Food and meals in different cultures

ITALY

ENGLAND

Bardini Alberto and Barbares Riccardo

SPAIN

FRANCE

Food and Meals

• The Spanish are good cooks.
• People eat tapas every day
• You start the day late, have lunch and dinner late, go to sleep even later. In this sense, Spain is famous for its "single time", as it distinguishes itself from every other European nation.
• Spanish food is spicy
• Sangria is very popular

Stereotypes

Top 10 typical spanish foods/meals

1. Paella
2. Fried squid
3. Chorizo
4. Gazpacho
5. Patatas Bravas
6. Jamon Iberico
7. Pulpo a la Gallega
8. Potato tortilla
9. Fabada Asturiana
10. Crema Catalana and Sangria

• English food is usually overcooked, lacking in flavor and even boring, or even worse, awful.
• The English confess that gastronomy is not their strong point.
• The English only drink tea.

Stereotypes

Top 10 typical english foods/meals

1. Roast dinners
2. Cup of Tea
3. Fish and Chips
4. Yorkshire Pudding
5. Full English breakfast
6. Cornish Pasty
7. Strawberries and Cream
8. Crumpets
9. Beers
10. Jaffa cakes

• The French love to walk with a baguette under their armpits, because they eat it every day without moderation.
• Cooking and meals occupy a particularly important place in their lives. France is the country of cheese, red wine, snails and frogs' legs.
• They always drink champagne
• They likes strange and disgusting foods

Stereotypes

Top 10 typical french foods/meals

1. Crêpes
2. Confit du Canard (Duck confit)
3. Coq au Vin (Rooster with wine)
4. Boeuf Bourguignon (Beef stew)
5. Ratatouille
6. Soupe a l’ognion (Onion soup)
7. Steak Tartare
8. Quiche Lorraine
9. Macarons
10. Tarte Tatin (Apple Pie)

1. Pizza (Napoli)
2. Lasagne (Bologna)
3. Florentine steak (Florentine)
4. Amatriciana, Carbonara(Rome)
5. Risotto alla milanese (Milano)
6. Tiramisù (all of Italy)
7. Meatballs in sauce (all of Italy)
8. Tortellini (Bologna, Modena)
9. Parmigiana (south Italy)

• Italians eat only pasta and pizza
• Italians sit for 2 to 5 hours for a single meal
• The average Italian at the table shouts and becomes agitated
• they don't make coffee like they make it in Italy anywhere else.
• Italians are touchy when it comes to food and think that Italian cuisine is the best in the world

Stereotypes

Top 10 typical italian foods/meals