Thread: Tea? or dinner?

You know, the evening meal, that one you have when you get home from work, for me it's 7 o'clock, some people maybe a bit earlier, but usually about 6-7.
What's it called?
Dinner?
or Tea?
What do you like for it and what time do you have it.
But mostly, I forgot what it's called.

For Americans its dinner or supper. I had never heard of tea until I went to Australia many moons ago.

dinner lad. it's dinner. tea is a drink.

Originally Posted by alwarner

dinner lad. it's dinner. tea is a drink.

I do enjoy a cup of tea after tea.
HHmmmm

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.

Tea is at 1600hrs.
Its dinner !
Sadly, i enjoy both, hence the 10kg excess weight i carry.

depends on the day of the week .

most days dinner is the evening sup ,

but come Sunday , Dinner is the mid day meal

which leaves tea at night.

I have my tea whenever my mam makes it

Dinner is used on Sundays - Sunday Dinner...

Actually I quite often describe lunch as dinner.

Used to be called "t'tea" when I were a lad. "What we 'avin for t'tea, Mum?" we used to ask.

Breakfast, then dinner, then tea, then supper.
Only poofs do lunch.

Tea is what the lower classes call dinner, unless it's afternoon tea, which comes before dinner, except at Christmas when Christmas dinner is at lunch and the leftovers are eaten for dinner, with a cup of tea. Simple really.

I thought in a certain segment of society, tea was had at 4 and supper 8-9.
Tea, of course was accompanied by cucumber sandwiches and croquet and certainly not partaken of by those who had to perform 'work'.

Originally Posted by withnallstoke

Breakfast, then dinner, then tea, then supper.
Only poofs do lunch.

What he said.

Originally Posted by withnallstoke

then supper.

Check out the fossil..

I call my evening meal Tea, then around 11pm we have supper.

Go to sleep with a full belly. Irish farmers need their calories. I am from farming stock.

Myself, I eat a good meal at lunchtime and perhaps a bit a fish in the evening with a salad. Then fall asleep on the couch until 2 am - coffee time and then anything goes.

Marmite sandwiches come to mind...It's wonderful watching the sun come up in Sunny Geneva. No traffic and the only cat running around is mine.

And i can tell you, he gets around!! It's great - coz he thinks i can't see him. Up trees, attacking flies etc. Brings a wee tear to my eye.

Originally Posted by Norton

moose jerky

Pervert.

Morning tea, (in a cup), then breakfast, followed by elevenses, at eleven.

Dinner at mid-day, followed by afternoon tea (in a cup) with or without sandwiches or a cake or scones.

High tea, a hefty meal (not in a cup) but with a cup of tea or two, at 5 or 6 pm, then supper at about 8 pm .

Then after suitable quantities of brandy port etc, a night out might be enjoyed followed by a late supper.

A lunch or snack or crib was prepared for workers who knew not the difference.

Tea, a drink with jam and bread.

(But yes, my mum used to tell me to be home in time for tea when I was a nipper, so who knows?)

coffee
1st breakfast
2nd breakfast
lunch
afternoon coffee
aperitiff
snacks
dinner
a snack before bed.

That's basically the whole day taken care of.

The spiks have it right.

Dinner or supper here in Ulaanbaatar...

It's Tea

Originally Posted by WilliamBlake

Tea is what the lower classes call dinner

Bugger

Afternoon tea


A cup of tea


Cornish cream tea in Boscastle, although prepared in the Devonshire Method.
Afternoon tea traditionally known as low tea, is a light meal snack typically eaten between 2pm and 5pm. The custom of drinking tea originated in England when Catherine of Bragança married Charles II in 1661 and brought the practice of drinking tea in the afternoon with her from Portugal.[citation needed] Various places that belonged to the former British Empire also have such a meal. However, changes in social customs and working hours mean that most Britons will rarely take afternoon tea, if at all.[citation needed]
Traditionally, loose tea is brewed in a teapot and served in teacups with milk and sugar. This is accompanied by sandwiches (customarily cucumber, egg and cress, fish paste, ham, and smoked salmon), scones (with clotted cream and jam, see cream tea) and usually cakes and pastries (such as Battenberg, fruit cake or Victoria sponge). In hotels and tea shops the food is often served on a tiered stand; there may be no sandwiches, but bread or scones with butter or margarine and optional jam or other spread, or toast, muffins or crumpets.[1][2][3]
Nowadays, a formal afternoon tea is usually taken as a treat in a hotel, café or tea shop. In everyday life, many Britons take a much simpler refreshment consisting of tea and biscuits at teatime.[citation needed]
While living in Woburn Abbey, Anna Maria Russell, Duchess of Bedford, is credited as the first person to have transformed afternoon tea in England into a late-afternoon meal rather than a simple refreshment.[4]
Isabella Beeton describes afternoon teas of various kinds: the old-fashioned tea, the at-home tea, the family tea and the high tea and provides menus.[5]
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High tea
High tea (also known as meat tea[6]) is an early evening meal, typically eaten between 5pm and 7pm. It is now largely followed by a later lighter evening meal.
High tea would usually consist of cold meats, eggs or fish, cakes and sandwiches.
In its origin, the term “high tea” was used as a way to distinguish it from “low tea” or afternoon tea. The words 'low' and 'high' refer to the tables from which either tea meal was eaten. Low tea was served in a sitting room where low tables (like a coffee table) were placed near sofas or chairs generally. The word high referred to a table, this one on a dining room table, and it would be loaded with substantial dinner dishes - meats, cheese, breads, perhaps the classic shepherd's pie or steak and kidney pie.