Некоторые любит во время завтрака выпить бокал легкого пива.
Чаепитие во второй половине дня вряд ли можно назвать едой, и это способствует общению, поскольку друзья часто собираются вместе, чтобы поточить лясы за стаканом чая с тортом или бисквитным печеньем.
В некоторых домах обед является крупнейшим по объему приемом пищи. Начинают обед супом, далее едят рыбу, жаренную курицу с картошкой и овощами, сладости, фрукты и орехи. Впоследствии переходят в гостиную, чтобы выпить кофе и выкурить сигарету. У подавляющего большинства английских семей потребления пищи в полдень является главным, поэтому ужин значительно проще - омлет или сосиски, иногда бекон с яйцами или же хлеб с сыром, чашка кофе или какао и фрукты.
В Англии приготовления чая - это настоящее искусство. Хозяйка перед тем, как засыпать четыре-пять чайных ложек чая, обдает заварочный чайник кипятком (это называется "нагреть чайник"). Конечно, количество чая изменяется согласно количеству присутствующих. Затем в чайник наливают кипяток и на несколько минут накрывают его чехлом для чайника для заваривания чая. Англичане редко добавляют к чаю лимонного сока или рома, традиционно они пьют его с молоком.
Англичане особенно любят есть рыбу с жареным картофелем. Кажется, каждый ест такое блюдо хотя бы раз в неделю, к тому же в каждом английском городке есть рыбный магазин. Кусочки рыбы погружают в кляр, потом несколько минут жарят в кипящем масле. Они делаются хрустящими и их горячими заворачивают в жиронепроницаемую бумагу и продают. В некоторых магазинах есть небольшие кафе, где на месте можно полакомиться рыбой с жареным картофелем.

Vocabulary

1. for a change - для разнообразия
2. pickle - маринованный огурец
3. chat - беседа
4. chief - главный
5. tea-cosy - чехол для чайника
6. to infuse - заваривать чай
7. rum - ром
8. тест - кляр, жидкое тесто
9. crisp - хрустящий
10. grease-proof paper - жиро-непроницаемый бумага

Questions

1. What is the difference between meals and meal-times in England and Russia?
2. Do Russian national dishes differ from those of English?
3. Why is tea making called an art in England?
4. What does the usual English breakfast consist of?
5. What is the main problem about fish and chips?

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Since the 1970"s eating habits in Britain have undergone a change. People have been encouraged by doctors, health experts and government advertisements to eat less fat and more fibre. Fat is believed to be one of the major causes of obesity and heart disease. Forty per cent of adults in Britain are overweight and Britain has one of the highest death rates due to cardiovascular disease in the world. Britons have also become more aware of calories, the energy value of food. Some people count the number of calories they eat every day, so that they can try to take in fewer calories and lose weight. Food manufactures have started to help the general public to make more informed choices about what they eat.

So the traditional British breakfast is bacon, eggs or sausages, preceded by fruit and followed by toasts. Britons may eat this breakfast at weekends or on special occasions but prefer a smaller and healthier meal to start a day. Lunch is a light meal and is eaten at school or work. Lunch takes 40 minutes. Dinner is usually the main meal of the day and consists of two courses.

In recent years, foreign foods have become a regular part of the British diet. Indian and Chinese dishes are particularly popular for evening meals. Take-aways became extremely popular in the 1980"s. The traditional British take-away is fish and chips eaten with salt and vinegar and served in an old newspaper. The British are famous r their love of sweet things and afternoon tea with sandwiches; scones, jam and several kinds of cake, was once a traditional custom. Most working people don"t have tea as an afternoon "meal", but they do have a short break in the middle of the afternoon for a cup of tea. Tea is often also drink with lunch and dinner.

Перевод текста: Meals in Britain - Еда в Британии (1)

С 1970-х годов в британских вкусах в еде произошла перемена. Люди были проинформированы докторами, экс-пертами по здоровью и правительственными рекламами о том, что нужно есть меньше жира и больше грубой пищи. Жир считается одной из самых главных причин ожирения и заболеваний сердца. 40% взрослых Британии имеют избыточный вес, и в Британии один из самых высоких в.мире показателей смертности из-за сердечно-сосудистых заболеваний. Британцы стали более осведомленными относительно калорийности и энергетической ценности пищи. Некоторые люди подсчитывают количество калорий, которые они съедают за день, получая возможность употреблять меньше калорий и сбросить вес. Пищевые предприятия начали помогать публике стать более осведомленной о том, что она ест.

