The new eating habits in Italy in the '90

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The new eating habits in Italy in the '90

• Exodus from the countryside,
• Emancipation of women and the job outside the
  home for most of them
• The decline of heavy work, led to a strong change
  of the alimentary styles.
• People have many snacks during the day, the
  midday meal, with the whole family gathered
  around the table is less frequent.
• The main meal of the day is no longer lunch but
  the dinner, because, especially in large cities,
  rarely one goes home for lunch, but makes a brief
  interval at the bar, fast food or canteen.

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• Consequence of this style of life is the increase
  in consumption outside the home, there is a large
  demand for a "take away" meal ready to  buy and
  bring home also the evening, when the women  come
  back from work too tired to cook.
• The markets have multiplied the products already
  prepared, ranging from sauces, frozen pizzas,
  pasta ready to put in microwave or in a pan.

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• Today the Italian population no longer works in
  order to feed itself as it happened until after
  World War II, a life most times made of hardships
  and sacrifices marked by malnutrition and
  diseases, during which the possibility to make a
  complete meal every day was seen like a dream.

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BREAKFASTbetween 7 and 9 a.m.

• 92 of Italians claim to have breakfast in the
  morning, but 15 of the population, only  drink a
  coffee without eating anything. Therefore, it is
  only 77 to put something solid in the
  stomach  and remains  an 8 for which the
  breakfast does not exist just like a meal.

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• Breakfast is mainly consumed at home (87),
  although many 23 prefer to go to bars
• (In this case, the classic combination is
  cappuccino (or espresso) and cornetto (brioche or
  other). The first Breakfast is still too hasty a
  meal (15 minutes at the most between preparation
  and consumption) and lonely (55 of Italians have
  breakfast alone). 

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• The favourite breakfast by the Italians is the
  traditional one sweet and simple.

Drinks Barley coffee Black coffee Milk Coffee and milk Tea (black or green) other
Food Bread, Biscuits, Brioches, Cakes Honey, jam Yogurt and cereals
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Lunchfrom 12.30 to 15.00

• Half of italians choose a meal constituted only
  from one course. 
• The others eat both a first and a main course.
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Primo /first course And/or Pasta with sauce (with vegetables/meat/fish) Vegetables soup Rice (with meat/fish/vegetables)
Secondo/main course Meat or fish with bread and salad
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Dinner from 19.30 to 22

• Consumption of fruit and vegetables 60 of
  Italians consumes 1-2 portions of fruit and
  vegetables per day, while only 8 of it consume 5
  or more portions, as recommended by the
  "Guidelines for a healthy diet

Primo/first course Vegetable soup
Main course Eggs or Cheese or meat or fish with salad and vegetables
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On special occasions

• It can be added to the previous menu a starter,
  and a dessert and the courses can consist of more
  elaborated dishes.

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Too few of us, perhaps, feel that the breaking
of bread, the sharing of salt, the common dipping
into one bowl, mean more than satisfaction of a
need. Yuan Mei, Chinese poet
The last supper by Leonardo Da Vinci