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Meal

A meal is an instance of eating, specifically one that takes place at a specific time and includes specific, prepared foodstuffs.

Meals are served at home, restaurants, and cafeteria. Meals are usually held in conjunction with such special occasions as birthdays, weddings, and anniversaries.

A picnic is an outdoor meal where one brings one's food, such as a sandwich or a prepared meal in a picnic basket. It often takes place in a natural or recreative area, such as a park, forest, or beach. On long drives a picnic may take place at a road-side stop such as a rest area.

A banquet is a large, often formal, and elaborate meal with many guests.

Colleges and universites require their students to choose certain meal plan.

Table of contents

1 A multi-course meal 2 Customs, tradition, and etiquette 3 See also

A multi-course meal

• Appetizer with 1st wine, typically a white wine
• Salad
• Soup
• Main course with 2nd wine, typically a red wine
• Dessert with a dessert wine
• After-dinner coffee with liquour, brandy or cognac
• Fruit and cheese

There may be served something to clean the palate between courses, such as a sorbet.

The order of the courses will likely vary depending on local custom.

Customs, tradition, and etiquette

Examples of different customs and traditions:

• Food in some cultures is eaten from individual plates or bowls, while in other cultures people eat from a common one. Even where people tend to eat from individual plates, there may be exceptions, as in the case of some small pieces of food that can be held in the hand easily, e.g. cookies or some snack foods, where it is common to eat from a common plate or biscuit tin, etc.
• Different cultures might have different rules for eating the same item. In the USA people eat sausages in a bun, or with a knife and fork, while in some countries in Europe sausages are held between the fingers while being eaten.
• In some cultures, it is considered proper to wait until everyone is seated at their chair before starting to eat, while in other cultures it is not an issue.
• In some cultures it is considered proper to wait for the host to give the command before guests sit at the table for a meal, while in other cultures there are different rules.

See also

• List of eating utensils
• Potluck
• Microwave meal
• TV dinner

Meal is also coarsely ground grain or other seed, coarser than flour.

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