Традиционный английский завтрак состоит из бекона, яиц и сосисок, которым предшествуют фрукты, затем следуют тосты. Но британцы едят такой завтрак по выходным или в особых случаях; они все же предпочитают начинать день с меньшего количества более здоровой пищи. Ланч - обычно легкая еда, и едят его в школе или на работе. Ланч занимает 30-40 минут. Обед обычно основной прием пищи дня и состоит он из двух блюд - мяса или рыбы с овощами, за которыми следуют десерт или пудинг.

В последние годы зарубежная кухня стала неотъемлемой частью британского стола. Индийские, итальянские и китайские блюда особенно популярны в качестве ужина. Отпускаемая на дом пища стала очень распространенной в 1980-х годах. Традиционная английская пища, отпуска-емая на дом, - это рыба и чипсы, которые едят с солью и уксусом, положив их на старую газету. Англичане знамениты своей любовью к сладостям и дневному чаю с бутербродами; лепешки, джем и несколько видов пирожных были раньше традиционными. Большинству работающих людей чай не заменяет обед, но у них есть маленький перерыв в середине дня на чашечку чая. Чай также обычно пьют за ланчем и обедом.

Использованная литература:
1. 100 тем английского устного (Каверина В., Бойко В., Жидких Н.) 2002
2. Английский язык для школьников и поступающих в ВУЗы. Устный экзамен. Топики. Тексты для чтения. Экзаменационные вопросы. (Цветкова И. В., Клепальченко И.А., Мыльцева Н.А.)
3. English, 120 Topics. Английский язык, 120 разговорных тем. (Сергеев С.П.)

Traditional English food has been greatly influenced by other national cuisines in recent years. Despite this fact, if you travel to Britain, you can still be served up traditional English dishes in a restaurant or at a hotel.

A typical English breakfast is usually quite big and substantial. It includes pork sausages, bacon and eggs, tomatoes, baked beans, mushrooms and a toast. Some people enjoy porridge, fruit and yogurt in the morning, followed by a toast and jam, or orange marmalade. A traditional breakfast drink is tea, which British people prefer having with cold milk. Another popular morning drink is orange juice.

For many Englishmen lunch is a fast meal. In big cities there are a lot of sandwich bars where office clerks can choose all sorts of sandwiches with meat, fish, chicken, ham, prawns, eggs, cheese, vegetables and lettuce. English pubs also serve good food for lunch, hot and cold. Quite a lot of workers go to famous “fish and chips shops” and buy their favourite deep fried cod or haddock with French fries.

A lot of Englishmen drink their 5 o’clock tea. It’s a traditional light meal after work. People enjoy their favourite teas with cookies, cakes, freshly baked sweet buns, scones and other pastries.

British people eat their evening meal at about 7 o’clock, when all members of the family are at home together. As a rule, a typical dinner is meat and vegetables. It can be roast chicken or lamb with potatoes, or steamed vegetables with meat gravy. For dessert, English wives cook various puddings and serve them with ice-cream or jam.

On Sundays British families like to sit together at the table enjoying roast beef, lamb or chicken, served with Yorkshire pudding and dressed with English mustard, apple sauce, cranberry sauce or mint sauce.

English food is simple but very delicious. Today it continues to merge in national cuisines from all over the world.

Перевод

На традиционную английскую еду в последние годы сильно повлияли другие национальные кухни. Несмотря на этот факт, если вы отправитесь в Великобританию, вам все же могут подать традиционные английские блюда в ресторане или в отеле.

Типичный английский завтрак обычно довольно большой и основательный. Он включает свиные сосиски, бекон с яйцами, помидоры, запеченную фасоль, шампиньоны и тост. Некоторым нравится съедать утром кашу, фрукты и йогурт, а затем тост с джемом или апельсиновым мармеладом. Традиционным напитком на завтрак считается чай, который британцы любят пить с холодным молоком. Другим популярным утренним напитком является апельсиновый сок.

