What is your main food for lunch and dinner?

@meapas (2436)
India
August 30, 2009 7:45am CST
1,83,000 members on mylot coming from different parts of the world. It will be very interesting to know what type of food we have for lunch and dinner at each ones place. At my place lunch consists of rice,rotis made of wheat. Some non-veg curry. It can be egg curry,fish curry or chicken/meat curry. Some vegetables,cereals and salads. Soups,curd and butter milk. Dinner consists of rice,fish curry,vegetables,salads and butter milk. After dinner we have some fruits. Ice-creams/sweets optional. What do you have for lunch and dinner at your place?
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
31 Aug 09
I think that it is very interesting as different cultures eat at different times and at many different times a day. We eat three times a day here, that's main meal. Breakfast is cereal, or it can be an egg, sausage, bacon, grits, oatmeal, an omelet, french toast, cinnamon toast, etc... for lunch a sandwich or hamburger, salad, yogurt, etc... dinner a meat, and a few vegetable, a biscuit. I guess it also depends on what part of a country, I'm from the south of the USA so we prepare our foods a little differently from others.
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@meapas (2436)
• India
4 Sep 09
Your new avatar is also as good as the previous one. Both of them shows there is lot of love in the air. Breakfast, lunch and dinner with so many varieties makes me to think of relocating myself to that part of the world. Thanks for your response.
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
31 Aug 09
Hello meapas. Usually lunch is our main food. We eat rice for lunch and supper and we cook more vegetables than meat, mostly pork, slim pork without fat. It is the same with us for dinner so far as the food is concerned. Today I had noodles for lunch and it was simply made by me. Take care.
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• China
5 Sep 09
It is so nice of you to say so. I appreciate it very much. Take care, friend.
@meapas (2436)
• India
4 Sep 09
Rice and noodles are very common in your part of the world. I like the combination of rice and noodles with vegetables or chicken. They go well with everyone. Your style of cooking is world famous. They are the most sought after food every where. Thanks for your response.
@happy6162 (3001)
• United States
1 Sep 09
For lunch I might have hamburger, ham, chesse sandwich or maybe what leftover from my dinner. For dinner I could have hamburger, steak, chicken, potatoes, gravy, vegetables. It depends on what I am in the mood for.
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@meapas (2436)
• India
4 Sep 09
You don't seem to like rice items at all. We too like cheese sandwiches a lot, specially during office hours we go for cheese sandwiches and pizzas. Yes lot depends on the mood of the day also. Thanks for sharing this with us at mylot.
@Iriene88 (5343)
• Malaysia
1 Sep 09
Dear meapas, Since I am a Malaysian Chinese...our regular meals will be rice or noodle based! Normally we will have simple lunch - eat out - eg. noodle soup with fish cake, prawn or chicken meat added with beansprout and fish ball. or mixed rice of 1 meat dish and 2 vege dish / egg. For dinner : Which most family will cook as everyone is back from work and have a proper meal with the family. Steamed Rice, Fried / Steam Fish or Chicken / Pork Egg (Steam / Fried), vegetable dish...and a bowl of soup! All the best and do keep in touch!
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@meapas (2436)
• India
4 Sep 09
You have mentioned all my favourite items at one go. I like chinese chicken fried rice or combination of noodles. Prawns and crabs are my most favourite dishes. Just to enjoy these items we cook on sundays or holidays. Thanks for sharing with us at mylot.
@raviapts (64)
• India
31 Aug 09
Hi Friends!In my country so many peoples are maintaining rice. we are using rice for lunch and dinner. at break fast time we prefer mostly Idle and chapathis.in my country north people are using Roties and south peoples are using onle Rice in Lunch and Dinner.Thanking You Happy Mylotting.
@meapas (2436)
• India
4 Sep 09
In India rice and roties are very common. Roties are better compared to rice I suppose. We have both at our place. Thanks for your response.
