美食專家:用餐必知的十個好習慣(1)

Be it breakfast, lunch or dinner or maybe just tea time, good meal time habits are always essential because not only do they reflect you as a person, but it is a good time for everyone to bond and build relationships. But with every family and every meal, there are a set of things that nearly every family might do wrong and these set of tips just promote good habits that we must all inculcate the next time we have a meal with our families or friends just for the betterment of ourselves as individuals。

無論是在吃早點，中餐、晚飯還是喝茶時人們都應保持有良好的用餐習慣，好的習慣不僅能反映出一個人的形象問題，而且它還是一個建立和加強人際關係的良好時機，因此用餐時養成好的習慣非常重要。但是幾乎所有的家庭在用餐時，都不同程度上會犯些錯誤。而這些教你養成好習慣的貼士下次我們在與家人或者 朋友一起用餐時務必遵循。

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1.一家人應時常聚在一起吃飯。

Many families with young children, older persons or teenagers will know that a lot of times, meals have to be brought to the person’s room but try not to encourage this and have at least one meal that the entire family eats together. Preferably make this dinner because if it is breakfast, family members might be hurrying up to get to school or work and lunch might be spent at the school or work place so try going for a family dinner together. Encouraging a good family dinner means that the family learns to bond together and members who like to be in isolation most of the time are pulled into the family too。

家有小孩，老人與青少年的家庭都知道，很多時候，他們會把飯帶到自己的房間裏去吃，但儘量不要提倡這種做法，每天至少應有一餐整個家庭成員聚在 一起吃。或許晚餐是個最好的選擇，如果選擇早餐一起吃，家庭成員中可能有人要敢趕時間去學校或上班，而中餐大部分時間則在學校或工地度過，因此儘量在晚餐 時大家聚在一起。一個氣氛令人鼓舞的家庭晚宴能使家人的心緊密聯繫在一起，而且對家庭成員中那些內心孤僻的人來說很多時候他們也會感到家的溫馨因而融入其 中。

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2.營造良好用餐談話氛圍。

It is no use getting your entire family to sit around the dinner table if it feels awkward because no one is talking. Teenagers and children might even turn against you because of this. Try to talk to everyone asking what they’ve been up to the whole day, whether or not they like the food, what they could change in it and just keep the conversation flowing。

一家人圍坐在餐桌前如果因爲覺得尷尬而彼此不說話就沒有意義。孩子們也可能會對你的這種安排產生憎恨的情緒。儘量跟家庭成員的每一個人說說話，瞭解下他們今天做了些什麼事情，是否對你做的飯菜感到滿意，他們能否對你做的飯菜再進行些調味等使整個談話繼續下去。

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3.吃飯勿看電視。

That is probably one of the worst things you can do because sometimes, you are just so engrossed watching the telly that you don’t know what you are eating. I know it sounds strange but part of good meal time habits is that you concentrate on your food and appreciate what you are eating. Also, the telly will prevent good meal time chat and you are only going to bond with the TV rather than with the rest of the family。

吃飯看電視可能是你最易犯的不良習慣之一，有時候當你全神貫注看電視時會忘記自己吃的是什麼。我知道這聽起來有點怪，但良好的用餐習慣之一就是專心吃飯與品位你正在食用的食物。此外，看電視會影響用餐談話氛圍，會使你只顧着電視裏的情節進展而忽略與家人的溝通。

the family cooking.

4.讓家庭成員參與烹飪。

This will definitely work with children but try to get even the older members of your family cooking together rather than dumping it all on to one person. Someone can chop the vegetables while someone else does the meat so divide the work among the members of the family so they all feel involved。

做飯時最好與孩子們一起忙活，同時也儘可能讓家庭成員裏的長輩參與其中而不要一味的將任務推給某一個人。他們中有人可能會切菜，而另一些人中有的會做肉制佳餚，這樣就可以將工作在家庭成員中得以分配，他們也會有種參與的感覺。

your hands before every meal.

5.飯前應洗手。

My parents who are doctors always ask me to wash my hands before every meal even if I am going to eat with a knife and a fork. I never really understood why I should do this but when they gave me a valid answer, they did have a point. Children and teenagers and sometimes even adults will touch their food if they have to sometimes. They may touch the rim of their plates and this means that you are depositing all of the bacteria from your hands on to the plate. When you eat off the plate, all of those bacteria go into your stomach. If you are eating something like a sandwich or a burger and sometimes, some people like eating pizzas with their hands, this is directly feeding yourself bacteria so wash your hands even though you might use a knife and a fork。

我的父母是醫生，他們總要求我每頓飯前洗手，即使是用刀叉時也會這麼要求。他們說的非常有道理。但在他們給我確切的解釋前我一直不大理解爲什麼 我應該這樣做。兒童和青少年，有時甚至成年人在必要時也會用手去接觸食品。他們可能會用去手接觸盤子的邊緣，而這就意味着將手中的細菌帶到了盤子裏。當你 吃掉了盤子裏的食物時，這些細菌就會進入你的肚子。如果你喜歡用手拿着吃三明治或漢堡包，當然有些人喜歡吃用手拿着的比薩餅，這樣就等同於自己在直接飲用細菌，因此，即便是你用刀叉吃飯請洗洗手。