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53-511: Breakfast is the first meal of the day usually eaten in the morning. The word in English refers to breaking the fasting period of the previous night. Various "typical" or "traditional" breakfast menus exist, with food choices varying by regions and traditions worldwide. In Old English , a regular morning meal was called morgenmete , and the word dinner , which originated from Gallo-Romance desjunare ("to break one's fast"), referred to

106-485: A workplace , or at an outing . The food is usually wrapped in plastic , aluminum foil , or paper and can be carried (" packed ") in a lunch box , paper bag (a " sack "), or plastic bag . While packed lunches are usually taken from home by the people who are going to eat them, in Mumbai, India , tiffin boxes are most often picked up from the home and brought to workplaces later in the day by so-called dabbawallas . It

159-550: A bag of chips , salad or fruit and a bottled drink. Meal deals are a staple of many Western high-street supermarkets and convenience stores; they are generally offered at a deal price and are highly convenient for the busy working person. Some stores are now adding premium meal deal items and salads to their meal deal inventory. Critics, however, criticise the meal deal for increasing the levels of single-use plastic waste in circulation and persuading people to buy more food than they originally intended or wanted - contributing to

212-505: A breakfast beverage was a new concept. The development of frozen orange juice concentrate began in 1915, and in the 1930s it was produced by several companies. Additionally, mass-produced tomato juice began to be marketed in the mid-1920s, and became a popular breakfast drink a few years thereafter. Haitian spaghetti is a common breakfast dish in Haitian cuisine . While breakfast is commonly referred to as "the most important meal of

265-416: A daily basis, typically several times a day. Special meals are usually held in conjunction with such occasions as birthdays , weddings , anniversaries , and holidays . A meal is different from a snack in that meals are generally larger, more varied, and more filling than snacks. The type of food that is served or consumed at any given time depends on regional customs. Three main meals are often eaten in

318-420: A formal meal the breakfast can be given to the recipient in a basket or hamper. Variations of breakfasts across countries and cuisines Refer to this Misplaced Pages Breakfast page for a list of countries and continents and their variations of breakfast. The cuisine articles linked in the breakfast page regarding each countries and continents cuisine may display variations of breakfast more thoroughly. Lunch

371-500: A large range of preparations and ingredients are associated with breakfast globally. A full breakfast is a breakfast meal, usually including bacon , sausages , eggs , and a variety of other cooked foods, with hot beverages such as coffee or tea, or cold beverages such as juice or milk. It is especially popular in the UK and Ireland, to the extent that many cafés and pubs offer the meal at any time of day as an "all-day breakfast". It

424-470: A meal after fasting . Around the mid-13th century, that meaning of dinner faded away, and around the 15th century "breakfast" came into use in written English to describe a morning meal. In Ancient Egypt , peasants ate a daily meal, most likely in the morning, consisting of soup , beer , bread , and onions before they left for work in the fields or work commanded by the pharaohs . The traditional breakfast believed to have been cooked in ancient Egypt

477-445: A noon-time meal, particularly if it is a large or main meal. For example, Sunday dinner is the name used for a large meal served after the family returned home from the morning's church services, and often based on meat that roasted while the family was out, and this term is still often used to signify that Sunday dinner is special even if no longer preceded by attendance at church. The evening meal can be called tea when dinner, which

530-540: A number did not find this correlation, (iii) studies suggested a possible link to better academic performance in the breakfast eating groups (q.v. Benton and Parker 1998, under this heading). The influence of breakfast on managing body weight is unclear. Present professional opinion is largely in favor of eating breakfast, but skipping breakfast might be better than eating unhealthy foods. Meal Although they can be eaten anywhere, meals typically take place in homes, restaurants, and cafeterias. Regular meals occur on

583-699: A pasta dish), secondo (the "second" course, e.g., fish or meat), usually accompanied by a contorno (a side dish), and dolce ("sweets", or dessert). Many traditions conclude a formal meal with coffee, sometimes accompanied with spirits, either separate or mixed in the coffee. Meal preparation , sometimes called "meal prep," is the process of planning and preparing meals. It generally involves food preparation, including cooking, sometimes together with preparing table decorations, drinks etc Preparing food for eating generally requires selection, measurement and combination of ingredients in an ordered procedure so as to achieve desired results. Food preparation includes but

