Tea? or dinner?

^you must be another sodding Northern Monkey!?

I bet part of this "Tea" involves "afters" and not dessert, how vulgar :)

them after beer
supper

^^ monkey ? me ? southern softy I am ! I have 'tea' cos thats what me mum used to make when I got in from skool .

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Originally Posted by jizzybloke

I bet part of this "Tea" involves "afters" and not dessert, how vulgar

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It's pudding and that came after the school DINNER :)

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Originally Posted by Tickiteboo

I have 'tea' cos thats what me mum used to make when I got in from skool .

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Same here

Maybe if you were one of those who had a packed lunch and a banana, then you had dinner later



Was this you Jizzy

https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2011/07/1104.jpg

so the general opinion is , meal names are time names. as i understand it, break-fast , the meal u eat upon waking and break the fast, the only time named meal. dinner, a substantial meal, two/three veg, meat, potatoe, gravy. can be eaten mid day or evening, based on lifestyle. tea, high and low, low tea, a cup of tea, plus light snack, ie biscuit cake, sandwich. high tea, more substantial, can take on the relms of a buffet, if a sit down meal, served on a normal dinning table.tea is invariably served in the late afternoon, followed by a snooze. supper, a light meal often the left overs from the day, traditionally cheese in uk. all to be consumed with vast amounts of tea. no paracetamol, a family crisis, i'll put the kettle on, we've just been bombed out, mother put the kettle on, your pregnant with a black child, mother put the kettle on. etc.

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supper, a light meal often the left overs from the day, traditionally cheese in uk.

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So if I read this correctly, in the UK, traditionally the leftovers from the day are cheese.
Have I stumbled on a monty python sketch?

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I have 'tea' cos thats what me mum used to make when I got in from skool .
Same here

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Not many mums at home after school now, maybe an au-pair.

Calling a meal tea is extremely poofish.

And to drink tea, that thin, disgusting cup of slightly discoloured warm water in the morning is just downright sick.

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Calling a meal tea is extremely poofish.

And to drink tea, that thin, disgusting cup of slightly discoloured warm water in the morning is just downright sick.

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You must be American then.
You've never had a cup of tea.
You've drank water that's had a (cheap) teabag dipped in it.

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And to drink tea, that thin, disgusting cup of slightly discoloured warm water in the morning is just downright sick.

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Absolutely agree.

Morning tea should be thick enough to stand a spoon upright in.
Mr. Lipton should be shot.

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Originally Posted by Thetyim

Blame it on the British Education system.
When I was at school I paid dinner money so that the dinner lady would cook my dinner and serve it during dinner break.
When I left school I found out it was only lunch.

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Yup. Fucked me up for years that did. Compounded by mum giving me "tea" as the meal after school. Dinner was only ever had on a sunday (lunchtime!).

Dunno what i eat as the meal when I get home after work nowadays. I just call it "some thai slop"...