Dinner time

[Princess Viola]

Usually between 9pm and 10pm, sometimes later depending on how long it takes to cook stuff. I've been known to eat dinner at 1-2am.

 

[lovely_darlingprettybaby]

What time do you eat dinner? Am I the only one who likes to eat early? I like to eat around 2-3 pm. My parents like to eat at 5pm and I hate it. I can’t wait that long to eat. Then, my mom is like have a snack. I’ve already had snacks today and if I continue to eat snacks then, I’m going to be full and not eat dinner.

That is not strange to me.
Because I think it is probably too easily for me but lately i have just been feeling like a salad and nothing else before bed. But I have to eat and eat at the moment and especially craving chips.
I think sensory overloads and things for autistics can be huge.

 

[Aspychata]

You maybe a volume eater. I need lots of popcorn or crunchy empty calories. Or lots of soup. I need to feel psychologically full.

 

[MNAus]

I'm usually done with paid work round 5, then feed kids (challenging eaters, so family mealtime doesn't happen), feed the dog, then clean kitchen and dining area. Get the kids set for bed, get them to bed, clear up living room which is usually covered in Lego. So most days I end up having dinner at the counter in the kitchen while I do the business admin at around 9 or 10ish.

 

[AndyFBlues]

My work hours fluctuate a lot. I like to eat dinner at 6:30 PM. If I have to work late, it can be 10 or 11 PM.

 

[Gerald Wilgus]

Oh that's right, I forgot about "natmad". We call it "nattmat" here. (night-food). So it's dinner, evening-food, night-food. I'm getting hungry talking about all this food. It's almost half past midnight here now so this is a perfect time for some natmad.

My only gripe when I did some work in København was finding a place where I can try all of the delicious ways that herring is prepared, washed down with Aquavit.

 

[Outdated]

In the old days, lunch was called “dinner,” and dinner was called “supper.” (People still do say supper, of course.)

Where I live Lunch is still often called Dinner, and the evening meal is called Tea. Tea is usually between 6:00 and 7:00 pm. When I was living in the bush I discovered that cooking by candlelight isn't much fun unless you like eating lots of insects, so I got in to the habit of cooking and eating earlier, around 4:30 pm.

 

[Gerald Wilgus]

Dinner is usually 7:00 to 7:30 pm. I like cooking as simply as possible and tonight will be doing Beef Stroganof using some tenderloin I have in the freezer. Later this week I need to think of what I can make with lobster tails.

 

[Mary Terry]

Dinner is usually 7:00 to 7:30 pm. I like cooking as simply as possible and tonight will be doing Beef Stroganof using some tenderloin I have in the freezer. Later this week I need to think of what I can make with lobster tails.

I like to grill lobster tails. Save the shells to make seafood stock.

I'm going to make something with shrimp tonight. Shrimp gumbo is too ambitious for me today so dinner may be shrimp scampi with lots of lemon and garlic, served over linguine.

 

[Mary Terry]

Where I live Lunch is still often called Dinner, and the evening meal is called Tea. Tea is usually between 6:00 and 7:00 pm. When I was living in the bush I discovered that cooking by candlelight isn't much fun unless you like eating lots of insects, so I got in to the habit of cooking and eating earlier, around 4:30 pm.

In the southern USA, we have breakfast, lunch and dinner. The word "supper" was used to describe a big, heavy mid-day meal served to laborers, farmers and farmhands, and I rarely hear anyone use the word any more these days.

 

[Outdated]

In the southern USA, we have breakfast, lunch and dinner. The word "supper" was used to describe a big, heavy mid-day meal served to laborers, farmers and farmhands, and I rarely hear anyone use the word any more these days.

Supper is a word I've only ever heard in movies, and usually in the context of an evening meal. As a tradesman who's job involved a lot of heavy labour, having a full stomach is not a good idea. I only ever had coffee for breakfast, my time was too valuable to take lunch breaks so I'd send an apprentice to buy me something to eat at lunch time while I kept working, then at tea time I'd eat enough for two men.

 

[Gerald Wilgus]

I like to grill lobster tails. Save the shells to make seafood stock.

I'm going to make something with shrimp tonight. Shrimp gumbo is too ambitious for me today so dinner may be shrimp scampi with lots of lemon and garlic, served over linguine.

Exactly! I do that to put a lot of flavor in the stock. The same with shrimp shells when making Etouffee when I add the stock to the roux containing the creole holy trinity.

Someday I will be ambitious enough and if I can get good ingredients I want to make Cioppino. I love seafood, but the best fish around here comes from the Great Lakes. At the nearby Port City Smokehouse I enjoy getting their smoked Lake Trout that I flake in a tomato cream sauce and have over Penne.

