You get 'ladies who lunch' in posh circles, do you get 'dandys that dinner'?
Brunch is more a later bigger breakfast, elevenses is a brucie bonus snackWait wait, Elevenses is now 'brunch' or is that separate ? And what about Tiffin - Afternoon Tea ?
I grew up in a middle-class household in the northwest of England.For us it was strictly Breakfast -Dinner - Tea, both at home and at school. The word `supper` was given the odd mention - but that meant a mug of coca before going to bed.
The word `lunch` was only ever uttered in relation to `lunch-box` - ie a few sanwhiches in a plastic container.
Then - sometime in the late Eighties, I think - the word `lunch` started to be used in my environment (which was then still the North for me). This felt like some sort of betrayal to my mind. To this day, whenever I hear the word `lunch` I get a mental association of a lunchbox - and with crappy stale sandwiches instead of a hot meal. It's most unappetising and is enough to put me off my dinner.
We always had puddingBoth would feature dessert, of course, although my grandparents favoured 'sweet'.
my father says we're not allowed to play together anymore.
I think you may have to translate that for our friends across the pondWhen someone points to a stain on your pully under your chin, you scratch at it and say 'Oh dammit, it's dinner!'
Hope this helps.
We always had pudding
Im Hampshire born and bred, its always been pudding for meIs "pudding" Northern for dessert?
Im Hampshire born and bred, its always been pudding for me
Afters works too, dessert is used occasionally, sweet rarely if at allI'm Hampshire now, but a mebyon Kernow by birth and it was dessert (or simply "afters").
Ive just been saying, its always been pudding for me and im on south coastHope all of you Southerners enjoy your Christmas dessert this year.
Good stuff. We’ll not see this Covid nonsense off by eating poncey ‘desserts ‘ after our teas.Ive just been saying, its always been pudding for me and im on south coast
Steamed treacle pudding is what you needGood stuff. We’ll not see this Covid nonsense off by eating poncey ‘desserts ‘ after our teas.
Yep, Canadian and raised on farm. Though dinner was more the larger meal as if people were helping with any type of harvesting, you had large meal around noon-1ish.The family's 2 earlier generations had begun on the farm and transitioned to generally suburban lifestyle and blue-collar / white-collar wage earners. Because of this we retained the older (farm-style) terminology (breakfast, dinner, supper) during most of my childhood.
- breakfast (full breakfast; immediately upon getting out of bed);
- midday "dinner" (light meal at home; no less than a sandwich with chips; circa 1200 - 1300);
- evening "supper" (heavy meal; ready when the breadwinner(s) arrived home from work circa 1730 - 1800).
Growing up in the 1960s in the northern midwest US, near Chicago, our working class meals were breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Snacks were unscheduled. At that same time, one of my aunts who married a farmer from Kentucky, changed her meal names to breakfast, lunch and supper.
However, after reading this thread as well as the tea towel discussion, I am changing to breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner, and unscheduled snacks. Please, can someone tell me how to add yet anther meal into this equation, in a suitably dignified fashion?
Afternoon tea is always good, pot of tea and a few cucumber sandwiches (with crusts cut off) and scones, clotted cream and jam.Growing up in the 1960s in the northern midwest US, near Chicago, our working class meals were breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Snacks were unscheduled. At that same time, one of my aunts who married a farmer from Kentucky, changed her meal names to breakfast, lunch and supper.
However, after reading this thread as well as the tea towel discussion, I am changing to breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner, and unscheduled snacks. Please, can someone tell me how to add yet anther meal into this equation, in a suitably dignified fashion?