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To ask what British people have for dinner usually

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AnxietyLevelMax · 17/10/2024 14:31

Not british, married to one but he grew up abroad and dont know a lot about own culture besides common things such as roast dinner etc 😊

what do you guys eat and at what time usually? Its so different where i am from - our lunch is hot and usually between 2-3pm (think like soups, pasta, chicken, fish etc etc). In the evening our dinners are cold - sandwiches, salad or whatever.

i am looking for some british meal ideas 😀 kids born in uk and growing up here so we would love to mix all 3 cultures.

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CasperGutman · 17/10/2024 14:43

Usually lunch is soup or sandwiches around 12-1pm, and dinner (main hot meal of the day) will be in the evening around 6-7pm. Dinner might be, e.g.:
Fish pie, with a green vegetable (e.g., broccoli),
Any sort of meat pie (steak and ale/mushroom/kidney, chicken and mushroom/leek/ham) with mash and veg,
Beef stew with plenty of root veg and dumplings,
Lancashire hot pot,
Scouse.
We also have other things - curries, pasta, pizza, tagines, stir fries - but these are the most traditionally British things I can think of off hand.

Sometimes our lunchtime meal will be a hot meal, e.g., a roast dinner on Sundays, and then the evening meal is more likely to be a lighter affair, either cold or soup, toasted sandwich etc.

buffyfaithspike · 17/10/2024 14:43

I kind of mix up lunch and tea so
Lunch might be a sandwich and then tea a hot meal or lunch a hot meal and then just something light for tea depending when I am more hungry
No set routine

Lunch - between 11.30-2 depending on work
Tea - between 5-8pm

So I have anything from
Stuff on toast - scrambled egg, beans, avocado and feta etc
Sandwiches
Omelettes
Casseroles, pies, meat and veg, pasta
Soup

yeesh · 17/10/2024 14:42

Dinner is usually the main meal of the day, we eat around 7-8ish but did eat earlier when my son was small. Most British people like to eat a wide range of food so pasta, Mexican, ect is very popular and of course the beloved curry.

quirkychick · 17/10/2024 14:41

Like a lot of British people we eat a fair bit of international food too.
British food like:
sausage, gravy, veg, potatoes
cottage pie
fish pie
stew of varying types
fish, veg, potato

More international food:
chicken or other curry and rice
chilli and rice or jacket potato
fajita wraps with salad, guacamole etc
stir fry

Opentooffers · 17/10/2024 14:40

Lunch is often a sandwich or something light. Dinner is the hot meal - pasta, curry,Chinese, Korean, Thai and occasionally meat and 2 veg. It's pretty multicultural with food these days. Times vary depending on work hours- any time after 5, up until 9pm ( probably 6-7pm mostly)

PTSDBarbiegirl · 17/10/2024 14:40

I’m British and our main meal is ‘dinner’ eaten anytime between 5.30-8pm usually either spaghetti with bolognase sauce, salad or salmon fillet roasted served with rice and green beans, steak, potatoes and roast veg, roast chicken, lasagne, lamb curry with pilau rice, fish pie, chicken soup, scotch broth, Cullen skink. If unwell toast and tea.

MiraculousLadybug · 17/10/2024 14:39

I made a shepherd's pie yesterday.

StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 17/10/2024 14:38

Tonight we're having fish pie with beans
https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/fish/best-fish-pie/

pilates · 17/10/2024 14:35

Sausage, mashed potatoes and beans
Spag bog
Cottage pie, carrots and peas
Fish and chips