Elevenses

Elevenses (pronunciation: /ᵻˈlɛvənzᵻz/) is a short break taken at around 11 A.M. to consume a drink and/or snack of some sort. The name and details vary between countries.

Regional variations

United Kingdom

Elevenses typically consists of tea or coffee, often with a biscuit or cake.[1]

The Netherlands

In West Friesland country people had a similar meal called "konkelstik" (served at "konkeltoid", the proper time for "konkelen", a verb denoting "making a visit").[2][3]

United States

During the first decades of the 19th century, elevenses consisted of drinking whiskey.[4]

Chile

In many Spanish-speaking cultures, elevenses is observed under the name la once (the eleven in Spanish). However, in Chile it has shifted to the afternoon, akin to British "tea time".[5]

In literature

For elevenses, Winnie-the-Pooh preferred honey on bread with condensed milk. Paddington Bear often took elevenses at the antique shop on Portobello Road run by his friend Mr Gruber,[6] for which Paddington would buy buns and Mr Gruber would make cocoa.

In the Middle-earth stories by J. R. R. Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings), it is a meal eaten by Hobbits between second breakfast and luncheon.[7]

Other uses

Elevenses is the name of a brand of clothing sold by Anthropologie.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Harper, Timothy (1997). Passport United Kingdom: Your Pocket Guide to British Business, Customs and Etiquette. World Trade Press. ISBN 1-885073-28-3.
  2. ↑ Thijs, J. G. A. (1984). Taal ter sprake. Nijgh & Van Ditmar. p. 40. ISBN 9789023655930. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  3. ↑ Hoekstra, A. C. ter Horst- (1953). "'t Pistoal: Een Westfriese historie (1870-1878)". De Speelwagen 8 (10): 303–12.
  4. ↑ Pollan, Michael (October 12, 2003). "THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: 10-12-03; The (Agri)Cultural Contradictions Of Obesity". The New York Times.
  5. ↑ Collier, Simon (2004). A History of Chile, 1808-2002. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-53484-4.
  6. ↑ Bond, Michael (1997). Paddington abroad. London: Collins. p. 14. ISBN 0007402570.
  7. ↑ Tolkien, J. R. R. (1954), The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings, Boston: Houghton Mifflin (published 1987), Chapter 1: A Long-Expected Party, ISBN 0-395-08254-4

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