{"id":11644,"date":"2009-07-16T11:31:27","date_gmt":"2009-07-16T09:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/blog\/?p=249"},"modified":"2009-07-16T11:31:27","modified_gmt":"2009-07-16T09:31:27","slug":"meals-of-the-day-breakfast-lunch-dinner-supper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/16\/meals-of-the-day-breakfast-lunch-dinner-supper\/","title":{"rendered":"Meals of the day : breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>One of the things that I was confused by quite a few times is the naming and meaning of the meals of the food.\u00a0 Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and supper.\u00a0 Which one is which, where, and why.<\/p>\n<p>I remember that I was explained what each one of them means back in high school.\u00a0 It was difficult to map them over the meals that I was familiar with, so I never completely understood how these work out.<\/p>\n<p>Today I finally got into a discussion which resulted with me reading Wikipedia for each one of those meals.\u00a0 Here is how I understand them now:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Breakfast\">Breakfast<\/a> is the <strong>first meal<\/strong> of the day.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lunch\">Lunch<\/a> is the <strong>midday meal<\/strong>. This is the one you eat during lunch break &#8211; not in the morning and not in the evening.\u00a0 For some people it might actually be the main meal of the day with a light supper to follow in the evening.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dinner\">Dinner<\/a> is the <strong>main meal<\/strong> of the day.\u00a0 If you eat three times per day, then your dinner and supper are probably the same thing.\u00a0 If you eat four times per day, then your dinner is probably before supper.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supper\">Supper<\/a> is the <strong>last meal<\/strong> of the day.\u00a0 In essence, you can have a supper after dinner, but you can&#8217;t have dinner after supper.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This can of course vary greatly from place to place and culture to culture, but at least I now have something peace of mind &#8211; a scheme to fit all those meals into.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>One of the things that I was confused by quite a few times is the naming and meaning of the meals of the food.\u00a0 Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and supper.\u00a0 Which one is which, where, and why. I remember that I was explained what each one of them means back in high school.\u00a0 It was difficult &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/16\/meals-of-the-day-breakfast-lunch-dinner-supper\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Meals of the day : breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end 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