Margaret Suran > wrote:

> I believe that snacking after one has eaten one's last meal of the day,
> is something cultural or regional. I have never learned to snack after
> having eaten dinner or supper and neither have my European relatives or
> friends, at least the ones of my generation.

Perhaps you're right. I rarely eat anything after dinner, other than maybe
a handful of peanuts, or something like that. Even if I have to do an all
nighter for work (which is rare), I don't think about eating anything,
unless I missed dinner.

> The very idea of getting up in the middle of the night seems strange and
> if I were to eat something at 4 AM, it would be breakfast.

> Is it something only peculiar to me or do others feel the same?

I routinely get up at 4:30am, but I usually don't eat on a weekday until I
am either on my way to work, or at work when I usually get a bagel with
some butter or cream cheese and Diet Pepsi. If its the weekend, I might
make myself a full blown breakfast, but not every weekend. In fact, it is
not unusual for me to skip breakfast entirely on weekends because I tend
to catch up on reading and I typically forget about breakfast until my
stomache starts to growl, and by that time, its usually lunch time.