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daily meals

French people usually have three meals during the day :

- le petit-déjeuner : the breakfast, taken between 7am and 9am, very often consists in only sweet food such as croissants, baguette with fruit jam, chocolate spread or butter, a glass of orange juice and a cup of coffee or a chocolate milk.

- le déjeuner : lunch, taken around noon. Unlike many other european countries, french people are still attached to the tradition of eating a real meal for lunch, not just a sandwich, although with days being every year more stressful, the trend of "déjeuner sur le pouce" (sandwiches or small portions to take away) is growing.

- le dîner : the dinner. This is the main meal in most french households.