Read this blog post about differences in British and English eating habits and answer the questions (True of False) below:

[...] Among the most important meals of the day, the BRITISH certainly include breakfast. Most people begin their working time early and have no time to make breakfast, but at the weekend, it consists of: eggs, bacon, beans, sausages, porridge (one sort of barley parrot) and milk, juice or coffee (absolutely different from what we Italians are accustomed to, it is similar to a barley beverage rather than coffee). They might eat yogurt, toast, jam and butter. In the regions near the sea, smoked cod or smoked fish are also consumed during the holidays.

Lunch is, instead, like a snack. Few British have the opportunity to go home to eat lunch, so their meal is made up of a sandwich or a wrap (a kind of piadina) that can be stuffed with what you want: tomatoes and tuna, ham and “Mozzarella” (which has more of the consistency of a pasta cheese), chicken, all seasoned with sauces in quantity.

It can be said that dinner is the only meal actually “cooked” by the British. It consists of hot food, mostly main courses, rarely soups or unique dishes (spaghetti with meat for example). The meat or fish to be served is accompanied by potatoes or other vegetable-based side dish , often in cream (eg peas, mushed peas). The dinner time is around 18:30 and 19:30 depending on the working needs of the individual households. Typically British, finally, are the pies, even salted, and the pasta with beef or lamb.

Many ITALIANS do not eat at breakfast at all: at home, before leaving, they only have a coffee, or a cappuccino and a croissant at the bar. Often, however, the visit to the bar is repeated more than once during the morning. Taking a coffee is a ritual that Italians repeat several times a day, at home or at the bar. Breakfast is no breakfast without a coffee.

Maintaining a key role is lunch, which remains the main meal of the day, but can vary according to your habits or personal needs: who can go home and who goes to the restaurant or who just wants to have a snack at bar. Usually, however, a typical Italian lunch consists of a pasta dish, a main course of meat or fish and a vegetable dish, and, finally, a coffee sometimes preceded by fruit or a sweet.

[...] Even dinner responds to personal customs, obviously those who eat a little lunch in the evening will be hungry. Italian families dine at eight o’clock, half past eight in the evening (in the South of Italy they might even have dinner at nine, half past nine or later). The classic Italian dinner is lighter than lunch, often consisting of a soup, a main course based on vegetables, eggs or cheese and fruit, without forgetting a good glass of wine.

Extra question to think about: If you live in Italy or have ever been to Italy, do you agree with the statements in this article?