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    The document describes the typical meal schedule and foods eaten in an English home. It states there are typically 4 meals a day: breakfast around 8 AM including porridge, eggs, bread; lunch at 1 PM including soup and meat/poultry; tea between 4-5 PM including tea, bread, cakes; and dinner at 7 PM as the main meal with the family including soup, fish or meat, vegetables and dessert. However, some families have dinner at midday instead of lunch, and a lighter supper in the evening.

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    Meals

    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 or fried, bread 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.
    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. Dinner usually consists of soup, fish or meat with vegetables –
    potatoes, green beans, carrot and cabbage, sweet pudding, fruit salad, ice-cream or cheese and
    biscuits. Then after a talk they have black or white coffee.
    This is the order of meals among English families. But the greater part of the people in the
    towns, and nearly all country-people, have dinner in the middle of the day instead of lunch. They
    have tea a little later – between 5 and 6 o'clock, and then in the evening, before going to bed,
    they have supper.
    So the four meals of the day are either breakfast, dinner, tea, supper; or breakfast, lunch, tea,
    dinner.

    Benefits of Family Meals

    • Bonding and making memories. Eating meals together allows time for family bonding
    and may even improve mental health. Eating together seems to contribute to fewer
    emotional and behavioral issues and greater feelings of mental well-being, according to a
    report published in the April 2012 issue of Journal of Adolescent Health. Children may
    not recall what they ate, but the memories of being together, without electronic
    interference, become ingrained.
    • Sharing experiences. During shared mealtimes, children and parents share their
    experiences, observations and ideas, hopes and dreams. Additionally, mealtime
    conversations expand children’s language skills, thus enhancing their reading abilities.
    • Learning about each other. Being together at a table can be a relaxing time for each
    family member to share their best and worst experiences of the day.
    • Contributing. The planning and preparation of meals and cleaning up afterward presents
    meaningful opportunities for your family to work together. Relationships are enhanced
    when siblings or a child and parent work side-by-side to discuss menus, shop, prepare
    food, and finally sit down together. Everyone’s contribution is meaningful.
    • Establishing routines. The routine of family meals can provide a sense of security and a
    feeling of belonging in the family. Furthermore, children thrive on predictability—
    knowing what will happen and when.
    • Developing healthy eating habits. Typically, home-prepared meals include more
    protein, vitamins and fiber, and less saturated fat, sugar and sodium than restaurant or
    take-out food. Children learn to eat a variety of healthy foods by being exposed to them
    early in life. Families have differing opinions about how to encourage children to eat
    nutritious foods, but common to all is that they need to be offered, and enjoyed by other
    family members.

    But merely understanding the benefits of family meals does not help busy parents get nutritious
    food to the table. It is important to be sure you are preparing quality meals for everyone.

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