During day we have breakfast, lunch and supper in our country. In Great Britain there are breakfast, lung and dinner.

Czech republic

In our country daily meals usually start with breakfast, which consists of something to drink such as tea with sugar and lemon, milk or cocoa and something to eat such as one or two slices of bread and butter and cheese or eggs, ham, salami, jam etc. Instead of bread we can eat rolls, buns or we can have something sweet such as cakes, doughnuts and ginger bread. Quite a lot of people eat cereal or cornflakes with ingredients like yoghurt, chocolate, stewed fruit, walnuts and so on. We must remember that breakfast must be healthy. light and easily digestible. Breakfast usually takes place between 6 and 7 o’clock.

Around noon it is lunchtime. Most people take their meals at the school canteen or factory canteen, but some people prefer going to a restaurant or having fast food in a buffet or snackbar or buy something in a street stall. Lunch consists of soup and main dish. Soup may be either vegetable (potato, tomato, pea, bean, carrot) or meat teas (beef tea, tripe, chicken, goulash soup). The main dish can be either sweet such as fruit dumplings or pancake with jam. Or we can have  some meat (beef, pork, lamb, veal, mutton) or fish or poultry with potatoes, chips, rice Czech dumplings, pasta or bread. Often main dish we may drink limonade, cider, mineral water and beer.

An evening meal may be either warm or cold. Cold and quick supper may consists of some paté or bread or rolls, kippers or some spread. We can cook a ready-made dish from a tin or have a soup or potato pancakes.

Great Britain

The traditional British breakfast consists of a glass of fruit juice and cornflakes with sugar and milk. Sundays are reserved for their big cooked breakfast (which is sometimes called “brunch” – breakfast and lunch together) consists of boiled eggs, fried bacons, sausages, fried bread. Most people like a crisp piece of toast with butter or honey.

Lunch is a light meal and is eaten at school or work. Some offices have installed a microwave. Popular lunches are a salad or sandwich, a baked potato, beans or toast.

Snacks are very popular in Britain. People eat crisps, chocolate, sweets and biscuits.

Dinner is usually the main meal of the day and consist of two courses – meat or fish and vegetables followed by a desert or pudding. This meal British people usually eat about 6 o’clock.

The typical British break is 5 o’clock tea. It is usually fairy strong and eaten together with some cakes or biscuits. While serving it, first put a little milk in the cup and pour the tea over it through a tea strainer. Sugar is added according to taste.

Typical Czech meals include tripe soup, potato soup; rousted goose and sauerkraut and Czech dumplings; rousted pork and sauerkraut and Czech dumplings; potato pancakes; fruit dumplings; fried cheese; Moravian sparrows.

The traditional perception of British cuisine is overcooked vegetables, tasteless meat and a lot of grease.

Fast food is a typical feature of both British and Czech life styles. At fast food restaurants (e.g. McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Kentucky Fried Chicken) usually offer beverages, some solid food like roast chicken and chips, hamburgers, sandwiches and pizza. The oldest of fast food are sea food stalls or shops – usually “fish and chips”.

ginger bread – perník asi

stewed fruit – kompot (ovocný)

walnut – vlašský ořech

digestible – stravitelné

stall – stánek (tržní, obch.)

tripe – droby, dršťky

veal – telecí

mutton – skopové

poultry – drůbež

cider – mošt

kipper – losos

spread –

crisp – křehký, chrupavý

fairy – drobný, křehký

pour – lít, nalít

strainer – cedník (filtr)

according – podle

sauerkraut – kyselé zelí

sparrow – vrabec

cuisine – kuchyně (způsob vaření)

tasteless – bez chuti, nevkusný

grease – sádlo, mastnota, tuk

beverage – nápoj