American Food and Drinks

Most traditional American foods were introduced by the early European immigrants but modified (modify [v.]改良) to take advantage of the locally available ingredients. Fried chicken, meatloaf (n.哄肉卷), baked potato, corn, baked beans and apple pie would be considered traditional American dishes.

大多数美国传统食物是由欧洲移民者引进的，但是利用当地的一些原料配料在此基础上又得进行了改善。炸鸡，肉，面包，烤土豆，玉米饼，烤豆，苹果派都被认为是美国的传统食品。

BREAKFAST: A typical American breakfast menu includes scrambled (scrambled egg 炒蛋) or fried eggs or an egg omelet (n.煎蛋卷), juice, bacon or sausage, toast, biscuits, or bagels (n.百吉饼). An alternative American breakfast could be cereal with milk, juice, and toast or pancakes or waffles with syrup (n.果汁) and butter. There are different types of breakfast as follows: Continental Breakfast and All-American Breakfast Buffet.

早餐： 一份典型的美国早餐菜单包括杂煎蛋或一个蛋煎蛋卷、果汁、培根或者香肠、土司、饼干或者百吉卷。可供选择的美国早餐包括牛奶拌谷物，果汁，土司或者烤薄饼或者上了果酱或者黄油的华夫饼干。早餐会有不同的类型：欧式早餐和美式早餐*。

LUNCH: The lunch menu normally involves sandwiches (peanut butter and/or jelly, cheese, bologna(n.一种香肠), turkey, ham), rolls, hamburgers, hot dogs, pizza, tacos, chicken, salad, fruit (orange, banana, apple, tangerine), milk, soft drink, tea or coffee.

午餐： 午餐菜单通常加入三明治(花生酱和果冻、乳酪、香肠、火鸡，火腿)，蛋卷、汉堡包、热狗、比萨、烤玉米饼、鸡、沙拉、水果 (桔子、香蕉、苹果，蜜桔)，牛奶、软饮料、茶或者咖啡。

The normal practice in America is to eat the salad before the main course. A wonderful American invention is the salad bar. In restaurants that have these salad bars the waiter does not bring your salad. You go to the salad bar and help yourself, usually to as much as you want. This is normally done after you have ordered your meal; you eat the salad while the main course is being cooked.

在美国的正常生活中，吃沙拉是在主菜之前的。沙拉柜台是一个很有意思的美国发明。在有这些沙拉柜台的餐馆里，服务生不会带给你沙拉。您需要亲自去沙拉柜台自助服务，通常你要多少就能拿多少。这通常在你选定你的主食后去做，你在吃着你的沙拉的同时，大厨正烹饪着你的主食。

DINNER: Dinner is normally the largest meal of the day. It normally involves food such as pizza, meat (steak, chicken, fish, pork, turkey) with potatoes and a vegetable, spaghetti (n.意大利通心粉) with either tomato or meat sauce, lasagna (n.烤宽面条), tacos (n.玉米卷), and dessert (cake, cookies, pies, ice cream, and candy). Dessert is served after the main meal - Triple Chocolate Cake, All-American Apple Pie, Rum(n.朗姆酒) Carrot Cake, Chocolate Chip Cookie Sundae, Berries and Sorbet（冰糕,冰淇淋）.Turkey is a traditional food for Thanksgiving meals.

晚餐：晚餐通常是最大的一餐。 它通常包括食物例如匹萨、肉食(牛排、鸡、鱼、猪肉，火鸡)与土豆和菜，意粉用蕃茄或肉调味汁，烤宽面条、炸玉米饼和点心 (蛋糕、曲奇饼、饼、冰淇淋和糖果)。 点心在主食之后——三角巧克力蛋糕、全美苹果饼、兰姆酒胡萝卜糕、巧克力曲奇饼圣代、莓果和冰糕。火鸡是感恩节的传统食物。

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美式早餐（All-American Breakfast Buffet）：1. 水果或果汁 2. 谷类 Cereals 3. 蛋－早餐的主食 4. 吐司和面包5. 饮料

欧式早餐（Continent Breakfast）：欧陆式早餐比美式早餐简单，内容大致相同，但不供应蛋类，客人想点叫蛋类食品时，得另外付费。