RDG
Senior Cook
Every country has its own customs, and none of them is better than the others. I’m really curious, if you allow me, to understand how daily meals are organised in your countries.
A lot of things are changed in Italy in the last years, but usually the tradition says that an Italian guy has a breakfast in the morning with some coffee, or milk and coffee, and, but not always, some bread and marmalade. Often (I, f.i.) only coffee is assumed.
At noon (a lot depends from WHEN you have a pause in your job) you will assume a complete meal.
The complete meal is normally composed by a first dish of rice or pasta (about 80-100 gr a person), or soup, and a second dish of meat or fish (about 100 grams) with some vegetable. Then, a fruit.
The same happens in the evening, about at eight o’clock: something earlier in the north, something later in the South.
You can change the meat with some cheese, but generally this is the tradition. In the last years, something has changed, and we try to eat something less, not assuming one of the dish over written (of course, if you are 18 years old, may be you assume ALL of them in ONE meal…. with something to fill the hole at five p.m. ). When you have an official meal, with some guest, f.i., you add one or more entries to all this, and, of course, some cake.
I remember the Christmas meals in my grandmother’s house….seven, eight entries, two dishes of pasta, one dish of meat…then, an ice cream, and, again, a soup, another dish of fish, many cakes, dried fruit, and so on….
Thanks for your answers: I’ve travelled in some places, about all over Europe, and something in Asia, but I did never go over the Oceans…
A lot of things are changed in Italy in the last years, but usually the tradition says that an Italian guy has a breakfast in the morning with some coffee, or milk and coffee, and, but not always, some bread and marmalade. Often (I, f.i.) only coffee is assumed.
At noon (a lot depends from WHEN you have a pause in your job) you will assume a complete meal.
The complete meal is normally composed by a first dish of rice or pasta (about 80-100 gr a person), or soup, and a second dish of meat or fish (about 100 grams) with some vegetable. Then, a fruit.
The same happens in the evening, about at eight o’clock: something earlier in the north, something later in the South.
You can change the meat with some cheese, but generally this is the tradition. In the last years, something has changed, and we try to eat something less, not assuming one of the dish over written (of course, if you are 18 years old, may be you assume ALL of them in ONE meal…. with something to fill the hole at five p.m. ). When you have an official meal, with some guest, f.i., you add one or more entries to all this, and, of course, some cake.
I remember the Christmas meals in my grandmother’s house….seven, eight entries, two dishes of pasta, one dish of meat…then, an ice cream, and, again, a soup, another dish of fish, many cakes, dried fruit, and so on….
Thanks for your answers: I’ve travelled in some places, about all over Europe, and something in Asia, but I did never go over the Oceans…
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