Dinner time?

mikemac

"The plain people of Ireland eat their dinner in the middle of the day"
Jackie Healy Rae 2008 (not the exact quote but more or less)

And so did I growing up, dinner was around 12:30pm-1pm or so
Supper was in the evening, I was never called in for tea or dinner at 6pm

But moved to the big smoke and it's breakfast, lunch and dinner with the fellow office staff/drones
That's fine but out of habit I'd say to lads lets go to the carvary for dinner. Never an issue

What say you?

Metallitroll

6:00 pressure

later, if i can

Aoifey!

Lunch anytime from 12 til 2

Dinner anytime from 5 til 8

Jesus Wept

I'm not plain like Jackie so I have my dinner at dinner time which is in the evening time.

hondasam

days of dinner is 6pm to 7pm.

brendansmith

Im glad to see JHR tackling the important matters.

6 o clock is dinner time.

PS: Supper? HAHA
Mumsey, whot would one care to have for ones supper?
Thats what I think of 'supper'.

mikemac

Evening of course

Not too many suppers on boards I see

Ruu_Old

Evening of course

Dinner and the tae! :cool:

Tallon

Angulus.... Dinner!

Simple

hondasam

what time does everyone eat at the weekend ?

Is it an early sunday lunch or dinner

mikemac

Evening of course

Sunday dinner of course, around midday or 12:30

Lunch is for posh city folk!

hondasam

feelingstressed wrote: »

Sunday dinner of course, around midday or 12:30

Lunch is for posh city folk!

:eek::eek::eek:

mikemac

Evening of course

Well you asked Sunday lunch or dinner and I answered
Nothing shocking

hondasam

you have dinner at 12.30 ?

how is that possible

Azureus

I have dinner way too late by the time I get home from work and cook.. can be anything from 6 (on a good day) to 9pm. I've started eating more at lunch and coming home and having a salad or sandwich now though cuz I couldnt sleep after a feed

Weekends would be around 5-7pm on a Sat, mid afternoon pub grub on a Sunday i can afford it.

Kimono-Girl

i am not religious so

lunch 12-2

dinner 5-7


7 days a week,

i cannot understand why you would upset your digestive system by eating dinner early only 1 day a week, especially on a day that only did early dinner for religious reasons.

jester77

If had dinner in the middle of the day I would not be fit to function with the hunger by 7 or 8 pm. I usually have some brekkie around 8 or 9, porridge or omlette. Lunch around 1, usually ends up being an Italian of some sort, some sort of a snack around 5 or 6 and a good hearty dinner around 8 or 9.

If you grew up on a farm.

Get up and have a quick cup tea then milk the cow's or what ever need to be done, have breakfast at 9 or 10 a big breakfast, dinner at 12.30 to 1, tea at 6, a supper of tea and a bickie at 9.

blockedPaT

Between 6-8

jester77

mariaalice wrote: »

If you grew up on a farm.

Get up and have a quick cup tea then milk the cow's or what ever need to be done, have breakfast at 9 or 10 a big breakfast, dinner at 12.30 to 1, tea at 6, a supper of tea and a bickie at 9.

So after 1, all you would have is just have a few cups of tea and biscuits :eek:

Barna77

About 9ish, sometimes even later

biko

Fun fact:
In Middle English dinner meant “breakfast,” as did the Old French word disner, or diner, which was the source of our word. The Old French word came from the Latin word *disiūnāre, meaning “to break one's fast; that is, to eat one's first meal,” a notion also contained in our word breakfast.

Middle English diner not only meant “breakfast” but, echoing usage of the Old French word diner, more commonly meant “the first big meal of the day, usually eaten between 9 A.M. and noon.” Customs change, however, and over the years we have let the chief meal become the last meal of the day, by which time we have broken our fast more than once.

seamus

Only farmers call it "dinner" at midday.

Growing up I could never understand having "tea" in someone's house and a full meal being put in front of me. I would expect "tea" to be just that, maybe with a piece of cake.

That said, I'll sometimes skip lunch and have dinner in the middle of the day if there's something decent on in the canteen. I still say I had a big lunch though rather than "dinner".

ElleEm

Tallon wrote: »

Angulus.... Dinner!

Simple

I'm a bit like that with Oprah... Oprah means lunchtime, anytime between 1.15pm- 2.15pm. Even when I'm in work I aim to have lunch at this time

Dinner is between 6pm- 7pm.

Uriel.

Dinner, anytime between 7 and 10pm... When I went to college at night it could be 10.30 or 11pm having dinner... those were tough oul days

Wibbs

It's much more a class/fashion thing than a rural/urban one IME. Trundle back to 70's Dublin say and you would have heard dinner used instead of lunch more often than not. Their kids may well say lunch, but that's a fashion/class thing.

kfallon

Dinner is between 6 and 7!