@levyx22 (187)
• United States
31 Aug 09
I am from the United States and for lunch I will usually have some sort of fast food, Mcdonalds, or burger king...Something like that. Maybe a slice of pizza. For dinner I will usually have steak, or salmon, some type of fish or other protein.
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@meapas (2436)
• India
4 Sep 09
So dinner is your most important meal. Yes for most of the working class, dinner is the only main meal. During other part of the day you have to depend on fast foods. Thanks for your response.
@sunny5u (2069)
• India
31 Aug 09
I am from India. Our main food item is rice with a combination of rasam, pickel, two curries like egg or chicken or mutton or vegetarian and curd. This will fulfill our dishes every lunch and dinner. We like our food combination very much.
@meapas (2436)
• India
4 Sep 09
Any one from India should like this combination. Your rasam is really unbeatable. Filmstar Dharmendra liked this rasam so much, he finally married his co-star Hema Malini. All for a rasam. Thanks for sharing this with us at mylot.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Aug 09
hi meapas well for our dinner tonight we had roast pork, scalloped potatoes, salad of greens, peas and oranges for'dessert. for lunch we had corn dogs, broccoli soup and potato salad and strawberry ice cream. Good hot weather food for this heat wave we have here'in Ca.
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@meapas (2436)
• India
4 Sep 09
Wow! A good combination! Roast pork is very good. Salad of greens is a must for everyone. Heat wave generally kills appetite. So we have to go for weather foods. Thanks for your response.
@Shar19 (8231)
• United States
30 Aug 09
For lunch we usually have some kind of sandwich like turkey and cheese, ham and cheese or something like that on bread or a roll. We also like tuna fish sandwiches. Everyone in the house will eat that. Sometimes we'll just heat up some leftovers from dinner to eat for lunch. So lunch can be just about anything. Dinner we usually have some kind of meat like chicken, steak, pork, or hamburger. I always make some kind of vegetable with dinner. We seem to eat a lot of green beans in our house. I guess because the kids love them. I will also usually make some kind of starch to have with dinner. Usually some rice or some kind of noodle or macaroni. I always encourage my kids to eat fruit throughout the day too. Sure they have some other snacks like icecream or cookies but fruit is on snack I always have readily available for them to eat. To drink we like iced tea, water, juice or milk. I only buy 100 percent juice though. None of the artificial stuff for us.
@meapas (2436)
• India
4 Sep 09
Green beans are liked by children world over. We too enjoy it. Fruits are a must for children specially. Fish is also good for children as it is very good for better eyesight and growing bones. Thanks for your response.
@babyorchid (1737)
• China
31 Aug 09
well, i guess the main food as my lunch and dinner is rice or noodle.. bcz most time we will work in office..so we have to call some food delivery company to delivery food for us..while..r hehe ice is easy to carry
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@meapas (2436)
• India
4 Sep 09
Your food combination is liked by world over. People go simply crazy for your style of cooking. Most of the fast food counters have come-up just because of its taste. Thanks for your response.
@dlr297 (5409)
• United States
30 Aug 09
We have a wide variety of different things for lunch and dinner. For lunch i usually like to have soup, a salad, and maybe some type of sandwich. For dinner, it is usually some type of meat, vegetables, and some type of potato. and a salad. I also might make things like spaghetti,Lasagna, cabbage rolls, It really just depends on the mood we are in, but i try to make something different every night.
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@meapas (2436)
• India
4 Sep 09
A good variety of food is really very enjoyable. As you say everything goes finally with the mood. We too enjoy all types of food depending on the mood. Thanks for the response.
@akuler (3531)
• Malaysia
31 Aug 09
Hi meapas, My lunch and dinner usually not fixed. Some time I ate twice a day. But some times only once. And the foods for lunch and/or dinner not always same. It is depend on my appetite. Usually I ate rice, some vegetable, fried egg and fish or meat for lunch and/or dinner. Sometime I ate the chicken fried rice only.