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636-452: A standard fare in French breakfast cuisine by 1875. Breakfast usually consists of bread with a wide variety of cold cuts , cheeses and sweet toppings; such as hagelslag , vlokken , muisjes , gestampte muisjes  [ nl ] , chocolate spread , treacle (a thick, dark brown sugar syrup called stroop ), apple butter and peanut butter . The word waffle derives from

689-532: A staple in Mexican breakfasts, scrambled and fried eggs are usually eaten with tortillas, salsa, and beans; local varieties include huevos rancheros and "huevos con tortilla", which are scrambled eggs fried alongside pieces of corn tortillas. Breakfast cereals are also common in Mexico, mainly due to American influence. Health concerns have arisen regarding the nutritional quality of processed breakfast cereal; it

742-469: Is a breakfast served with champagne or sparkling wine . It is a new concept in some countries and is not typical of the role of a breakfast. It may be part of any day or outing considered particularly luxurious or indulgent . The accompanying breakfast is sometimes of a similarly high standard and include rich foods such as salmon , caviar , chocolate or pastries , which would not ordinarily be eaten at breakfast or more courses. Instead of as

795-446: Is a meal typically eaten at midday; it varies in size by culture and region. The word lunch is an abbreviation for luncheon , whose origin relates to a small snack originally eaten at any time of the day or night. During the 20th century the meaning in English gradually narrowed to a small or mid-sized meal eaten at midday. Lunch is commonly the second meal of the day after breakfast . Significant variations exist in different areas of

848-884: Is aching with exhaustion. The opening prose of the 16th book of the Odyssey mentions breakfast as the meal being prepared in the morning before attending to one's chores. Eventually ariston was moved to around noon, and a new morning meal was introduced. In the post-Homeric classical period of Greece, a meal called akratisma was typically consumed immediately after rising in the morning. Akratisma ( ἀκρατισμός , akratismos ) consisted of barley bread dipped in wine ( ἄκρατος , akratos ), sometimes complemented by figs or olives . They also made pancakes called tēganitēs ( τηγανίτης ), tagēnitēs ( ταγηνίτης ), or tagēnias ( ταγηνίας ), all words deriving from tagēnon ( τάγηνον ), meaning "frying pan". The earliest attested references on tagēnias are in

901-738: Is also popular in other English-speaking countries. In the different parts of the United Kingdom like in England it is usually referred to as a 'full English breakfast' (often shortened to 'full English') or 'fry-up'. Other regional variants across the UK include the 'full Scottish'in Scotland , 'full Welsh' in Wales , and the 'Ulster fry' in Northern Ireland . The full breakfast

954-422: Is also possible to buy packed lunches from stores in several countries. Lunch boxes made out of metal , plastic or vinyl are now popular with today's youth. Lunch boxes provide a way to take heavier lunches in a sturdier box or bag. It is also environmentally friendly . Another variation of lunch is the meal deal, this is a meal often bought from a store and contains the following: a sandwich or pastry ,

1007-588: Is among the most internationally recognised British dishes , along with such staples as bangers & mash , shepherd's pie , fish and chips and the Christmas dinner . The full breakfast became popular in the British Isles during the Victorian era, and appeared as one among many suggested breakfasts in the home economist Isabella Beeton 's The Book of Household Management (1861). A full breakfast

1060-616: Is eaten before fajr (dawn). In Japan, it is common to eat miso soup and rice porridge for breakfast. In the book The Bible cyclopædia (et al.) it was documented that c.  1843 , poor Lebanese people would consume raw leeks with bread for breakfast. The croissant appears to have originated in Vienna , Austria, in 1683. French breakfasts are often similar to the continental breakfast. French breakfast pastries include apple turnovers , brioche , croissant and pain au chocolat . Croissants have been described as becoming

1113-682: Is estimated that Mexican preschoolers consume 7% of their total energy intake from processed breakfast cereals and that 6% of Mexican children exclusively have ready-to-eat cereals with milk for breakfast. In 1620, waffles were first introduced to North America by pilgrims who had lived in the Netherlands . Later pioneers consumed largely cornmeal -based breakfasts, and would also consume meals such as oatmeal for dinner and lunch. Common breakfast products included corn pone , johnnycakes , ashcakes , hoe-cakes , and corn dodgers . Ashcakes consisted of cornmeal wrapped in cabbage leaves cooked in