 

[AuAL]

I have breakfast (same thing every morning, love my Greek coffee) and then will not eat anything more until about 7 pm. (It’s just me - the rest of my family eat lunch.) Dinner for our family is very varied - I enjoy cooking food from many different cultures. It wasn’t until my children were old enough to be invited to dinner at friends’ houses that they realised not everyone ate different food like us. (When we were young we called dinner “tea”.)

 

[AuAL]

Supper is a word I've only ever heard in movies, and usually in the context of an evening meal. As a tradesman who's job involved a lot of heavy labour, having a full stomach is not a good idea. I only ever had coffee for breakfast, my time was too valuable to take lunch breaks so I'd send an apprentice to buy me something to eat at lunch time while I kept working, then at tea time I'd eat enough for two men.

From what I recall of British tradition, breakfast in the morning (probably about 8-9 am because one must wash and dress first) then elevenses, luncheon at 1 pm, tea at 4 pm, dress for dinner, about 7 pm, then supper later in the evening.

Ah, you had tea time, too.

 

[AuAL]

The term "Dinner" refers to the main meal of the day. So You can have Dinner for Lunch or Dinner for Supper.

This was a bit of a trap for tourists in Ireland. The main meal is in the middle of the day - the evening meal is usually something light. So turning up somewhere in the evening you may only be offered sandwiches. I remember going out for the evening with friends to a pub in Dublin and a couple being most disconcerted by the limited food on offer. The barman said they had ham and cheese toasties, but they could probably do cheese toasties or ham toasties. I was there for the Guinness and the craic.

 

[Mary Terry]

Ideally I would follow a hobbit's meal schedule. I love food. But what usually happens is I try to have eggs and coffee for breakfast, and then I often don't eat again until late evening like between 7 to 10 p.m.

I pack a lunch for my daughter, but I fast during the day, just because food right now is so dang expensive. I have a good stock of canned foods, but those are more like side dishes for dinners and i want them to last.

I try to focus on high protein, nutrient dense foods, that a teenager would want to eat, for supper. I skip eating for most of the day, and so the portions at supper are filling.

I usually don't make dessert. Although like the hobbit I aspire to be, I would enjoy dessert, with seconds, after every meal, lol.

Soup for dinner/supper, @Yeshuasdaughter! Light, hydrating, nutritious, and easy to make. It's a good way to use up leftovers. You can "accessorize" it with inexpensive ingredients such as homemade bread croutons made with leftover stale bread, shredded whatever-you've-got cheese, hot sauce of your persuasion, pickled things you like, a squeeze of lemon/lime/orange or whatever citrus you have on hand, or just a dash of white vinegar for acidity to balance the flavors.

Serve with plain saltine crackers which are very cheap and a major staple in our house.

 

[Mary Terry]

Exactly! I do that to put a lot of flavor in the stock. The same with shrimp shells when making Etouffee when I add the stock to the roux containing the creole holy trinity.

Someday I will be ambitious enough and if I can get good ingredients I want to make Cioppino. I love seafood, but the best fish around here comes from the Great Lakes. At the nearby Port City Smokehouse I enjoy getting their smoked Lake Trout that I flake in a tomato cream sauce and have over Penne.

OMG. Cioppino! I miss San Francisco and the west coast cuisine. I'm jealous of your freshwater lake fish but I guess Gulf of Mexico saltwater bounty helps compensate!

 

[Mary Terry]

In American English, there are three meals:

Breakfast

Lunch

Supper

The term "Dinner" refers to the main meal of the day. So You can have Dinner for Lunch or Dinner for Supper.

When I was a girl, at my Grandmother's house, we had "Sunday Dinner", which was a large lunch served somewhere between noon and two p.m. There would be a main dish and lots of sides that one could choose from.

Most days though, our Dinner was at Suppertime. So the words Dinner and Supper would be interchangable. But on Sunday we could not say Supper was Dinner, because for our evening meal, we would be eating a smaller meal of leftovers from the earlier Dinner at Lunchtime.


This is the proper usage of the words. But, most people don't follow that vernacular.

Most Americans just say Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (or sometimes they'll say Supper for a fancier meal).

That's interesting. Here, in the deep south, "supper" is considered lower class and "dinner" would be the term used by the more educated and affluent upper class.

But who cares what various regions of the US call food?! As long as it's healthy and tasty, they could call it "mot" and I'd be happy to eat it.

Edit: happy and grateful to eat it.

 

[Aspychata]

Never knew that. @Mary Terry , lobster shells to make seafood stock. I do remember the lobster tank at red lobster when l worked. Sadly, they are so intelligent, they knew their cousins were leaving the tank, and they all started backing up to the back wall of the tank so that they wouldn't be picked.
Surprised how smart they were.

 

[DaisyRose]

Ideally I would follow a hobbit's meal schedule.

You mentioned being a hobbit, so now I have to ask something?