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So,
Slight bombshell from Mrs ddc, she thinks we have dinner at 'teatime'.
I tried explaining that we only ever eat at teatime on a Sunday, if we have had the roast dinner for lunch, all other evening meals are obviously at dinner-time.
But she's not having it.
(And to think I thought she was reet proper)
So fabbers, what do you call it?
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"Dinner is an evening meal.
Teatime is a mid afternoon interlude enjoyed with finger sandwiches, scones and cake.
Isn't that high tea? Don't you know  "
I think to qualify as 'high tea' you have to have 'lashings of ginger beer' too.
Well I'm glad at least some of you will know what time to arrive when we host our Fab Dinner Party.
Sorry Ligeia, you'll just have to wait outside in the car - we'll still be in the bath getting ready when you arrive!
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"Dinner is an evening meal.
Teatime is a mid afternoon interlude enjoyed with finger sandwiches, scones and cake.
Isn't that high tea? Don't you know
I think to qualify as 'high tea' you have to have 'lashings of ginger beer' too.
Well I'm glad at least some of you will know what time to arrive when we host our Fab Dinner Party.
Sorry Ligeia, you'll just have to wait outside in the car - we'll still be in the bath getting ready when you arrive!
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Do we have to wear our Sunday best? |
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Do we have to wear our Sunday best?
I believe if one has to ask what to wear, then one shouldn't be attending.
{said with my nose firmly in the air, in my bestest Queen-mum voice}
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Oh  so now your withdrawing ones invite?  |
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over a year ago
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I don't eat breakfast (unless on holiday and its included with the room).
Lunch is for wimps.
But I eat my dinner at 12.30.
Tea is about 6pm.
Supper is 11pm onwards.
I'm northern, and I don't want my mealtimes fucked abaaht wi' thank you very much. |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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When you go out to eat in the evening you call it going out to dinner. When you go out to eat midday it's called going out for lunch.
That should be enough for all those who claim that lunch is dinner and dinner is tea.
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"When you go out to eat in the evening you call it going out to dinner. When you go out to eat midday it's called going out for lunch.
That should be enough for all those who claim that lunch is dinner and dinner is tea.
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I agree with this. We have gone out to tea though (at the Ritz, mmmm).
But as we generally have our evening meal early, I usually call it tea. Mr DDC knows what I'm on about after all these years.
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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"When you go out to eat in the evening you call it going out to dinner. When you go out to eat midday it's called going out for lunch.
That should be enough for all those who claim that lunch is dinner and dinner is tea.
I agree with this. We have gone out to tea though (at the Ritz, mmmm).
But as we generally have our evening meal early, I usually call it tea. Mr DDC knows what I'm on about after all these years.
Mrs DDC"
Tea at the Ritz, or anywhere else, doesn't happen at dinner time though. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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In Wales it is tea time and dinner is lunch time. I have travelled far and wide but this has got the piss taken out of me all over. It's how we Welsh roll! Xxxxdinner and tea and if still peckish the fuck it have some supper xxx
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Tea at the Ritz, or anywhere else, doesn't happen at dinner time though. "
In my defence it was different when we were courting. Nowadays 'afternoon tea' involves Basics fish fingers and Basics baked beans!! |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
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Tea at the Ritz, or anywhere else, doesn't happen at dinner time though.
In my defence it was different when we were courting. Nowadays 'afternoon tea' involves Basics fish fingers and Basics baked beans!!"
Basics? Waitrose has "Essentials", so much less basic. |
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I grew up with
Breakfast
Dinner
Tea
Supper
Now I say
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
But usually dinner is the main meal of the day and when we where kids that was at lunch time
You always said school dinners not school lunches
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I had school DINNERs, loved em, throughout my whole primary, junior, secondary education years.
Usually between 12.00 and 13.00 ish. Not all that time of course, i'm not a glutton.
I did once try get a school dinner lady to pop round of an evening but without much success.
So tea it is after 17.00 ish.
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Tea at the Ritz, or anywhere else, doesn't happen at dinner time though.