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1166-545: Is generally the largest of the day, is eaten in the middle of the day. A full-course dinner is a dinner consisting of multiple dishes, or courses. In its simplest, English-based form, it can consist of three to five courses, such as appetizers, fish course, entrée, main course and dessert. The traditional courses and their order vary by culture. In the Italian meal structure , there are traditionally four formal courses: antipasto (appetizers), primo (the "first" course, e.g.,

1219-491: Is most commonly eaten. In the book The Bible cyclopædia (et al.) published in 1843, it was documented that during this time in the Arab world , Bedouins often utilized locusts mixed with butter for breakfast, spreading the mixture on unleavened bread. In the book The Bible cyclopædia (et al.) published in 1843, it was documented that Egyptians were early risers that sometimes had a first meal consisting of coffee along with

1272-438: Is not limited to cooking. Cooking or cookery is the art , technology and craft of preparing food for consumption with the use of heat. Cooking techniques and ingredients vary widely across the world , from grilling food over an open fire to using electric stoves, to baking in various types of ovens, reflecting unique environmental, economic, and cultural traditions and trends. The ways or types of cooking also depend on

1325-636: Is often contrasted (e.g. on hotel menus) with the lighter alternative of a Continental breakfast , traditionally consisting of tea, milk or coffee and fruit juices with bread, croissants , or pastries . " Instant breakfast " typically refers to breakfast food products that are manufactured in a powdered form, which are generally prepared with the addition of milk and then consumed as a beverage . Some instant breakfasts are produced and marketed in liquid form, being pre-mixed. The target market for instant breakfast products includes consumers who tend to be busy, such as working adults. A champagne breakfast

1378-839: Is the first meal of a day, most often eaten in the early morning before undertaking the day's work. Some believe it to be the most important meal of the day. The word breakfast literally refers to breaking the fasting period of the prior night. Breakfast foods vary widely from place to place, but often include carbohydrates such as grains or cereals, fruit, vegetables, protein foods like eggs , meat or fish, and beverages such as tea , coffee , milk , or fruit juice , juices often taken first of all. Coffee, milk, tea, juice, breakfast cereals , pancakes , waffles , sausages , French toast , bacon , sweetened breads , fresh fruits, vegetables, eggs , baked beans , muffins , crumpets and toast with butter , margarine , jam or marmalade are common examples of Western breakfast foods, though

1431-529: Is unclear whether people eating alone eat more, less, or the same amount of food compared to people eating in groups, partly because of differences in whether they are eating alone at home or eating alone in restaurants. Restaurants have responded to the increasing number of people eating alone by accepting reservations for solo diners and installing bar seating and large tables that solo diners can share with others. Breakfast by country#Continental breakfast Too Many Requests If you report this error to

1484-512: The Islamic month of Ramadan . Iftar is one of the religious observances of Ramadan , and is often done as a community, with people gathering to break their fast together. Iftar is done right after Maghrib (sunset) time. During the month of Ramadan, Muslims replace traditional breakfast with suhoor , an Islamic term referring to the meal consumed early in the morning by Muslims before sawm during daylight hours. The meal

1537-404: The 15th century, breakfast in western Europe often included meat. By this time, noble men were seen to indulge in breakfast, making it more of a common practice, and by the early 16th century, recorded expenses for breakfast became customary. Breakfast in eastern Europe remained mostly the same as the modern day: a " continental breakfast ". The 16th century introduction of caffeinated beverages into

1590-436: The 1800s was usually just toast or some variation of gruel or porridge and the main meal was dinner. Peasants (which were the majority in every country) had dinner around noon, after six or seven hours of work. Then, in the late 1700s and the 1800s, people began to work farther from home, and the midday meal had to become something light, just whatever they could carry to work (lunch). They began to eat dinner (the main meal) in

1643-587: The 1800s, which typically consisted of popcorn with milk and a sweetener. Cold breakfast cereal has been consumed by Americans since the late 1890s, and during the 1920s a considerable number of new cereals were marketed. The reason for this movement towards cold breakfast cereals was inspired by the Jacksonian-era Clean Living Movement (1830–1860). This movement focused on a lot of lifestyle changes, but specific to breakfast it claimed that eating bacon, eggs, pancakes and hot coffee

