what are the meal times in mexico?

Answer 1

The KEY thing is not so much the times as the type of meal each is.

Breakfast is well, breakfast, the only real difference is Mexicans are a lot less fussy about eating "breakfast type" food than most Americans are. While kids of course love cereal (laced with sugar) the world over, many people would have left-overs, donuts, soup, tacos etc and many fewer would eat pancakes, waffles, eggs and bacon etc.

Lunch does tend to be from 2:00 to 4:00 but calling it "lunch" is misleading. It is the main meal of the day, it is the Mexican Dinner Time. It will often be extremely filling, appetisers such as turnovers, quesadillas, cheeses, beer, a tequila or two, then a soup or salad, followed by a rice or pasta dish. Then the main (or meat) course, followed by dessert and coffee. Afterwards it is not uncommon to take a half hour "siesta." In the big cities this elaborate dinner is dying out during the weekdays as more and more people eat close to work, but many business owners will still drive halfway across the city to have the real "comida," in the comfort of their own home.

In the smaller towns almost all businesses will simply close down between 2:00 and 4:00 everyday while everyone goes home for dinner. (they then return and work to 7:00 or 8:00 PM)

In the evening, there is no dinner as we know it, around 8:30 to 10:00 there will be a "snack", what an Englishman would know as "afternoon tea" with cakes, toast, a tostada, a taco or a quesadilla something fairly light.

(What you have to do in Mexico is one system or the other, NOT both. If you eat the large "comida" as a Mexican, you need to NOT eat a full English-American evening "dinner" a few hours later!)

Answer 2

I've been to Monterrey, Mexico on business many times over the past several years and would consider it a good example of a busy, well populated, non-border city. From my experience breakfast and lunch are determined by the work hours of the individuals and pretty much mirror our on. The biggest difference I noticed was the dinner or evening meal time. The guys I traveled with usually stuck to the usual 6pm to 7pm time frame but noticed that the Mexicans like to eat a little later. About the time we were finishing up (8pm to 9pm) the crowd would just start to come in. This was even the case during the week, not just the weekend.

Answer 3

Traditionally, Mexicans make three meals:

1. Desayuno (Breakfast) - 6:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.
2. Comida (there is no equivalent in the U.S., but it is the heavy meal of the day) - 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
3. Cena (again, no equivalent, but it is usually lighter than dinner.) 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

In some States and in Mexico City, the word "merienda" is used instead of "cena".

Answer 4

Breakfast is around 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Lunch for us is around 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Dinner around 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM but we have a light dinner like cereal or fruit...

Answer 5

In a traditional Mexican family...

Desayuno (Breakfast) 7am
Almuerzo 11am
Comida (Lunch) 2pm
Merienda 6pm
Cena (Dinner) 9pm

Answer 6

10:00 a.m.
3:00 p.m.
and between 8 to 9 p.m.

Answer 7

They it small portions every 2 hours. Well at least my family down there does and they are all in good shape and healty.

Answer 8

Taco time,burrito time ,jump the rio Grande time.

Answer 9

When you get hungry