这项午餐仪式在弗朗哥独裁统治时期确立，目前正在走向衰落，但并非一切都已失去。在西班牙全国各地的每个工作日午餐前不久，弗朗哥独裁统治留下的一处挥之不去、虽没那么声名狼藉的遗产，正被小心翼翼地用粉笔、马克笔和打印墨水勾勒出来。
Established under the Franco dictatorship, the lunchtime ritual is in decline but all is not lost A little before lunchtime each working day across Spain, evidence of one of the lingering, if less notorious, legacies of the Franco dictatorship is carefully traced in chalk, marker pen and printer ink.
物美价廉的“日间套餐”（即每日固定价格午餐）通过黑板、白板以及匆忙贴在窗户上的纸张向饥肠辘辘的工人们招手，它已融入西班牙人的日常生活半个多世纪。然而，尽管每个工作日仍有400万份套餐被端上餐桌，但西班牙人对这一熟悉仪式的胃口正在慢慢消失。
Beckoning to hungry workers from blackboards, whiteboards and pieces of paper hastily taped to windows, the competitively priced , or daily set-price lunch, has been part of everyday Spanish life for more than half a century. But while 4m are still served each weekday, Spain is slowly losing its appetite for the familiar ritual.