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1696-568: The Dutch word wafel , which itself derives from the Middle Dutch wafele , and is likely the origin of the food as it is known today. In the early 16th century, some physicians warned against eating breakfast, because they said it was not healthy to eat before a prior meal was digested. By the 1550s, however, there were multiple sources that claimed breakfast was an important meal. For example, in 1551, Thomas Wingfield stated that breakfast

1749-482: The European diet was also an addition to breakfast; it was believed that coffee and tea aid the body in "evacuation of superfluities". Traditionally, the various cuisines of Africa use a combination of locally available fruits , cereal grains and vegetables , as well as milk and meat products. In some parts of the continent, the traditional diet features milk, curd and whey products. A type of porridge

1802-546: The ashes of a campfire , while corn pone is baked, corn dodgers are pan fried, and hoe-cakes are similar to pancakes. After the American Civil War , it became fairly common in America to eat sandwiches that were made of ham and eggs. These sandwiches were not strictly consumed in the morning. In 1897, the first true breakfast sandwich recipe was published in a cookbook. Popcorn cereal was consumed by Americans in

1855-401: The day", some contest the positive implications of its "most important" status. Some epidemiological research indicates that having breakfast high in rapidly available carbohydrates increases the risk of metabolic syndrome . Memory was found to be adversely affected in subjects of a study who had not eaten their breakfast (q.v. also Studies using mice under this heading). Intelligence

1908-627: The elderly, the sick, and to working men. Anyone else did not speak of or partake in eating in the morning. Eating breakfast meant that one was poor, was a low-status farmer or laborer who truly needed the energy to sustain his morning's labor, or was too weak to make it to the large, midday dinner. In the 13th century, breakfast when eaten sometimes consisted of a piece of rye bread and a bit of cheese. Morning meals would not include any meat, and would likely include 0.4 imperial gallons (1.8 L) of low alcohol-content beers. Uncertain quantities of bread and ale could have been consumed in between meals. By

1961-615: The energy for manual labor. A typical Aztec breakfast often included corn porridge with honey and chillies, or tortillas with beans and salsa . Chilaquiles are a staple breakfast dish that dates back to the times of the Aztecs; they consist of tortilla chips (locally known as "totopos") slathered in salsa and usually come with a side of refried beans . Depending on the region or person, they may be eaten with fried or scrambled eggs, pulled chicken, sprinkled cheese, crema , diced onion, or chopped cilantro (coriander) leaves. Eggs are also

2014-406: The evening. Throughout history, meals were normally communal affairs. People got together, shared the food, and perhaps talked over the day. In the 21st century, an increasing number of adults in developed countries eat most or all of their meals alone. Although more people are eating alone, research suggests that many people do not consider a "meal" a solo act, but rather commensal dining. It

2067-411: The growing obesity crisis . Dinner usually refers to a significant and important meal of the day, which can be the noon or the evening meal. However, the term dinner can have many different meanings depending on the culture; it may mean a meal of any size eaten at any time of the day. Historically, it referred to the first large meal of the day, eaten around noon, and is still sometimes used for

2120-421: The mid-1600s, and in the 1700s coffee and chocolate were adopted as breakfast drinks by the fashionable. Tea eventually became more popular than chocolate as a breakfast drink. The first groups known to have produced maple syrup and maple sugar were indigenous peoples living in the northeastern part of North America . According to aboriginal oral traditions, as well as archaeological evidence, maple tree sap

2173-454: The morning, early afternoon, and evening in most modern civilizations. Further, the names of meals are often interchangeable by custom as well. Some serve dinner as the main meal at midday, with supper as the late afternoon/early evening meal; while others may call their midday meal lunch and their early evening meal supper or dinner. Except for "breakfast," these names can vary from region to region or even from family to family. Breakfast

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2226-418: The skill and type of training an individual cook has. Cooking is done both by people in their own dwellings and by professional cooks and chefs in restaurants and other food establishments. Cooking can also occur through chemical reactions without the presence of heat, most notably with ceviche , a traditional South American dish where fish is cooked with the acids in lemon or lime juice. Breakfast before

