Three or so here.
We considered dinner the main meal of the day and we usually ate it in the early evening and called it supper. On Sundays we had dinner after church at lunch time and called it Sunday Dinner. Sunday night supper was self served left overs and anything you could find in the fridge to munch on. Mom would say, “It’s root hog, or die! I ain’t cookin’ tonight.”
At least a couple of generations in SE Texas and we never had “supper.” Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Growing up it was breakfast, lunch, supper.
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If I recall correctly (always debatable), my family did not have any immutable word for the lunch/dinner and dinner/supper meals. To the Raups, the words were interchangeable, but most often, I think, the noon meal was almost always lunch. The evening meal was dinner or supper interchangeably. The noon meal after church on Sunday was almost always “Sunday dinner” if eating out or eating more formally with relatives, but an informal Sunday meal at home would be “lunch.” Like Sphinx, we were always on our own on Sunday evenings because my mother was not cooking. Brenda’s thought from her past is if the noon meal at home was cooked, it was “Sunday dinner” but “lunch” if everyone was on his/her own. Most frequently in my growing up family it was breakfast-lunch-dinner with supper a slang word for dinner. “Brunch” was an unknown word or concept.
This discussion is really interesting.
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We never ate as early as noon on Sundays. Church didn’t let out until noon, 12:30 if the preacher got on a roll. It was always at 2:00. Not 2:05, so you’d better have your ass in that chair, with your shirt and shoes on, or you didn’t eat that day.
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Growing up in Limeyland, it was always Breakfast-Lunch-Dinner. Dinner is typically later than here - no earlier than 7pm and can be as late as 10pm. After that, it becomes Supper. “Tea” is an early dinner.
Except for Sunday. The big, weekly family roast is called “Sunday Dinner”, and could be served anytime after noon.
I thought over there it went breakfast, second breakfast, elevensies, luncheon, afternoon tea, dinner, supper…
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That can’t be right. With all that eating when are you going to be able to work in your RDA of 12-15 pints?
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From an east coast family, we always had breakfast-lunch-dinner. Dinner was interchangeable with supper.
My wife’s 70+ year old brother, who has IDD, always corrects you when you call the evening meal dinner. He says “you mean supper” lol
That’s why some are called “lunchtime beers”.
You guys got to eat on Sundays?
I was thinking you’d probably want to get to work sometime around second breakfast at the latest.
You want to get to work in time to get a ride to the pub at lunch.
Tell them to, Hold the Line. You need to see what Toto is offering.
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I once disappointed my grandmother by telling her I would be there for dinner and not showing up until time for the evening meal. She had kept lunch warm for me.
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Late to the discussion, but still responding.
Born in Galveston County and raised there by Appalachian (him- WV, her- OH) grandparents. The first two meals of the day were breakfast and lunch. We used dinner and supper interchangeably, but she usually said “dinner” and he usually said “supper.”
When we had people over for meals, unless it was a specific holiday meal-- such as Thanksgiving dinner-- we would say “We’re having the Bakers over for supper.”
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Food from Las Piramides in Huber Heights, OH.
The house enchiladas, made with: Two flour tortilla enchiladas + carnitas + green tomatillo sauce + queso + pico de gallo + jalapeños + rice. Holy buckets, were they delicious.
The bacon-wrapped burrito: Gigantic burrito + rice + beans + steak or al pastor (marinated pork) + cheese + onions + sour cream + bacon + costra crispy cheese + guacamole salad + spicy sauce on the side. Mr. 94CG got it with steak.
That looks really good