In my defence it was different when we were courting. Nowadays 'afternoon tea' involves Basics fish fingers and Basics baked beans!!
Basics? Waitrose has "Essentials", so much less basic. "
Do you get Waitrose north of Watford Gap?
For us northerners Sainsburys is posh
(M&S is equivalent to Fortnums!) |
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"I grew up with
Breakfast
Dinner
Tea
Supper
Now I say
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
But usually dinner is the main meal of the day and when we where kids that was at lunch time
You always said school dinners not school lunches
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If I was to ask you out to dinner what time would you expect to be picked up ? |
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"I grew up with
Breakfast
Dinner
Tea
Supper
Now I say
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
But usually dinner is the main meal of the day and when we where kids that was at lunch time
You always said school dinners not school lunches
If I was to ask you out to dinner what time would you expect to be picked up ? "
about 8pm.
But it is only in modern days really people have started to eat out.
As I said dinner used to to be the main meal of the day, well still is but in the olden days we would have it about 1pm.
Grandparents where manual workers and would go home between 1 and 2 for their main meal.
As kids we only ate, something like about 5pm and was classed as tea and then supper would be later.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I grew up with
Breakfast
Dinner
Tea
Supper
Now I say
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
But usually dinner is the main meal of the day and when we where kids that was at lunch time
You always said school dinners not school lunches
If I was to ask you out to dinner what time would you expect to be picked up ? about 8pm.
But it is only in modern days really people have started to eat out.
As I said dinner used to to be the main meal of the day, well still is but in the olden days we would have it about 1pm.
Grandparents where manual workers and would go home between 1 and 2 for their main meal.
As kids we only ate, something like about 5pm and was classed as tea and then supper would be later.
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Blimey you eat late. I'll be starving by then. Shall we call it 6pm ? |
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As as a scouser born and bred meal times were
Breakfast 6-9am, lunch 12-2pm, tea 5-7pm and supper just before bed (optional)
Dinner was the main hot meal of the day and could be served either at lunch or teatime |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"As as a scouser born and bred meal times were
Breakfast 6-9am, lunch 12-2pm, tea 5-7pm and supper just before bed (optional)
Dinner was the main hot meal of the day and could be served either at lunch or teatime "
The "main" hot meal? You were posh weren't yer?
Ours was often the only hot meal and then not every day.
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By *icky999Man
over a year ago
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"As as a scouser born and bred meal times were
Breakfast 6-9am, lunch 12-2pm, tea 5-7pm and supper just before bed (optional)
Dinner was the main hot meal of the day and could be served either at lunch or teatime "
lunch? what part of liverpool? milton keynes? |
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This all gets very complicated to me.
So if you do the whole "tea time"/dinner/supper thing, you eat a meal at 3-5pm and then eat AGAIN later on? 
If I eat at 4-5pm, that's me done for the night. I prefer to eat between 5-6pm and then NOTHING after 7pm to allow my body to digest everything before bed.
I have breakfast, lunch and dinner. Thinking of all these extra meals is making me feel ill...
- Amy. x |
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By *tep121Man
over a year ago
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Depends where your from.. up 'norf' (manchester and probably surrounding areas) dinner is between 12 n 2pm, tea is after 5pm, supper is for wealthy people, and brew time is every 5 minutes from waking up to going to sleep... |
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By *tep121Man
over a year ago
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Or if you work nights, breakfast becomes a big slap up evening meal, dinner consists of a sandwich n fruit or soup (at work around 2am ish) n tea becomes either a bacon butty or porridge before sleep |
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when i was little breakfast dinner and tea
now breakfast lunch and tea/dinner (if its a proper cooked meal its a dinner if its just a sandwich or quick meal its tea)
and i have no idea why
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By *evaquitCouple
over a year ago
Catthorpe |
Breakfast - when you get up.
Lunch - 10.30ish
Dinner 12-3
Tea 5-7
Supper 9.30ish
Noticed someone said what time would you expect to be picked up when being taken out for dinner, well that would be between 12 and 3, if it was in the evening it wouldn't be dinner it defaults to 'a meal'.
