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Belgian food, culture and other information.
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A typical Belgian breakfast During the week most people eat bread which is usually fresh from a baker with the bread meats and cheese are usually eaten. It is also popular to eat a boiled egg. In the weekend rolls and pastry are eaten, Belgium has a big choice of pastry mainly made with a type of yellow pudding cream. In Belgium coffee is drunk with breakfast. A typical Belgian Lunch Most lunch have a soup as starter with is made of fresh vegetables. Then follows a dish, which would be usually meat, vegetables and pasta, rice or potatoes. A popular meat would be a type of beef casserole names “stoofvlees”. Vegetables are often beans such as green beans or string beans. A typical Belgian Evening meal In the evening time we usually don’t eat warm meals, we again eat bread with the different types of cheese and meats. Belgium is the middle of France, The Netherlands, Germany and the North Sea this makes Belgium take over some foods from all countries. Our cheeses from the Netherlands and France whilst meats such as Salami can come from Germany and fresh fish from the sea, making Belgium a mixture of good taste. In the evening its popular to meat salads for example crab, salmon or americain (a type of mincemeat with herbs). This meal is eaten quite early, yet is would be a big meal as it is the last main one of the day. Again with this meal coffee is drunk mainly even though having a beer is not uncommon. How the agriculture of Belgium affects the diet In Belgium even though it has little rural areas a lot of fruit and vegetables are grow because of this we eat a lot of fruit and vegetables. With vegetables, we cook them freshly or eat them raw, in Belgium most people make fresh soup every day. There are also a number of vegetables that are found there but not in Ireland for example chicory, celeriac, spinach, white beans, green cauliflower and red cauliflower. Another reason we eat more vegetables because they are much cheaper about half the price of Ireland. We also grow many types of fruits for example yellow, green and black plumes and all the different types of cherries. Belgium is on the continent so has no problem importing goods for example oranges from Spain arrive in Belgium quicker and cheaper than in Ireland. Some of the big agricultural crises in Belgium have had no effect on our diet for example BSE, swine fever, fowl plague etc. Local eating preferences Belgium is a small country so it doesn’t have that many different areas, in my city Mechelen cauliflower is famous and also a “blinde vink” it’s a piece of pig meat which has minced meat inside. In the whole country chips are very popular, they are eaten with many different types of sauces for example berandais, cocktail or tartar. Chips are also eaten with a number of fried meats. In Wallonie they still eat a lot of wild animals because hunting is popular for example roebuck and wild boar. In Flanders cooking vegetables with a white cheese sauce is often done. Topics such as food and life styles are treated differently in advertisements for the two cultures: a regional context will be created for food products in each of the regions. The Walloons’ eating habits are similar to those of the French, whereas the Flemish people have created their own eating habits and preferences. For instance, the French would rather eat butter than margarine, whereas the Flemish population is more health conscious and would rather eat margarine.
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