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For breakfast, most eat some kind of hot cooked cereal, such as //putupap//  (cornmeal porridge, similar to grits), served with milk and sugar. Putupap and //mealie//  bread (corn bread) are frequently also served as part of a main meal and lunch or dinner, too. Other breakfast foods might be //beskuit,// a crusty, dried sweet bread (similar to rusks). Tea and coffee are popular morning beverages.
 * Breakfast:**

Tea is enormously popular in South Africa, particularly in the early morning. Guests may be awakened by their hostesses as early as 5 or 6 A.M. to enjoy morning tea.

//Biltong//, similar to strips of jerky, is as popular a snack as popcorn is in a movie theater in the United States.
 * Snacks:**

Students returning from school may enjoy a fruit drink, similar to a smoothie, as a between-meal snack. Fresh fruits such as pineapple are often the basis for these refreshing beverages.

Lunch may be a simple meal, such as a sandwich or soup.
 * Lunch:**

Dinner may be simple or formal. South Africans may serve dinner on their finest dishes and silverware, placed on a white tablecloth with a centerpiece of flowers or fruit. Salt and peppershakers are almost always available, along with various condiments. In addition, several beverage options are usually on the table.
 * Dinner:**

Table Manners and Etiquette