wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 (edited) What do you call the last meal of the day? Poll to follow. 3 family members in my house say supper 3 say dinner.. will you settle this life or death argument for us?? LOL BTW- Im nost saying who says what for now, I will later ;) Sorry- no other LOL... If you have an other please post it OK quick ETA as I see there is a geographical difference maybe, what part of the country/world are you in? Edited February 13, 2011 by wy_kid_wrangler04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokotg Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 I usually say dinner, but I'm not sure why, as I'm pretty sure I grew up calling it supper. And of course, my southern relatives call lunch "dinner" which was a source of endless confusion to me when I was a kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 I say dinner. In my world I have breakfast, lunch and dinner. Dh says supper. He thinks of dinner as a formal lunch - Thanksgiving dinner, Christmas dinner. In his world there is breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLG Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Growing up, dinner for my folks was the main meal and that could happen mid day more often than not. So, super was alwaysthe last meal of the day regardless on its size! But, my folks were Yankees, or at least my Dad was so maybe that had something to do with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarcyB Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Supper is the at home meal, dinner is when we do something 'greater' out or with family (just like Sunday dinner) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Both equally. Lunch, though, is lunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Dinner is the main meal of the day, whether it's in the middle or near the end of the day. If in the middle, then the evening meal is supper. If in the evening, then the noon meal is lunch. Unless you're a hobbit... Breakfast second breakfast elevensies luncheon afternoon tea dinner supper... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfinbaby Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 We say bfast, lunch, and dinner. However, when I was growing up in a teeny tiny town in SE TX the meals were and still are bfast, dinner, and supper:) It's been 18 hrs. since I left, but I still know what time of day I'm eating when Granny says, "I've got dinner cooked." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeidiKC Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 My dad grew up on a farm and they ate: Breakfast, Dinner (noontime), Supper I kind of always thought people who said dinner and supper (instead of lunch and dinner) were from a farming background. I think dinner was the biggest meal of the day, since they were working hard and needed a big meal at noon. Most city-folk eat their biggest meal of the day in the evening. So I think that dinner is a name for the biggest meal of the day. If you're on the farm that's at noon (and then you have supper at night) and if you're in the city it's at night. Of course not that many people are still farming, but I think they still use the terms they grew up with. Of course I might be all wrong. And what about British who say "tea" for certain meals, and I'm always unsure which meals are "tea" or if it is all meals! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mynyel Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 I call it both, just depends on my mood... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritaserum Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Me - dinner, west coast Dh - dinner, northeast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 My dad grew up on a farm and they ate: Breakfast, Dinner (noontime), Supper I kind of always thought people who said dinner and supper (instead of lunch and dinner) were from a farming background. I think dinner was the biggest meal of the day, since they were working hard and needed a big meal at noon. Most city-folk eat their biggest meal of the day in the evening. So I think that dinner is a name for the biggest meal of the day. If you're on the farm that's at noon (and then you have supper at night) and if you're in the city it's at night. Of course not that many people are still farming, but I think they still use the terms they grew up with. Of course I might be all wrong. And what about British who say "tea" for certain meals, and I'm always unsure which meals are "tea" or if it is all meals! To my understanding, tea is the meal between lunch and dinner(supper). It occurs about 4p. with dinner(supper) later in the evening - about 8p Here is a wiki link to tea and in the right hand menu bar are links to what breakfast, brunch, lunch, tea, dinner and supper are in various areas of the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooblink Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 I say supper (grew up in the North), dh says dinner (Southern boy), our kids are confused. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidiyaDawn Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 I call it both, just depends on my mood... :) :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Dh and I both say dinner, my parents say dinner. Both of us grew up in MO. However, I have relatives that eat supper. The only time I eat supper is if I'm going to a chili or potluck supper put together at a church. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2J112903 Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Around here you have Breakfast, Dinner and the Supper. Growing up in W.Va however it was Breakfast, Lunch and then Dinner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closeacademy Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Amoung the upper classes in Britain the meals used to go like this: breakfast--breaking your fast lunch or nuncheon--the noon time meal tea--middle of the day of course dinner--evening meal supper is served at midnight Or at least that is how it is explained in all those Regency novels I read and I've read hundreds and hundreds of them. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewellsmommy Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 I'm SE VA and I have only ever known meals as breakfast, lunch and dinner. On the few occasions where people around me have said supper, I just assumed the word was a drop in replacement for dinner. The only time I say supper is to refer to the Lord's Supper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Both equally. Lunch, though, is lunch. :iagree: This is me as well. Lunch is never anything other than Lunch! Dinner and Supper are used interchangeably depending on my mood. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewellsmommy Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Amoung the upper classes in Britain the meals used to go like this: breakfast--breaking your fast lunch or nuncheon--the noon time meal tea--middle of the day of course dinner--evening meal supper is served at midnight Or at least that is how it is explained in all those Regency novels I read and I've read hundreds and hundreds of them. :001_smile: How often do they eat at midnight? :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lainey Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 I say lunch and dinner. My dad says dinner and supper. My dad always gives me a hard time when he hears me say dinner, he'll say "do you mean the noon meal or supper?" LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapiti Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 I usually say dinner, but I'm not sure why, as I'm pretty sure I grew up calling it supper. Same here!! So I didn't vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooh bear Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Where I grew up in the UK, it was Breakfast Dinner (about 12ish) Tea (about 5ish) Supper (a light snack before bed; maybe a couple of biscuits (cookies)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelenNotOfTroy Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 How often do they eat at midnight? :001_huh: They had to attend all those balls and soirees that ran into the wee hours and ate supper there. And then they didn't get up until late morning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglei Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Grew up saying supper; use supper and dinner interchangeably now. