Food (topic, essay, vocabulary)

Food (topic, essay, vocabulary)

People are different. They live in different countries which influence their food. People who live in colder countries eat more fatty products which give them energy. People who live in hot countries eat fruit and vegetables because they need enough energy and liquids.

The English normally begin the day with a cup of tea and then they have breakfast. The traditional English breakfast consists of cereals with milk or cream and sugar. Some people prefer fried bacon and eggs or sausages with fried tomatoes. Then they have a cup of tea again and finish with toast and marmelade. But nowadays more and more people prefer lighter meal for breakfast. Later in the morning the English people have another cup of tea and some biscuits.

The English lunch is a light meal consisting of soup and a dessert, or ham and cheese sandwich, some fruit, pudding and ice cream.

In the afternoon the English have teatime again. They meet friends and have a tea party. They eat thin slices of bread with cheese and some fish and vegetables.

Dinner is the main mail of the day. It is served at about 6 o´clock. The meal consists of soup and fish and chips which is considered to be typically British. Then later in the evening around 10 o´clock it is time for light supper.

Eating habits are influenced by our work, lifestyle, economic situation and feelings. In Slovakia, women spend a lot of time cooking because they think that homemade food is much better than ready-made food.

At work some people have sandwich and instant soup. Others have their meals in the restaurant or go to a fast food place.

Each country has a traditional meal. Fish and chips are typically British. Pasta and pizza are considered typically Italian. Typical Slovak food is “bryndzové halušky”. It is a kind of food prepared from potatoes and flour.

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/:

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
· tuna– tuniak * salad- šalát
· salmon- losos
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.

2. Food you like and dislike
I wouldn’t like to be a vegetarian because I like meat. My favourite food is chicken with rice. I also like to eat salted crisps /solené lupienky/, especially in the evening when I watch TV. I know that it isn’t healthy, but I like it and I also like sweets and fruit.
I don’t like spinach /špenát/ When my mother cooks it, I always make myself something different to eat – for example scrambled eggs /praženica/. I aslo dislike rice Pudding.

3. Healthy eating
If we want to be healthy, we should eat healthy food. We should:
- eat at least 3 times during the day– jesť aspoň 3x za deň
- eat smaller portions but more often during the day – jesť menšie porcie, ale častejšie počas dňa
- we should eat slowly – mali by sme jesť pomaly
- we should eat a lot of fruit and vegetables – mali by sme jesť veľa ovocia a zeleniny
- we should drink a lot of mineral water – mali by sme piť veľa minerálky
- we should avoid too much salt and spices – mali by sme sa vyhýbať príliš veľa soli a koreniu
- we should avoid eating finger food, ketchup and too much sweets – mali by sme sa vyhýbať jedeniu jednohubiek, kečupu a príliš veľa sladkostí
- we should avoid eating late at night– mali by sme sa vyhýbať jedeniu neskoro v noci
- we should avoid sweet fizzy drinks /like Coca Cola/ - mali by sme sa vyhývať sladkým bublinkovým nápojom /ako Coca Cola/
- we should avoid drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes – mali by sme sa vyhýbať pitiu alkoholu a fajčeniu cigariet
- we should avoid drinking too much coffee and caffeine – mali by sme sa vyhýbať pitiu príliš veľa kávy a kofeínu
- we should eat more fish and dairy products – mali by sme jesť viac rýb a mliečnych výrobkov

Fast food
Fast food /rýchle občerstvenie/ is very popular especially with young people – McDonalds’, Kentucky Fried Chicken /KFC/ and so on. Fast food restaurants sell hamburgers, cheeseburgers, ice/cream, chicken with chips, sweet fizzy drinks => this food usually contains too many calories and oil and is too heavy for our stomach. But it is tasty and easily accessible and many people like it. It is also quite expensive but for many people it is a comfortable way of eating because they are busy and they don’t have time to cook or wait in a restaurant for lunch – they can just buy a hamburger in a fast food restaurant, carry it with them and eat it when they have time.
Nowadays many fast food restaurants have a drive-in => you can buy food while you are sitting in your car.

5. Diets and vegetarians
Diets– especially young girls often go on a diet because they want to be slim and attractive. Too much dieting is not healthy, but it can be dangerous to health => nowadays many young girls become seriously ill because they want to loose weight and be as slim as famous models – such illnesses are for example anorexia, bulimia and so on.
Vegetarians –vegetarians are people who don’t eat meat or fish. They eat only vegetable products like grains or fruit. People become vegetarians because they think it is more healthy or for moral reasons – for example because they don’t like the cruel treatment of animals so they protest in this form. Vegetarians are less ill /they don’t suffer from the heart attack so often/ because it is more healthy to eat vegetable products than to eat meat. 
Vegans – vegans are people who don’t eat any animal products at all – they don’t eat meat, fish, cheese, milk, eggs – nothing that comes from animals.
Doctors believe that a natural diet for a human being should contain both animal and vegetable products.

+ RECEPT na moje obľúbené jedlo (chicken meat with chips + salad)

Slice meat - nakrájať

Cook meat - uvariť

Smothering meat - dusiť meat

Fry chips - vyprážať

do salad with fresh vegetables - šalát z čerstvej zeleniny