British
breakfast
A standard English breakfast mainly includes the following foods: bacon, fried eggs, fried mushrooms, fried tomatoes, fried sausages, black pudding, sometimes French fries and soybeans with tomato sauce, and of course coffee or tea. The staple food is generally fried bread slices.
In recent years, British people began to question the nutritional ratio of traditional breakfast, and their breakfast recipes have changed to "functional breakfast": more and more British people began to choose cereals, vegetable salads and fruits as the main foods for breakfast.
Chinese meal
A considerable proportion of British people don't eat lunch at all, and the rest are solved by lightning. The most popular lunch is sandwiches and other western-style bread, plus French fries, orange juice, coffee and some fruit.
afternoon tea
Classic afternoon tea is the most colorful and varied meal in Britain, which consists of various desserts (muffins, cream cakes, mousse, doughnuts, butter biscuits, sandwiches and cheese bread). All kinds of black tea (earl grey, Darjeeling tea, Ceylon tea); There are also milk, sugar, coffee and countless spices.
Nowadays, English people usually have afternoon tea, 1 tea+1 dessert.
dinner
Dinner is an English dinner with rich dishes.
The first is soup, the most common ones are English cream soup, corn soup and cream mushroom soup; Foreign Luo Songtang and stews are also very popular with them.
The appetizer is usually salad or fish dipped in lemon juice.
The main course is still roast beef, mutton or pork with vegetables and baked potatoes. There are also French fries with fish, hamburgers and other fried foods, or just French fries dipped in salt and vinegar. English plates are very big, and a family usually has two plates of meat. (Vegetable dish is smaller)
Desserts include: steamed eggs, cakes, steamed jam rolls, apple pie, syrup pudding, strawberry pie and so on. , plus some fruit. They also eat ice cream in summer.
Americans
Three meals in America are much simpler than those in Britain.
For breakfast, they eat juice, eggs, milk, coffee and all kinds of bread.
Lunch is similar to that of the British, who are more accustomed to ordering fast food, such as hamburgers, fried chicken pieces and pizza.
There are no appetizers and desserts for dinner. They only eat one or two dishes. The staple food is steak, fish chops, pork chops (Americans seldom eat lamb chops), or mashed potatoes and macaroni. They like salad very much.
Question 2: What does afternoon tea mean? Afternoon tea is usually eaten around 4 pm, and a cup of black tea is called afternoon tea.
Question 3: What is afternoon tea? Afternoon tea at 5 o'clock can be traced back to Britain17th century, and has gradually become a leisure habit of modern people. Eat western-style cakes while drinking tea. Afternoon tea is becoming more and more popular in China. With the integration of catering culture, it has quietly developed all over the world.
Afternoon tea is mainly divided into low tea and high tea, which is another expression of narrow and broad afternoon tea. Leisure aristocrats or upper-class people generally have afternoon tea, which generally refers to afternoon tea after lunch, not far from lunch time, and refreshments are generally sandwiches and pancakes; The working class eats more high tea. High tea generally refers to pre-meal refreshments, mainly meat.
Question 4: As a way of leisure, relaxation and communication, what are the usual afternoon teas? Tea itself has many health benefits. Tea contains about 500 compounds. Some of them are essential nutrients for human body. Such as vitamins and minerals, such as iron, manganese, zinc, selenium, copper, fluorine, iodine and other substances that the human body is easy to lack, and the zinc content in tea is high.
Afternoon tea should be accompanied by fruits and nuts, which are rich in vitamins and minerals. In particular, fruits are rich in vitamin C, which mainly exists in fruits and vegetables, but not in dry cereals and animal foods. Vitamin C has the functions of preventing skin and gum bleeding, antioxidation and oxygen free radicals, and preventing tumors. Nuts are rich in essential fatty acids, also known as good fat. Essential fatty acids play a certain role in protecting cells and preventing heart disease.
Question 5: What does afternoon tea mean? Do you mean eating? Food for afternoon tea.
Coffee: At this time, a cup of tea or a single vegetarian coffee is a good choice. Milk coffee/milk tea/caramel is too strong, too rich in sugar and too high in calories, so it is not recommended.
Potato chips: you can eat potato chips, but control them to 4-5 pieces and eat them all at once. Don't chew a whole piece in your mouth at a time. Untasteful, easy to overeat.
Chocolate: buy high-content dark chocolate! Although it's a little expensive, it can make you feel "good" when you eat it. A small piece of good quality chocolate brings enough satisfaction to make you happy for a while. Remember, chocolate with strong sweetness will bring you too many calories.
Nuts: Nuts such as walnuts, hazelnuts, peanuts, mustard mung beans and almonds are essential office snacks for white-collar workers. Nuts are rich in protein, unsaturated fatty acids and trace elements. Eating more nuts can also beautify the face, strengthen the brain, protect cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health and resist aging.
But nuts, after all, have a lot of calories and should not be greedy, so as to avoid obesity caused by overnutrition. 1-2 is enough. If you eat it seriously, 1 has dispelled the feeling of light mouth and itchy teeth.
Yogurt and cheese: Yogurt contains some fungi, which can promote the health of digestive system, reduce bloating and constipation, and make your lower abdomen look flatter. If you have a lounge in your office, you can cut a small piece of lemon (with skin), chop it up and add it to the original yogurt. A small cup can be eaten for about 15 minutes.