When I used to live at home dinner was about 5.30pm when me Da would come in from work and everyone was back from school/college! Sunday it was always 1.30pm, we never had it on a Saturday cos me ould wan was too lazy :pac:

Tho to be fair she'd make a fry up for tea

Cú Giobach

Coffee at 5:30am
Breakfast around 8:00
Lunch around 12:00
Dinner around 5:00
Supper around 10:00. *

All times are approximate and subject to change, depending on availability of whiskey and/or beer*

Dinnertime: evening
If you have a big meal at lunchtime: dinner

Ledger

Breakfast - 8.30 - 8.45

Lunch - 12.30 - 2.00

Dinner - 6.30 - 8.00


Couldn't be having dinner in the middle of the day since I'm out at work or college.

(Sundays are different though )

Alter-Ego

In the Mammys house its dinner between 5.30 and 6.30 Monday to Saturday. Sunday dinner around 1pm.

enda1

Dinner is the evening.

Between 7 and 12.

Lunch is in the early afternoon between 12 and 4.

Brunch when you skip breakfast and lunch and combine them - preferably involving eggs.

Tea - A potential meal between brunch and dinner, though rare and involving some confectionery and tea of course.

prinz

During work days dinner time is 6 - 9 pm or so. Don't have the time or facilities to cook a decent main meal during the day so have to wait until I'm home.

Working out of office, holidays and weekends main meal of the day would be 12 - 3 pm, far healthier that way tbh, but I'd still say I'm having a 'big lunch' rather than a dinner.

DrumSteve

Jackie Healy Rae can fuck off.

Ledger

DrumSteve wrote: »

Jackie Healy Rae can fuck off.

thanks for your invaluble contribution. :rolleyes:

DrumSteve

Ledger wrote: »

thanks for your invaluble contribution. :rolleyes:

Ah the rolleyes... the height of wit. I bow down before your superiority sir.

Novella

Usually eat dinner between 6 and 8. Try not to eat after 8, well, eat a full meal, 'cause my mum always said it's bad to go to bed on a full stomach.

Eat dinner on Sunday at 1 or 2, call that Sunday lunch though, but it is actually dinner!

Ledger

DrumSteve wrote: »

Ah the rolleyes... the height of wit. I bow down before your superiority sir.

and "Jackie Healy Rae can fúck off" is witty? yeah ok

CiaranC

How can people eat dinner at 5 or 6pm? You are awake for another 6 or 7 hours after that, surely you'd need another meal in the evening then? Can't be healthy.

if you eat out, do you book a table for 5.30pm? Or is it because you have little kids?

DrumSteve

Ledger wrote: »

and "Jackie Healy Rae can fúck off" is witty? yeah ok

Ah well each to their own I suppose.

gonedrinking

When you think about it, its mad that we have our biggest meal when our day is pretty much over and when we need the least amount of energy. Theoretically speaking we should be having dinner at about 2pm and then lunch at about 7pm.

kfallon

gonedrinking wrote: »

When you think about it, its mad that we have our biggest meal when our day is pretty much over and when we need the least amount of energy. Theoretically speaking we should be having dinner at about 2pm and then lunch at about 7pm.

Or as the D'Unbelievables said, "Have the dinner at half 8 (in the morn) so we get a clear run at the day!"

tishiewishie

Dinner during the week about 6, different at the weekend though.

Angron

Whenever I realise I'm hungry.

Mr. Presentable

feelingstressed wrote: »

"The plain people of Ireland eat their dinner in the middle of the day"
Jackie Healy Rae 2008 (not the exact quote but more or less)

Evening. The further I can disassociate from Healy-Rae the better I like it.

alwaysadub

Was just having this discussion with someone the other day!
Dinner is between 6 -7, but Sunday lunch/dinner is usually around 2ish.

Hank_Jones

Depends on the day really, but anywhere from 4pm-11pm.

It's more just meals really as opposed to breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Would sometimes just have one meal during the whole day and a couple of snacks.

enda1

gonedrinking wrote: »

When you think about it, its mad that we have our biggest meal when our day is pretty much over and when we need the least amount of energy. Theoretically speaking we should be having dinner at about 2pm and then lunch at about 7pm.

dinner is the substantial evening meal (as opposed to tea or supper), whereas lunch is the substantial afternoon meal.

You can't reverse them, it doesn't make sense. Of course there's nothing to stop you eating a more substantial meal at lunch time rather than dinner time. This doesn't make it dinner though.

stovelid

Evening, because it's dinner not lunch.

That said, if I did eat it during the day, I'd change now that I know that sillage-head Rae advocates it.

Irish_wolf

I suppose if someone was getting up at 6am to do the farming or something then dinner at 1pm or so would be pretty late in the day. But for people doing the 9 to 5 from either school, college or work you cant really have dinner at anytime during your working hours so dinner after 6pm is more practical especially if you have an active nightlife.

Dudess

Having your dinner in the afternoon on any day besides a Sunday/special day (like Christmas) is bogtastic! :pac: