Anyone else have the dinner=2nd meal, supper=3rd meal thing?
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Jessica - Feb 17, 2005 11:27:05 am PST #8642 of 10002
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Nutty - Feb 17, 2005 11:29:27 am PST #8643 of 10002
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I think we would not eat a big dinner if we ate it at 10pm. Because we eat it at 6 or 7 (unless you're me), it's not as weird.
My problem is how easy it is to skip lunch, and consequently how hard it is to muster the energy to care about anything at 4pm. This would be why I keep snacks in my office -- peanut butter crackers keep the business world moving.
Thomash - Feb 17, 2005 11:30:31 am PST #8644 of 10002
I have a plan.
Dinner and supper were always the same thing in my house. For me, the biggest meal of the day is whenever I feel the need for a big meal, usually that's around lunch time.
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§ ita § - Feb 17, 2005 11:30:58 am PST #8645 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Large breakfasts are for lazy days with time to prep (or go out) and time to digest. I have approximately 0 of those per week.
My largest meal tends to be lunch, unless dinner is going to be an event (like advanced sushi tonight). My lack of hunger at dinner is sadly unrelated to how much I ate at lunch, so if I want nutrients, it's my best shot.
Burrell - Feb 17, 2005 11:30:59 am PST #8646 of 10002
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When I'm not pregnant, dinner tends to be the biggest meal. When I am, especially around now, I could pretty much skip dinner in favor of grazing.
Ginger - Feb 17, 2005 11:33:21 am PST #8647 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Anyone else have the dinner=2nd meal, supper=3rd meal thing?
On Sundays and holidays, yes. Sunday dinner would be a big meal and supper would be something like soup or sandwiches.
Gudanov - Feb 17, 2005 11:33:24 am PST #8648 of 10002
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Anyone else have the dinner=2nd meal, supper=3rd meal thing?
Not growing up, but I've encountered it in Texas and Kansas quite a bit.
Nilly - Feb 17, 2005 11:36:50 am PST #8649 of 10002
Swouncing
The one time the evening meal (I'm not going anywhere near the "dinner" and "supper" mix) is bigger than lunch is during shabbat or holidays 0 then the evening meal is a group event, with certain ceremonies (blessing on whine, for example) and the like. Other than that (and on Saturdays and holidays, on top of that), lunch is the big meal of the day.
Ginger - Feb 17, 2005 11:38:16 am PST #8650 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
In the South, at least, the big meal used to be in the middle of the day, but that started shifting when people were at work all day.
-t - Feb 17, 2005 11:38:18 am PST #8651 of 10002
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Anyone else have the dinner=2nd meal, supper=3rd meal thing?
I knew a lot of people who referred to the meals that way growing up in Baton Rouge, but I'm not positive that "dinner" was the big meal of the day, necessarily. I've heard that it's more common in rural areas.