Spanish Food, by Cristina Fernández Carballeira y Alberto Pérez Rey

Spanish food is based on beef, chiken, pork, fish, and vegetables.

Meal times:

Breakfast: From 7:30 to 9:00
Lunch: From 14:00 to 15:00
Snack: From 18:00 to 19:00
Dinner: From 21:45 to 23:00

BREAKFAST: In Spain we usually have a cup of coffee and biscuits or cereal.
LUNCH: People usually  eat heavy dishes like beans, pork, beef, potatoes, green salad, chicken etc.
SNACK: We usually eat sandwiches, fruit, yoghurt, chocolate, churros etc.
DINNER: People usually eat the leftovers from lunch or  cups of milk.

NOTE: CHURROS ARE LIKE DONUTS BUT IN STICKS.

At weekends people usually eat more because eat with our families.

DESERTS: People usually eat as deserts ice cream.

Traditional Galician food

Galician food has traditionally been based on fish, shellfish and pork and generally served with potatoes and other vegetables.  The most common and typical foods eaten in Galicia include Galician broth and cured ham.

The Galician breakfast consists of a cup of coffee or a bowl of milk, cereal, biscuits and a slice of toast with jam. We have this small breakfast between 9:00 am and 11:00 am.

Most people today have their biggest meal in the middle of the day, between 2:00 pm and 3:30 pm. Many children at school and adults at work will have a packed lunch. It typically consists of a sandwich, a piece of fruit and a drink. Most teenagers have a canteen at their school, so they can buy food and eat it between classes.

We have a small dinner between 9:00 pm and 10:30 pm. It consists of an omelette, fried eggs, sausages or pizza.

Spanish Food by Mercedes and Susana.

The most popular food in Spain is omelette. It's made with eggs, potatoes, oil and salt.

In Spain we have three meals but they are very different compared to other countries, such as USA specially breakfast. 

For example, we have breakfast at 7 o'clock more or lest and we usually have a cup of coffee or milk with toast or cereal.

We usually eat lunch at half-past two or three o'clock and we eat big meals, for example roast meat with potatoes and then a piece of fruit for dessert.

We have dinner between 21:00h and 22:00h and we eat a piece of fruit or milk with biscuits.

Mercedes and Susana.

Spanish food! (Pablo Rañales and Alba Brage)

Meal times:

We´re going to talk about meals in Spain. First, the meal times. Spanish people have three main meals in a day:

First, breakfast between 8:00 and 9:00.

Secondly, lunch (the most important meal) between 14:00 and 15:00.

Finally, dinner between 21:00 and 22:00.

Normally, Spanish people have late meals if we compare with the rest of the european countries.

In Spanish food, we can find different types of meat: pork meat, chicken meat… Also we have potatoes and fruit (because we have the mediterranian diet). Our main dishes are omelette, 'paella' and stew.

I think that now, Spanish food is receiving a lot of foreign influences. Our eating habits are changing and our healthy diet, too. Probably, this fact happens because of globalization. I hope we preserve these habits, this mediterranian diet. It´s part of our identity.

 

SPANISH FOOD

TRADITIONAL SPANISH FOOD

Spanish food has traditionally been based on beef, chicken and fish generally served with potatoes and lots of bread.

The most common and typical foods eaten in Spain include the paella, omelette and serrano ham. The staple foods are meat, fish, potatoes, flour and eggs.

Spaniards have four main meals a day:

-Breakfast - between 7:00 and 9:00

-Lunch - between 13:30 and 15:30

-Afternoon snack - between 17:00 and 18:30

-Dinner - between 20:00 and 22:30

The traditional spanish breakfast consists of a glass of milk or juice with toast, biscuits, cereal… but Spanish students don’t usually have breakfast.

As for lunch, the typical one includes two dishes, the first one a light meal, and the second one a heavy meal, so only the brave ones can manage dessert.  

The afternoon snack is usually a chocolate sandwich and a piece of fruit.

Finally, dinner can be the leftovers from lunch or just a light meal like a piece of fruit or a yoghurt.

Marta and Tania

Hi, Cris! It's great to hear from you!
Do you remember when I told you that my Hall of Residence was great? Forget it. It's the worst Hall of Residence in the world. My room looks like a cell. It's so dirty, dingy and ugly. Moreover, ther is no door and everybody can see me. But this is not the worst, my flatmate, Manuel Rumano, spends the whole day sleeping, he is so lazy. In this residence even the showers are bad, the drains are clogged. I think that there is a ghost in the showers, at night I usually hear scary noises!
I'd like to be in a house with a host family, it's even closer to the school than the residence. The food is so much better, it's very tasty and delicious and there are also more sport facilities nearby. In the residence there is only a basketball court near, and it's always crowded. But there are many pools and courts near the house I want to go to. I think I mad a big mistake choosing the residence rather than the house.
I hope to hear from you soon
Miguel

AN EMAIL TO A FRIEND, Cristina Fernández Carballeira

Hi Miguel! It's nice to hear from you! Hope you're well.
I know you are coming here in two weeks. But I'll give you some advice. If you can change your residence you shouldn't come here.
The rooms are very dark and small and there are rats in the beds. Moreover, at night you can hear strange sounds from other rooms. In the shower, the water is cold and the drains are clogged. There is a big cafeteria but it serves bland food.
That's why it's better that you go to a house with a host family. Altough it's a big family with three children they are very kind and good people. The house is always in order and clean. The house isn't far from school. The rooms are small but they are beautiful and have good views. They make tasty food, and a sport centre ins't far away.
Please, give some news about your family. Hope to see you soon!
Cris