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@meapas (2436)
• India
4 Sep 09
Chicken fried rice is very popular in this part of the world. Even people working in the office just orders the same day in and day out. Finally everything depends on our day to day mood. Thanks for your response.
• Malaysia
30 Aug 09
I always have rice and other dishes that go along with it. Dishes include chicken, prawns, cuttlefish or fish. But main course has got to have rice! Or the day just feels rather incomplete. Other times I have noodles with curry or other course that won't make my throat feels so dry.
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@meapas (2436)
• India
4 Sep 09
So nice . You have a good variety of non-veg. Prawns are our favourites. It is too much in demand and so it has become very costly here. Hope it is easily available there. Thanks for your response.
• Indonesia
31 Aug 09
i live in Indonesia, our main food for lunch and dinner and breakfast and anytime it always be a rice:D. I think that what most Indonesian people eat. No bread nor pasta just rice as our main food:)
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@meapas (2436)
• India
4 Sep 09
Yes rice is the staple food of all Asian countries. They like it very much. They go for all types of combinations with rice. Thanks for your response.
@lazeebee (5461)
• Malaysia
30 Aug 09
The usual food that most people have over here is rice with a number of meat or vegetable dishes. However for us, we can either take rice, noodles or bread. Sometimes we would cook steak or spaghetti, and at times we just go vegetarian, that is salads and mixed vegetables.
• India
30 Aug 09
lazabee were are u from
• India
30 Aug 09
your comment was exlnt
@meapas (2436)
• India
4 Sep 09
Rice goes well with anything. Meat,fish or vegetables. Fish is a must at our place. For lunch and dinner we need fish. Do you get fish often there?
@Archie0 (5652)
30 Aug 09
For my lunch i normally eat either roti or rice i dont eat both, with them i will have some dry fried vegetables or some good curry, same goes for dinner too, my food is really simple not much to add i have non-veg once in month not much than that as i stay in a hostel.
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@meapas (2436)
• India
4 Sep 09
In hostels I understand you can't have all that you want. Back at home you must be enjoying your mother's food I suppose. Thanks for your response.
• India
31 Aug 09
yes , roti vegitable , rice & dal with some curd for lunch & similar type for dinner
@meapas (2436)
• India
4 Sep 09
Yours is same as ours. We too have all these along with non-veg items. That is the only difference. Thanks for your response.
• India
31 Aug 09
Dear Friend, I am fully vegetarian so always veg food. For lunch we have Roti, vegetable, dal ,rice and salads. And for dinner we have different varieties: Muthia, handwa, Bhakri, Khaman, Idli, Dosa , Aloo paratha and so many other things. Anything from these we have it in dinner. Mainly we cook Mixed Khichhdi and pulaav.
@meapas (2436)
• India
4 Sep 09
So nice to have so many varieties of food daily. I like your khaman dhokla, veg-pulav and aloo paratha. They are really tasty. Once in a while for breakfast we prepare aloo parathas. Some times on sundays we prepare khaman dhoklas too. Thanks for your response.
@nonersays (3335)
• United States
31 Aug 09
I usually have lunch at work, which means Its usually a ham sandwich with some chips or something on the side. For dinner we usually have green beans, rice (or potatos), baked beans, green peas and some sort of meat (usually chicken)
@meapas (2436)
• India
4 Sep 09
Yes during office hours we don't have much of a choice. We have to have what is available nearby. So dinner is the main meal. So chicken is your favourite. Do you like chinese chicken fried rice? Thanks for your response.
• India
31 Aug 09
Lunch comprises of rice,dal,2-3 vegetable dishes like ladies fingers and aloo achari,sweet curd and bengali sweets like chomchom,rasgullas Dinner comprises of nun,paneer tikka,sweet dishes again
@meapas (2436)
• India
4 Sep 09
So nice to have sweets daily. I like chomchom and rasgullas and so every one. Paneer tikka we too make. In fact paneer items are almost daily. Bengali sweets are the best sweets and most popular in India. Thanks for your response.