Для многих англичан обед – это быстрый прием пищи. В больших городах есть много сэндвич-баров, где офисные клерки могут выбрать любой вид бутерброда с мясом, рыбой, курицей, ветчиной, креветками, яйцами, сыром, овощами и листьями салата. Английские пабы также подают на обед хорошую еду, горячую и холодную. Довольно многие рабочие идут в знаменитые кафе «Фиш энд чипс» и покупают там любимую треску или пикшу во фритюре и жареный картофель.

Многие англичане пьют пятичасовой чай. Это традиционная легкая еда после работы. Люди наслаждаются своим любимым сортом чая с печеньями, пирожными, свежеиспеченными сладкими булочками, лепешками и другой выпечкой.

Британцы ужинают вечером примерно в 7 часов, когда все члены семьи находятся вместе дома. Как правило, типичный ужин состоит из мяса и овощей. Это может быть жареный цыпленок или ягненок с картофелем, или овощи на пару и мясо с подливкой. На десерт английские жены готовят различные пудинги и подают их с мороженым или джемом.

По воскресеньям британские семьи любят садиться за стол и наслаждаться жареной говядиной, ягненком или курицей, поданными с йоркширским пудингом и приправленными английской горчицей, яблочным соусом, клюквенным соусом или мятным соусом.

Traditionally English people have three meals a day: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Breakfast is served in the morning. It used to be a large meal with cereal, eggs and bacon, sausages, tomatoes. But such a large breakfast takes a long time to prepare and is not very healthy. Nowadays, Britain’s most popular breakfast consists of cereal, toast with marmalade, juice and yogurt with a cup of tea or coffee.
Lunch is a light meal. Most people have no time to go back home for lunch so they eat at school, cafes, pubs or restaurants.

The main meal is dinner, which is usually between 6 and 7 p.m. A typical evening meal is a meat dish with vegetables and dessert.
The most important meal of the week is the Sunday dinner, which is usually eaten at I p.m. The traditional Sunday dish used to be roast beef, but nowadays pork chicken or lamb are more common.
On Sunday evenings people have supper or high tea. The famous British afternoon tea is becoming rare, except at weekends.

Questions:
1. How many meals a day do English people have?
2. What did they use to eat for breakfast?
3. What do they usually eat nowadays?
4. Is lunch a large meal?
5. Where do English people eat lunch?
6. What dishes are served for dinner?
7. What is the most important meal of the week?
8. Is British afternoon tea still popular?

Еда в Британии
Традиционно англичане едят три раза в день: завтрак, ленч и обед.
Завтрак подается утром. Раньше это был обильный прием пищи с овсянкой, яйцами и беконом, колбасой, помидорами. Но такой большой завтрак отнимает много времени на приготовление и не очень полезен. Сейчас наиболее распространенный английский завтрак состоит из овсянки, тоста с мармеладом, сока и йогурта с чашкой чая или кофе.
Ленч - легкая пища. Большинство людей не возвращается домой на ленч из-за нехватки времени, а едят в школьных столовых, кафе, барах или ресторанах.
Главный прием пищи - обед, который обычно происходит между шестью и семью вечера. Обычная еда вечером - это мясное блюдо с овощами и десерт. Главный прием пищи недели - воскресный обед, который обычно бывает в час дня. Традиционным воскресным блюдом раньше была жареная говядина, но сейчас свинина, цыпленок или баранина более распространены.
В воскресенье вечером - ужин (называемый high tea). Знаменитый английский дневной чай становится менее популярен, исключая выходные.

