rottiefan
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11-14-12 11:25 AM - Post#4025666
What do you call it, and when do you usually eat it? Supper--around 6-ish. Used to be 5-ish.
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hockeymom24
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11-14-12 11:29 AM - Post#4025672
In response to rottiefan
supper usually around 6 ish on the weekends we tend to eat around the same time as well.
if we know we will be later J gets his own supper earlier, example friday nights he eats before hockey, hubby and I eat after hockey.
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gingersfavorite
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11-14-12 11:29 AM - Post#4025674
In response to rottiefan
when I was growing up, we called it supper. Not sure when I switched to calling it dinner 
and we usually have it sometime between 5 & 6:30, depending on what time of the year and what we have planned.
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rottiefan
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11-14-12 11:31 AM - Post#4025680
In response to gingersfavorite
Stephany, you're a Mid-Westerner. Where the heck did ya get dinner? 
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RedSquirrel
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11-14-12 11:38 AM - Post#4025688
In response to rottiefan
Tea. We always have. Breakfast, dinner and tea.
If I'm with people other than immediate family, I call the midday meal "lunch" and the evening meal "dinner". But to me "dinner" in the evenings is only a hot meal out, not cheese-on-toast at home.
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gingersfavorite
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11-14-12 11:43 AM - Post#4025690
In response to rottiefan
Stephany, you're a Mid-Westerner. Where the heck did ya get dinner?
I know, right?! Guess at some point I decided to get all fancy schmancy formal LOL
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3 Little Ladies
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11-14-12 12:24 PM - Post#4025700
In response to gingersfavorite
When I was growing up we called it supper. Now we call it dinner. My parents still call it supper.
We normally eat between 5-6pm.
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11-14-12 12:25 PM - Post#4025704
In response to 3 Little Ladies
Dinner.
Anywhere from 6:30 (on the rare rare rare early nights) to 8:30. Later than that, I get grumpy.
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rottiefan
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11-14-12 01:56 PM - Post#4025726
In response to Beth Ann
Listen you two Mid-Western girls!!! 
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11-14-12 01:59 PM - Post#4025730
In response to Beth Ann
Supper at home. If eating out, it's dinner. We usally eat anywhere between 6 and 7pm.
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RedSquirrel
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11-14-12 02:08 PM - Post#4025736
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Oh sorry, I forgot to say we eat whenever DH gets home. I prepare everything, he calls me as he goes to leave and I start cooking it. That could be anything between 6 and 8 in the evening.
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11-14-12 03:24 PM - Post#4025758
In response to RedSquirrel
Tea. We always have. Breakfast, dinner and tea.
If I'm with people other than immediate family, I call the midday meal "lunch" and the evening meal "dinner". But to me "dinner" in the evenings is only a hot meal out, not cheese-on-toast at home.
Mmmmm, I used to have cheese on toast done under the broiler every night for my late supper when I lived at home with my Mom and Dad (We called it 'cheese dreams', not sure why???
We eat 'Supper' here around 5:30.
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11-14-12 03:25 PM - Post#4025760
In response to RedSquirrel
Growing up it was supper, but somewhere along the way I picked up 'dinner'. Sometimes I try to call it supper to get back to my 'roots'.
On a similar note, I grew up calling the living room the parlor. 
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mlouwho
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11-14-12 03:34 PM - Post#4025768
In response to rottiefan
supper here, but due to our late work days, we don't usually eat it til 8 pm
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kellcinn
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11-14-12 04:18 PM - Post#4025790
In response to mlouwho
Rosey - i thought Tea was a 4:00 snack before a late dinner. (Geesh my rural roots are showing).
Supper is usually on weekends, dinner through the week. I grew up in a small town and we had supper every night, got married moved to the city and we had dinner! I think it is the cook's choice. Dinner or supper used to be 7:30 now it is around 6:30.
ETA: Just realized we have supper at the cottage if it is just hubby and I. 
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11-14-12 04:29 PM - Post#4025798
In response to kellcinn
Dinner here. We eat anywhere from 6 - 7.30pm It depends on the kids activities and DH's roster.
When I was growing up on the farm it was called tea but when we moved to the city everyone called it dinner. So it got changed.
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RedSquirrel
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11-14-12 04:40 PM - Post#4025802
In response to kellcinn
Rosey - i thought Tea was a 4:00 snack before a late dinner. (Geesh my rural roots are showing).
It is to some people, not to us. And to some of my friends, supper is just hot chocolate and cookies before bed.
I suppose dinner is the main meal of the day, so if you eat a big meal at midday, that's dinner. Tea is just a small meal to keep you going before you go to bed. Supper is if you need a top-up!
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11-14-12 04:46 PM - Post#4025816
In response to RedSquirrel
Reading Rosamunde Pilcher's books it could get a little confusing. A lot of times they gave the kids their tea and the adults would have supper later. I just figured tea would be the regular early evening meal and supper was if you ate late.
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kellcinn
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11-14-12 06:29 PM - Post#4025858
In response to kaleidoscope
So is high tea a formal meal or something else? I do understand dinner as the main meal at noon or in the evening. Supper is a lighter meal later in the day. I think Tam may have discovered my confusion about tea - I do read alot. LOL
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Judge Amy
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11-14-12 06:53 PM - Post#4025862
In response to kellcinn
breakfast - dinner - supper
I'm Southern, and Southern I'll stay.
I fight "lunch" all the time.
DH likes it at about 5, I grew up having it at 8. We originally compromised at 5:30-6, now it is 6-6:30
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