June 13, 2021
MEALS in THE UK
Are these sentences correct and TRUE for the UK?
1. The British eat Toad in a Hole (bacon and soft boiled eggs with bacon) for breakfast.
2. Tea is common with every meal. The British don't drink cold fruit decoction (liquid made by boiling fruit in water) for dinner.
3. Dinner in the UK is served when people come back from work (embraces a period between 4.00 - 6.00 p.m.)
4. Charcuterie (cold pieces/ slices of preserved cooked meat, ham, bacon sausage, pate, galantine ) may be eaten for Christmas or Easter breakfast, for ordinary breakfast, as part of picnic/party snacks or as a sandwich filling.
5. Cheese assortment may be eaten as part of dinner (as an appetizer) or for supper.
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Titles are normally written like this :)
Are these sentences correct and TRUE for the UK?
1. The British eat Ttoad in a Hthe hole (bacon and soft boiled eggs with bacon) for breakfast.
Toad in the hole doesn't need capital letters, and it is 'the hole' not 'a hole'!
The answer is no. Toad in the hole is yorkshire pudding with pork sausages inside. It is eaten for dinner or Sunday lunch :)
2. Tea is common with every meal.
The British don't drink cold fruit decoction (liquid made by boiling fruit in water) for dinner.
'Decoction' is an uncommon word but correct.
Not every person in the UK drinks tea with every meal. My parents do, but I drink coffee, fruit juice or cordial (a syrup you buy in a bottle and mix with water) :)
3. Dinner in the UK is served when people come back from work (embracesing a period between 4.00 p.m - 6.00 p.m.)
You need to clarify if you are saying 4pm or 4am. However, in the UK we use 24 hour time! You can also say '...between 16:00 and 18:00)
Most people here eat dinner at 6pm-8pm. Usually, if a family has children, they have dinner earlier around 4pm-5pm :)
4. Charcuterie (cold pieces/ slices of preserved cooked meat, ham, bacon, sausage, pate, and gaelantine ) may be eaten for Christmas or Easter breakfast, for ordinary breakfast, as part of picnic/party snacks or as a sandwich filling.
The last item of a list needs 'and' before it.
I don't know anyone who has charcuterie for Christmas, Easter or normal breakfast. However, my family does have it on Christmas evening (but not Easter). Most people here call it 'party food' or 'nibbles' and will also come with crackers, cheese, crisps, nuts etc. If you are only talking about the meat, you can call it 'deli meat' too :)
5. CheeseAn assortment of cheese (or a cheese board) may be eaten as part of dinner (as an appetizser) or for supper.
An assortment of cheese is normally called a cheese board if ordered at a restuarant. In a posh restuarant, you order it AFTER your main meal. Most people do not have it for supper, but as an afternoon snack, party food or after a main meal in a posh restuarant.
Also, in the UK we use an 's' instead of a 'z' :)
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Your writing is absolutely fine! I've given you some more natural ways to say what you want to say, and hopefully answered your questions about the UK. Greetings from England :)
June 13, 2021
Thank you so much for "satisfying my curiosity"🙂By the way, is there much difference between dinner and supper? I guess, it's eaten even later and you mostly have it cold.
Greetings from Poland too🙂.
June 20, 2021
Supper is more common in the north of the UK and is a little old fashioned, most people don't eat supper in the original way. Supper is eaten after dinner but before going to bed. The food is not as heavy as dinner but can be warm or cold. I think the term comes from a meal people used to eat informally at home after going out for a big 'dinner' and was eaten by posh, wealthy people.
Now days, people call dinner either 'dinner', 'tea' or 'supper'. In my family 'tea' is a cold dinner like sandwiches and cake, sometimes eaten a bit earlier than dinner usually is (4-5pm). My grandparents from the north called dinner 'supper' :)
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1. The British eat Toad in a Hole (bacon and soft boiled eggs with bacon) for breakfast. 1. The British eat Toad in the hole doesn't need capital letters, and it is 'the hole' not 'a hole'! The answer is no. Toad in the hole is yorkshire pudding with pork sausages inside. It is eaten for dinner or Sunday lunch :) |
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2. Tea is common with every meal. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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The British don't drink cold fruit decoction (liquid made by boiling fruit in water) for dinner. The British don't drink cold fruit 'Decoction' is an uncommon word but correct. Not every person in the UK drinks tea with every meal. My parents do, but I drink coffee, fruit juice or cordial (a syrup you buy in a bottle and mix with water) :) |
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3. Dinner in the UK is served when people come back from work (embraces a period between 4.00 - 6.00 p.m.) 3. Dinner in the UK is served when people come back from work (embrac You need to clarify if you are saying 4pm or 4am. However, in the UK we use 24 hour time! You can also say '...between 16:00 and 18:00) Most people here eat dinner at 6pm-8pm. Usually, if a family has children, they have dinner earlier around 4pm-5pm :) |
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4. Charcuterie (cold pieces/ slices of preserved cooked meat, ham, bacon sausage, pate, galantine ) may be eaten for Christmas or Easter breakfast, for ordinary breakfast, as part of picnic/party snacks or as a sandwich filling. 4. Charcuterie (cold pieces/ The last item of a list needs 'and' before it. I don't know anyone who has charcuterie for Christmas, Easter or normal breakfast. However, my family does have it on Christmas evening (but not Easter). Most people here call it 'party food' or 'nibbles' and will also come with crackers, cheese, crisps, nuts etc. If you are only talking about the meat, you can call it 'deli meat' too :) |
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5. Cheese assortment may be eaten as part of dinner (as an appetizer) or for supper. 5. An assortment of cheese is normally called a cheese board if ordered at a restuarant. In a posh restuarant, you order it AFTER your main meal. Most people do not have it for supper, but as an afternoon snack, party food or after a main meal in a posh restuarant. Also, in the UK we use an 's' instead of a 'z' :) |
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