Meals
The usual meals are breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner. A traditional English breakfast is a very big one - sausages, bacon, eggs, vegetables. But many people just have cereal with milk, juice or yoghurt, a toast with marmalade, jam or honey. Marmalade is made from oranges and jam is made from other fruit. The traditional breakfast drink is tea which people have with cold milk. Some people have coffee, often instant coffee, which is made with just hot water. Many visitors to Britain find English coffee just horrible.
Lunch isn’t small either. At lunch, which is about one o’clock, cold mutton, fish with potatoes, salad and pickles generally grace the table. Lunch is a quick meal. In cities there are a lot of sandwich bars, where office workers can choose the kind of bread they want - brown, white, or a roll - and then all sorts of salad and meat or fish to go in the sandwich. English mutton is a treat, and it is prepared in such a way that you wouldn’t know it is mutton. Salad is a little different from ours. You only get the clean green leaves and the so-called «salad dressing», a mixture of oil, vinegar, salt, pepper and mayonnaise, that you may take according to your taste. English pubs often serve good, cheap food, both hot and cold. School children can have a hot meal at school but many just take a snack from home - a sandwich, a drink, some fruit, some crisps.
After lunch most people take coffee, though tea is the favourite beverage in England. That’s why there are no «coffee houses», but tea rooms and luncheon rooms are in abundance. There is nothing like an English party, at home or in the open air. Tea means two things. It is a drink and a meal.
Some people have afternoon tea, with sandwiches, cakes, and, of course, a cup of tea. Cream teas are popular. You have scones (a kind of cake) with cream and jam. The evening meal is the main meal of the day for many people. They usually have it quite early, between 6.00 and 8.00, and often the whole family eat together. Dinner begins with some salad, followed by a clear soup, fish, vegetable and dessert. In simplier homes the schedule is somewhat different. In the morning they have breakfast, at midday - dinner, which is considered to be the chief meal, tea in the afternoon and supper in the evening. The supper might consist of an omelette, bacon, sandwich and a cup of tea, coffee or cocoa.
On Sundays many families have a traditional lunch. They have roast meat either beef, lamb, chicken or pork with potatoes, vegetables and gravy. Gravy is a sauce made from the meat juices. When eating out, that is, on a picnic, the English load their luncheon baskets with all sorts of sandwiches made of thin slices of bread and butter with meat, ham, raw tomatoes or cucumbers. There in the basket you would likely find, besides cakes and biscuits, some bottles of ginger beer.
The British like food from other countries, too, especially Italian, French, Chinese and Indian. People often get takeaway meals - you buy the food at the restaurant and then bring it home to eat. Eating in Britain is quite international.

EXERCISES
I. Answer the questions.
1. What are the usual English meals?
2. Is English breakfast big or small?
3. What do people have for breakfast?
4. Do British people have soup for lunch?
5. What’s the difference between English and Russian salad?
6. What does «tea» mean?
7. When do the English have dinner?
8. Sunday lunch is something special, isn’t it?
9. What do British people load their luncheon baskets with?
10. What do foreign people think of English coffee?

II. True or false?
1. Many British people have a big breakfast.
2. People often have cereal or toast for breakfast.
3. Marmalade is made from any fruit.
4. People drink tea with hot milk.
5. Many foreign visitors love English coffee.
6. All British people have a hot lunch.
7. Pubs are good places to go for lunch.
8. British people eat dinner late in the evening.
9. Sunday lunch is a special meal.
10. When you get a takeaway meal, you eat it at home.

III. Fill in the gaps
1. English breakfast is a big . . . .
2. People have . . . with milk or juice.
3. People have tea with . . . milk.
4. Pubs . . . good, cheap food.
5. Many children take a . . . from home.
6. The English … their baskets with all sorts of sandwiches.
7. Dinner in some homes is considered to be the . . . meal.
8. Tea is the favourite … in England.
9. At lunch cold mutton, fish, pickles generally .. . the table.
10. English mutton is a ….

IV. Choose the right answer
1. Gravy is . . .
a) kind of dessert.
b) a sauce made from meat juices.
c) a special beverage.

2. «Salad-dressing» is . . .
a) a special dish, consisting of different vegetables.
b) a salad topping.
c) a mixture of oil, vinegar, salt, mayonnaise.

3. A scone is . . .
a) a kind of biscuit.
b) a drink.
c) a sauce.

4. Tea is usually drunk with . . .
a) hot milk.
b) lemon.
c) cold milk.

Answers
II. 1. T; 2. T; 3. F; 4. F; 5. F; 6. F; 7. T; 8. F; 9. T; 10. T.
III. 1. meal; 2. cereal; 3. cold; 4. serve; 5. snack; 6. load; 7. main; 8. beverage; 9. grace; 10. treat.
IV. 1. b; 2. c; 3. a; 4. c.

(Великобритания: Тексты для устных ответов и письменных работ на английском языке. Авт.-сост. И. Ю. Баканова)