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissKNG Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Yes, what about us folks who use BOTH words!?!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizzyBee Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 (edited) I grew up in western MD saying breakfast, dinner, and supper. Now I say breakfast, lunch, and dinner unless I'm visiting my mom, in which case I revert to breakfast, dinner, and supper. ETA: Someone mentioned breakfast, dinner, and supper being indicative of a farming background. I grew up on a farm. Our biggest meal of the day was supper, not dinner. Edited February 13, 2011 by LizzyBee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolly Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Dinner is the main meal of the day, whether it's in the middle or near the end of the day. If in the middle, then the evening meal is supper. If in the evening, then the noon meal is lunch. Unless you're a hobbit... Breakfast second breakfast elevensies luncheon afternoon tea dinner supper... :iagree:This is the absolutely correct answer.:yesnod: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBG580 Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 I'm southern, so dinner is always a mid day large meal (usually following church or an event). Regular weekday evening meals are supper. Regular weekday midday meals are lunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disney Dreaming Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Breakfast, lunch, supper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsoxwife Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 We're in Northern California and I'd say 99% of the time we say dinner. My husbands from New England but I've only heard him say "dinner" too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I call it both, just depends on my mood... :) THis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peela Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 We call it dinner or tea. We probably use both terms equally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 lunch = lunch supper = supper dinner = whichever meal is the main meal of the day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kari C in SC Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I call in dinner now, but we always called it supper when I was a kid. My mom still calls it supper. I don't know when I changed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I say dinner. In my world I have breakfast, lunch and dinner. Dh says supper. He thinks of dinner as a formal lunch - Thanksgiving dinner, Christmas dinner. In his world there is breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper. This is my world......... sort of. Dinner is earlier in the day, if we're supping early then it's dinner :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasharowan Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Supper generally. Dinner is a fancier meal at any time of the day. Such as Christmas dinner or Thanksgiving dinner. Born and raised in FL, although have lived several other places due to being a military brat and having itchy feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 We call it dinner (suburban Chicago), but my parents grew up calling it supper (northern Wisconsin, UP Michigan). My sister, who moved to the farm 15 years ago had learned to call the midday meal dinner and the last meal supper - but only on Sundays and only when going to her SIL's house (a fabulous cook who can whip up a pork chop dinner for 12 with 30 minutes notice.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Hey, where are the "other" or "both" choices? :001_smile: I chose dinner, but I'm just as apt to say supper. If we have a big meal at noon or mid-afternoon, it is called dinner. Sunday dinner, Christmas dinner, Thanksgiving dinner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Growing up, dinner for my folks was the main meal and that could happen mid day more often than not. So, super was alwaysthe last meal of the day regardless on its size! But, my folks were Yankees, or at least my Dad was so maybe that had something to do with it? Ditto. Except my family is from the south, so definitely not some Yankee thing. I call it both, just depends on my mood... :) :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 dinner = whichever meal is the main meal of the day Succinctly put. I like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amydavis Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 lunch = lunchsupper = supper dinner = whichever meal is the main meal of the day :iagree: My dad always told me that dinner was whichever was the largest meal of the day. In our house that is typically going to be the last meal of the day, unless of course, it's a holiday or a Sunday. Then, dinner would more likely occur earlier, around 2. On a day to day basis, I use both dinner and supper - haven't noticed that I have a pattern, but just tend to interchange them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 We call it tea, as do most people in my area We have breakfast, lunch and tea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleWMN Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 South here: Breakfast Lunch Supper or Dinner I never say dinner for lunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justasque Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Growing up it was: Mon-Sat Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Sunday Breakfast, Sunday Dinner, Tea Sunday Dinner is a formal affair, eaten in the dining room on good china with one's best manners. The meal is usually roast beef, potatoes, Yorkshire Puddings, gravy, broccoli or cauliflower. And there is usually a very good Dessert course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamom Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Breakfast, lunch, supper. THis. Grew in the midwest on a farm. Still hardly ever use dinner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie4b Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I use the terms interchangeably. I didn't vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giraffe Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Dinner is the main meal of the day, whether it's in the middle or near the end of the day. If in the middle, then the evening meal is supper. If in the evening, then the noon meal is lunch. Unless you're a hobbit... Breakfast second breakfast elevensies luncheon afternoon tea dinner supper... :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Dinner is served at noon and supper is served in the evening. Unless, it is something cold or leftover than it is acceptable to call the evening meal dinner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Supper is the at home meal, dinner is when we do something 'greater' out or with family (just like Sunday dinner) :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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