Food

Food

a) jedlá a nápoje počas dňa (raňajky, obed, večera) 

b) stravovacie možnosti a zariadenia (stravovanie v škole, doma, v reštaurácii)

c) národné kuchyne – zvyky a špeciality (suroviny, jedlá, stolovanie)

Food is very important for everyone of us. It provides us energy, vitamins and many anoher stuffs which are necessary to keep our body fit and healthy.

In Slovakia a typical day starts with breakfast. Between breakfast and lunch we usually have a snack. At midday we have lunch. Later we can have a snack again. In the evening, we eat dinner.

Breakfast– raňajky – the typical breakfast in Slovakia consists of a slice of bread with butter, ham, cheese or jam with a cup of tea or coffee. Some people like sausages or rolls. Some people prefer healthy breakfast /light breakfast/ - for example cereals /Cheerios, Cornflakes …/ with yoghurt. They drink fruit juice.
Breakfast is very important because it gives us energy for the start of the day.

Snack– desiata, občerstvenie – we usually have a snack between breakfast and lunch and we eat it at school or at work. Children and students usually bring their snack from home or they buy it in the school buffet. As a snack people usually have a sandwich with ham or cheese, fruit, a chocolate bar or some sweets.

Lunch– obed – lunch is the main meal that we have during the day. We eat our lunch at midday. Some people have their lunch at work, at school or they wait and eat their lunch when they come home. Our lunch usually has 2 courses /2 chody/:
a) Soup /polievka/ - for example: 
· stock– vývar
· meat soup – mäsová polievka
· tomato soup – rajčinová polievka
· vegetable soup – zeleninová polievka...
b) Main meal /hlavné jedlo/ - in Slovakia we usually have meat with potatoes or rice and some vegetables. In some families, people have lunch together. In Slovakia people always have lunch together at Christmas.
Meat– mäso *potatoes –zemiaky
· chicken – kurča * chips /French fries/ – hranolky
· beef– hovädzie * rice– ryža
· pork– bravčové * dessert – desert 
· lamb– jahňacie * dumplings – knedle
· fish– ryba * pasta - cestoviny

Dinner – večera – in Slovakia it is not very common to cook dinner. We usually cook lunch and most people eat for dinner what they had for lunch. Some people just have a snack – e.g. rolls, a cake with milk or tea and so on.

Healthy lifestyle – eat fruit and vegetables (apples, bananas, broccoli, carrots, beans, water melon, oranges, cherries, pears, grapes, etc.), soup (chicken, beef, tomato, egg, potato, etc.), smoked or raw fish, dairy

products (milk, cheese, yoghurt), drink a lot of tab water or juice, do a lot of exercises/sport, go for walks, positive thinking, avoid stress, alcohol, cigarettes, hanging out till early morning, sleep well and enough hours, eat and drink properly – eating habits /breakfast – lunch – dinner/supper and something small

between each dish/, prefer home-made food.

Unhealthy lifestyle – fat and fast or junk food = ready-made food (e. g. pizzas, hamburgers, fish and chips, hot dogs, crisps, fried onions, bacon, sausages with beans etc.), no sport, lots of stress, drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes, clubbing/parting till morning, non or just a little sleep, taking drugs, sitting and doing nothing = couch potatoe, drinking coca-cola, coffee, eating sweet meals and drinks, etc.

Different nationalities have different national dishes:

SLOVAKIA – our national dish is “Bryndzové halušky“– it is food made from potatoes mixed with cheese
GREAT BRITAIN – the national dish is “Fish and chips” – people in Britain usually buy it in a shop – they don’t cook it – it is usually wrapped in a paper and eaten outside
British are also famous for their English tea – tea with milk and for Christmas they have a Christmas pudding which is made of candied fruit. For Thanksgiving Day they have a turkey and the whole family has dinner together.
THE USA– they don’t have a national dish because it is a very multicultural country – their cuisine /kwizin = kuchyňa/ contains food from different parts of the world – Indian, Chinese, food and so on. American people also like eating steaks.
CHINA– they eat a lot of vegetables and rice – it is eaten with chopsticks /paličky/.
CANADA – Canada is famous for its Maple syrup /Javorový sirup/.
RUSSIA– Vodka.