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    2 days ago

    Wait until you have family that say that daily meals are chronologically “breakfast, dinner, and supper.”

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        17 hours ago

        Yup! Or more specifically, “noon dinner.”

        It might be a Midwest farming thing where there are multiple snack times between chores outside. Two generations ago, my family had a quick 5 a.m. breakfast and lunch (or second breakfast) in the morning These weren’t full meals in the traditional sense. Dinner meant coming in and sitting at the table for a prepared meal. Otherwise it was just stopping in the house for a small bite and a drink.

        In the afternoon, they had tea time at 3 p.m. (black tea with snack cakes or open-face sandwiches). By evening, there’d be a last big meal (supper) before going to bed.

        It was super confusing for me being the first generation that didn’t grow up on the farm.