MEALS IN ENGLANDThe usual meals in England are breakfast in the

MEALS IN ENGLAND
The usual meals in England are breakfast in the morning, lunch at one oclock during the break at work and dinner at home at seven or eight oclock in the evening. Sometimes the meals are breakfast, lunch, traditional five oclock tea, dinner and late supper.
English breakfast is usually substantial and varied. For break fast English people may have porridge or cornflakes with milk or cream and sugar, bacon and eggs, fried mushrooms, marmalade with buttered toast and tea or coffee. For a change they can have a boiled egg, cold ham, or fish with potato chips.
Those people who work usually have lunch about one oclock. For lunch they may have a mutton chop, or fish and chips, or cold meat, or steak with fried potatoes and salad and then a fruit des sert. Working people usually have their lunch at the canteen or in the nearest cafe or a small restaurant.
Afternoon tea at home is between five and six oclock. Five oclock tea is an old English tradition. Friends often come for a chat while they have their cup of tea, cake or biscuit.
In many English families dinner is the biggest meal of the day and in the evening there is usually a much simpler supper an omelet or sausages, or sometimes bacon and eggs. For late sup per they may have just bread and cheese, a glass of juice or hot chocolate and fruit.