2279-476: The smoking of a pipe , and did not eat breakfast until noon. At this time, it was documented that Egyptian breakfast foods included bread, cheese , eggs , butter , curds , clotted cream and stewed beans. In addition, fava beans are an established national breakfast dish. In the Middle East region of Asia , Iftar refers to the evening meal when Muslims break their sawm ( fast ) during

2332-401: The works of the 5th century BC poets Cratinus and Magnes . Another kind of pancake was staititēs ( σταιτίτης ), from staitinos ( σταίτινος ), "of flour or dough of spelt ", derived itself from stais ( σταῖς ), "flour of spelt". Athenaeus in his Deipnosophistae mentions staititas topped with honey , sesame and cheese . Romans called breakfast ientaculum . It

2385-535: The world. In some parts of the UK it can be called dinner or lunch, with the last meal called tea. A packed lunch (also called pack lunch , sack lunch or bag lunch in North America , or packed lunch in the United Kingdom , as well as the regional variations: bagging in Lancashire , Merseyside and Yorkshire , ) is a lunch prepared at home and carried to be eaten somewhere else, such as school,

2438-442: Was being processed into syrup long before Europeans arrived in the region. While it has been a source of controversy where the lumberjack breakfast came from, the most cited source is that the lumberjack breakfast was first served in a Vancouver hotel, in 1870. The breakfast consisted of eggs, assorted fried pork strips, and flapjacks . It is said by Anita Stewart that the tradition of hearty cooking developed because of men needing

2491-639: Was essential. In 1589, Thomas Cogan stated that it was unhealthy to miss breakfast in the morning. He was one of the first to claim that it was healthy for those who were not young, ill or elders to eat breakfast. The full breakfast is a staple of British cuisine , and typically consists of bacon , sausages and eggs , often served with a variety of side dishes and a beverage such as coffee or tea . Prior to 1600, breakfast in Great Britain typically included bread, cold meat or fish, and ale . Tea, chocolate and coffee were introduced to Great Britain in

2544-455: Was fūl (made from fava beans , possibly the ancestor of today's ful medames ), baladi bread, made from emmer wheat , and falafel , and a mixture of fava beans with onions, garlic , parsley and coriander . In Greek literature, there are numerous mentions of ariston , a meal taken not long after sunrise. The Iliad notes this meal with regard to a labor-weary woodsman eager for a light repast to start his day, preparing it even as he

2597-673: Was not affected. Children aged within 8 and 11 years were found to have differing brainwave; EEG activity states, causative to breakfast consumption. Non-breakfasting children were observed to have higher activity of upper and lower theta wave , alpha wave , and delta wave , which indicated a causative relationship of breakfast consumption to memory function in the subjects. A review of 47 studies associating breakfast to (i) nutrition, (ii) body weight and (iii) academic performance found amongst those who had eaten breakfast: (i) better nutrition profiles, many studies found less weight (ii) irrespective of greater calorific consumption per day, although

2650-472: Was practically nonexistent during the earlier medieval period. Monarchs and their entourages would spend a lot of time around a table for meals. Only two formal meals were eaten per day—one at mid-day and one in the evening. The exact times varied by period and region, but this two-meal system remained consistent throughout the Middle Ages. Breakfast in some times and places was solely granted to children,

2703-502: Was too indulgent. The first prepared cold breakfast cereal marketed to American consumers was created by Dr. John Harvey Kellogg , who introduced it in 1878 and named it granola . The product was prepared with baked wheat, oatmeal and cornmeal, and was the first brand-name breakfast cereal in the United States. Canned fruit juice became prominent as a breakfast beverage after the discovery of vitamins . C. 1900, orange juice as

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2756-554: Was typically eaten at 9:00 or 10:00 a.m. It seems unlikely that any fixed time was truly assigned for this meal. Roman soldiers woke up to a breakfast of pulmentus , porridge similar to the Italian polenta , made from roasted spelt wheat or barley that was then pounded and cooked in a cauldron of water. In the European Middle Ages , breakfast was not usually considered a necessary and important meal, and

2809-407: Was usually composed of everyday staples like bread, cheese, olives , salad , nuts , raisins , and cold meat left over from the night before. They also drank wine-based drinks such as mulsum , a mixture of wine, honey, and aromatic spices . 1st century Latin poet Martial said that ientaculum was eaten at 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning, while 16th century scholar Claudius Saumaise wrote that it

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