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Default What do you call them?

"Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
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On Friday, October 25, 2019 at 10:36:32 AM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
> "Julie Bove" wrote in message ...
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> "KenK" > wrote in message
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> > Meals that is. I was raised in Chicago where I got my meal names.
> >
> > To me the noon meal is 'dinner' and the evening meal 'supper'. Evidently
> > some use 'lunch' and 'dinner'. Maybe other names. Seems everyone calls
> > the
> > morning meal breakfast.
> >
> > Just curious.

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> Breakfast, lunch and dinner. When I lived in Wichita, they called then
> last
> meal supper.
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> Supper for us when I was a child was a cup of cocoa and a biscuit
> No,
> not a US biscuit <g>


More of a snack. I presume tea was a more substantial meal? Or was the
main meal of the day the midday dinner?

Cindy Hamilton

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Dinner was the mail meal of the day. Tea was mostly, sandwiches and
cakes