Precautions for afternoon tea consumption: double energy consumption from 3 pm to 4 pm.
The latest nutrition survey shows that people who have the habit of afternoon tea are slimmer than others! Afternoon tea is often driven by hunger, and it is a real mini-meal, which is different from snacks used to vent depression or just to satisfy cravings. The calories of snacks will only be stored in the body, and afternoon tea, like other meals, is partly used for body consumption.
But if you want to lose weight, you must pay attention to the collocation of afternoon tea. The basic principle of afternoon tea is to choose two or three complementary foods that can ensure balanced nutrition. For example, cereal (biscuits, dry bread, etc. )+one dairy product (yogurt, white cheese)/one seasonal fruit, and of course, drinks, preferably water (mineral water, boiled water, green tea, etc.). ).
Remember, not for your stomach, but for your taste buds. Just eat in moderation.
What won't make you fat in afternoon tea?
1, plain biscuits without stuffing
Cookies have always been popular with working people because they are easy to store and eat. The basic principles of choosing healthy biscuits: pure biscuits without icing and stuffing will have lower fat and sugar content; For example, biscuits such as beating cakes, barley cakes and acrylic racks are all healthy examples; But there are exceptions, for example, the fat of general digestive cakes will be higher. Cookies labeled "high in fiber" are not necessarily low in fat, because many high-fiber cookies are also made of a lot of fat.
Step 2 drink yogurt
Yogurt is rich in lactic acid bacteria and calcium, which can promote digestion and absorption in the stomach, help fat decomposition, and prevent constipation and toxin accumulation in the body. In addition, yogurt also has a certain sense of fullness. When the appetite appears, a cup of yogurt will make the hunger disappear quickly. There are many fresh fruit yogurt on the market, which is delicious and nutritious.
3, red dates
Jujube is a natural source of iron. According to Chinese medicine, five dates a day can keep you young. Hard-working female warriors can choose to nurse themselves with red dates at 3 pm. In the drawer of our office, red dates can be used as an uninterrupted nutritional supply.
4. Whole wheat fiber cake
Many girls can't stand the temptation of crispy cookies, but it's best to avoid wafer cookies, cookies and sandwich cakes when choosing. Their calories are extremely high, and the calories of two sandwich biscuits are as high as 360 kilocalories. Girls who want to satisfy their desires choose high-fiber graham crackers, and graham crackers uses whole wheat flour, which is rich in fiber, and can help gastrointestinal peristalsis and digestion.
5.dark chocolate
Buy high-content dark chocolate! Although it's a little expensive, it can make you feel "good" when you eat it. A small piece of good quality chocolate brings enough satisfaction to make you happy for a while. Remember, chocolate with strong sweetness will bring you too many calories.
6. Instant cereal
Some breakfast cereals can also be used as snacks, because many cereals are high in fiber, low in fat and rich in vitamins and minerals. Oatmeal can be eaten without milk. If it is convenient, skim milk can also be added to various grains to eat together.
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Question 6: What is afternoon tea? What is tea time? The time to order snacks and tea houses is from 1: 30 to 5: 00 pm.
Question 7: What should afternoon tea have? Tiramisu, cake (choose your favorite taste), coffee, juice, tea.
Question 8: What about English afternoon tea? 1. The most orthodox time for afternoon tea is 4 pm (commonly known as afternoon tea).
In Victorian times, men wore tuxedos and women wore robes. At the formal afternoon tea party in Buckingham Palace every year, male guests still wear tuxedos, high hats and umbrellas. Women must wear hats when they wear daytime clothes.
Usually, the hostess wears formal clothes to serve the guests herself. You must ask the waiter for help to show your respect for the guests.
Generally speaking, the characteristic teas of afternoon tea are Qimen black tea, Darjeeling black tea, earl grey black tea and Ceylon black tea. If you drink milk tea, you should add milk first and then tea.
The snacks of orthodox English afternoon tea are packed in three layers of snack porcelain plates, one layer is a sandwich, the other layer is a traditional English snack scone, and there are cakes and fruit towers. Eat from the bottom up. As for Scone's way of eating, it is to spread jam first, then cream, take one bite and then wipe the next.
6, dessert eating etiquette. From light to heavy, from salty to sweet. The order of refreshments should follow the law that tastes are light and heavy, salty and sweet. Try a salty sandwich first, let the taste buds taste the real taste of food slowly, and then sip a few mouthfuls of fragrant black tea. Then there are English muffins coated with jam or cream, so that a little sweetness can slowly spread in your mouth. Finally, the sweet and thick fruit tower will lead you to taste the most delicious afternoon tea yourself.
7. Strict attitude. This is a gentleman's etiquette. Most importantly, at that time, because tea was almost imported from China, the British people had unparalleled love and respect for tea products, so it was inevitable to show a rigorous attitude in the process of drinking afternoon tea. Even, in order to prevent tea from being stolen, there are locked tea cabinets. Whenever it's tea time, entrust the maid to take the key and open the cupboard to get tea.
8. Enjoy the exquisite tea set. Victoria's afternoon tea is a comprehensive art, simple but not shabby, gorgeous but not vulgar ... Although tea time and food (referring to pure English snacks) are the most important parts of orthodox English afternoon tea, afternoon tea is a fly in the ointment without good tea, porcelain, music and even a good mood.
Question 9: What is the quantifier of afternoon tea? For example, a warm afternoon tea meal.