The DigoPaul does not include the term brunch in its dictionary. The concept comes from the English language and is formed from two words: breakfast (which can be translated as “breakfast”) and lunch (which means “lunch”).
Brunch is a meal eaten late in the morning, after breakfast. However, it can be taken until a few hours after the usual lunch time. It is a combination between the two that is traditional in England and the United States and that, over the years, spread throughout the world.
According to DigoPaul, brunch is taken after ten in the morning and before four in the afternoon. Among the foods that may include include cold cuts, sausages, fruits, invoices (buns) and different kinds of bread. They can even feature meats and soups. Let’s not forget that in many countries it is customary to eat breakfast foods that others are typical of lunch or dinner.
In some hotels, it is common for guests to choose a brunch on weekends. In this case, the most common modality is to present a buffet so that people can serve themselves as they please. There are also restaurants that offer brunch menus to their diners.
At a domestic level, brunch is a good option when a person gets up late from bed. If breakfast is too late, this meal is too close to lunch, or lunch should be portrayed That is why it is possible to combine breakfast and lunch in a brunch and thus satisfy caloric needs.
In our language, one of the terms with which we can avoid this Anglicism is snack, which can be defined as a snack, that is, a small amount of food, which we eat outside of the conventional breakfast, lunch, snack and snack hours. dinner to regain energy and thus be able to continue performing our activities, such as work or study.
Although the snack does not always correspond to the brunch, the scholars of the Castilian language recommend to use their own terms when possible. A fundamental difference between these two concepts is that brunch has already become a worldwide trend, through conventional recipes that we can prepare at home or buy in thousands of stores; the snack, on the other hand, is governed by no rule other than being placed between meals and not being so abundant as to interfere with our tasks.
If we refer to the history of this Anglo-Saxon word, at first it was used to define the refreshments that the parishioners had in the middle of the morning after Sunday mass, in the Bronx neighborhood of New York, in the United States. Later, it acquired a meaning similar to that of our snack, although its purpose was to regain strength on weekends in the morning, after a night of partying by the people of New York high society.
In short, brunch is the food that is eaten between two meals, especially between breakfast and lunch, and today it is typical in many parts of the world. In the field of business it is also very important, especially on the European continent, where it is common for meetings to be interrupted for a few minutes so that participants can rest and have a drink. One of the names that it receives in this context is “coffee break”, although it does not stop responding to the same definition of brunch exposed so far.