Just my two pennies worth. 
Him |
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"When you go out to eat in the evening you call it going out to dinner. When you go out to eat midday it's called going out for lunch.
That should be enough for all those who claim that lunch is dinner and dinner is tea.
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But when I was at school we had our midday meal served to us by Dinner Ladies - didn't you? |
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"Breakfast - when you get up.
Lunch - 10.30ish
Dinner 12-3
Tea 5-7
Supper 9.30ish
Noticed someone said what time would you expect to be picked up when being taken out for dinner, well that would be between 12 and 3, if it was in the evening it wouldn't be dinner it defaults to 'a meal'.
Just my two pennies worth.
Him"
There's a great line in one of the books by professional northener Stuart Maconie, about when he first moved to London and received several invites to supper at colleagues' houses. He couldn't understand why anyone would ask him over to their house for a glass of milk and a biscuit in their dressing gowns... |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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"When you go out to eat in the evening you call it going out to dinner. When you go out to eat midday it's called going out for lunch.
That should be enough for all those who claim that lunch is dinner and dinner is tea.
But when I was at school we had our midday meal served to us by Dinner Ladies - didn't you? "
I admit it was a confusing time. We had dinner ladies serving us lunch. We had a lunch bell, a lunch queue and a lunch menu and people could bring in a packed lunch. The women cooking and serving were all called dinner ladies though.
Even more confusing was the lollipop man never had any lollipops.
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By *uzy444Woman
over a year ago
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"I don't eat breakfast (unless on holiday and its included with the room).
Lunch is for wimps.
But I eat my dinner at 12.30.
Tea is about 6pm.
Supper is 11pm onwards.
I'm northern, and I don't want my mealtimes fucked abaaht wi' thank you very much. "
made me chuckle...  |
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By *evaquitCouple
over a year ago
Catthorpe |
"Breakfast - when you get up.
Lunch - 10.30ish
Dinner 12-3
Tea 5-7
Supper 9.30ish
Noticed someone said what time would you expect to be picked up when being taken out for dinner, well that would be between 12 and 3, if it was in the evening it wouldn't be dinner it defaults to 'a meal'.
Just my two pennies worth.
Him
There's a great line in one of the books by professional northener Stuart Maconie, about when he first moved to London and received several invites to supper at colleagues' houses. He couldn't understand why anyone would ask him over to their house for a glass of milk and a biscuit in their dressing gowns..."
Ha! Good one . I definitely share his view on supper, it's not a late evening meal at ours either, definitely a light snack in your pyjamas/jim jams. |
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"When you go out to eat in the evening you call it going out to dinner. When you go out to eat midday it's called going out for lunch.
That should be enough for all those who claim that lunch is dinner and dinner is tea.
But when I was at school we had our midday meal served to us by Dinner Ladies - didn't you?
I admit it was a confusing time. We had dinner ladies serving us lunch. We had a lunch bell, a lunch queue and a lunch menu and people could bring in a packed lunch. The women cooking and serving were all called dinner ladies though.
Even more confusing was the lollipop man never had any lollipops.
Ours said he did but I never wanted to put my hand in his pocket to find one!
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"Breakfast - when you get up.
Lunch - 10.30ish
Dinner 12-3
Tea 5-7
Supper 9.30ish
Noticed someone said what time would you expect to be picked up when being taken out for dinner, well that would be between 12 and 3, if it was in the evening it wouldn't be dinner it defaults to 'a meal'.
Just my two pennies worth.
Him
There's a great line in one of the books by professional northener Stuart Maconie, about when he first moved to London and received several invites to supper at colleagues' houses. He couldn't understand why anyone would ask him over to their house for a glass of milk and a biscuit in their dressing gowns...
Ha! Good one . I definitely share his view on supper, it's not a late evening meal at ours either, definitely a light snack in your pyjamas/jim jams. "
I don't think my friends would appreciate me turning up in jim jams for a supper party. Maybe silk ones... |
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